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Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Highest Rated: 97% Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Lowest Rated: 23% Domestic Disturbance (2001)
Birthday: Nov 24, 1956
Birthplace: Lackawanna, New York, USA
After years of struggle, during which he was often told he was unsuitable for the classic, this actor began gaining recognition for his performances on Broadway in the 1990s. Ruben Santiago-Hudson scored on the New York stage in three projects--as cornet player Buddy Bolden alongside Gregory Hines in the musical "Jelly's Last Jam" (1992), as Canewell, the harmonica-playing amateur philosopher, in August Wilson's "Seven Guitars" (1996), for which he won a Tony Award, and in the title role of "Henry VIII" for the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1997. After his turn in the Wilson play, interest for his services grew in Hollywood. Santiago-Hudson was cast alongside Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves in "Devil's Advocate" (1997) and he landed a regular role in support of David Caruso in the CBS drama "Michael Hayes" (1997-98).
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80% | 92% | Broadway Rising | Self | - | 2022 |
| 97% | 73% | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Screenwriter | - | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Obsession | Detective Crawford (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 69% | 54% | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | Dr. Pattillo (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 56% | 39% | The Invention of Lying | Landlord (Character) | $18.4M | 2009 |
| 69% | 57% | Honeydripper | Stokely (Character) | $267.9K | 2007 |
| 55% | 76% | Mr. Brooks | Hawkins (Character) | $28.5M | 2007 |
| 81% | 90% | American Gangster | Doc (Character) | $130.1M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Brother's Shadow | Manny Botero (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Their Eyes Were Watching God | Joe Starks (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 75% | 91% | Lackawanna Blues | Freddie Cobbs (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Little John | Steven (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 60% | No Score Yet | Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control | Samuel Menendez (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 39% | The Red Sneakers | Uncle Joe (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 23% | 37% | Domestic Disturbance | Sgt. Edgar Stevens (Character) | $45.2M | 2001 |
| 67% | 41% | Shaft | Jimmy Groves (Character) | $70.3M | 2000 |
| 46% | 26% | Rear Window | Antonio Fredericks (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 63% | 80% | The Devil's Advocate | Leamon Heath (Character) | $61.0M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Solomon and Sheba | Tamrin (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | White Man's Burden | Todd (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Which Way Home | Jim Waters (Character) | - | 1991 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88% | 85% | East New York | Officer Marvin Sandeford (Character) | 2022-2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Black Box | Self | 2022 |
| 100% | 62% | The Quad | Cecil Diamond (Character) | 2017-2018 |
| 71% | 53% | Designated Survivor | Gen. Contreras (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 61% | 88% | The Family | Chief of Police Len Bucksey (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 82% | 90% | Public Morals | Lt. King (Character) | 2015 |
| 93% | 90% | The Good Wife | Charles Jinks (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 41% | 60% | Low Winter Sun | Lt. Charles Dawson (Character) | 2013 |
| 92% | 78% | Person of Interest | Sam Latimer (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 82% | 87% | Castle | Captain Roy Montgomery (Character) | 2009-2011 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 2001 2003 2008 |
| 78% | 81% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Carlos Guzman (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| 26% | No Score Yet | Whoopi | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 81% | 95% | The West Wing | Morris Tolliver (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Early Edition | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| 88% | No Score Yet | Michael Hayes | Unknown (Character) | 1997-1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New York Undercover | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Afterschool Special | Unknown (Character) | 1996 |
| 83% | 93% | NYPD Blue | Otis (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dear John | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 1992 |