Wilson Cruz is an American actor known for playing Rickie Vasquez on My So-Called Life and the recurring character Junito on Noah's Arc. As an openly gay person of Puerto Rican ancestry, he has served as an advocate for gay youth, especially gay youth of color.
GLAAD Media Visibilidad Award, ALMA Award for Emerging Actor in a Television Series
Movies
Party Monster, The People I've Slept With, Coffee Date, Supernova, He's Just Not That Into You, The Skinny, All Over Me, Bam Bam and Celeste, Convincing Clooney, Meth Head, The Ode, Joyride, Slip Away, Johns, Dinner at 40
TV Shows
Red Band Society, Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World, Noah's Arc, My So-Called Life
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Fact
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He was awarded the 1997 Drama Logue Award for Performance for "Rent" in the Center Theatre Group production at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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He was awarded the 1998 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Featured Actor in a Musical for "Rent" in a Center Theatre Group production at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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Filmed a Public Service Announcement to raise awareness for the issue of homelessness among gay teens in which he revealed that he was kicked out of his house as a teen when he told his family that he was gay. His character on My So-Called Life (1994) went through an almost-identical storyline.
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Attached to play Angel in a television mini series based on the Broadway musical Rent, with Neil Patrick Harris as Mark Cohen, Rikki Lee Travolta as Roger Davis, and singer Shakira as Mimi, but the rights were pulled in order for Chris Columbus to make a film adaptation using much of the original Broadway cast including Wilson Jermaine Heredia in the role of Angel.
$2 Million
