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Renoly Santiago – Official Website. Retrieved February 11, 2014.

Career

Santiago first became known in the United States when he was cast in the 1993 television series '' CityKids'' as Tito. He co-wrote the

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nominated pilot episode of the show. From his participation in ''CityKids'', Santiago graduated to film, acting as Raúl Sanchero in 1995's ''

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''. By 1996, he was co-starring alongside some other well-known Hollywood actors in his role as Ramόn Sánchez, a.k.a. the "Phantom Phreak" in ''

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''. He also plays Mikey in ''

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''. Santiago starred as Ramón Martínez, a criminal nicknamed "Sally-Can't Dance", in the 1997 film ''

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''. Santiago then took three years off from acting on-screen and starred on

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's ''

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'' as Tony "Umbrella Man" Hernandez, leader of the gang The Vampires, a role for which he was a 1998 Drama Desk Nominee for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical.

As a singer, Santiago has recorded with performers

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and

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. In 2000, he returned to the screen in the low-budget film ''

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'', in which he plays Dante, which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. By 2001, Santiago was back on television, playing Miguel Acosta in the January 7 episode of ''

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'', making a small appearance in the March 29 episode of ''

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'' and as Chiggy Rios in ''

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'' in the episode "The Faithful'. In 2002, Santiago made a film called ''The Street King'', where he played the character Cesar Rojas. It was not a major hit, and Santiago took another three-year sabbatical from screen acting. Santiago returned to film in 2005, as "Scorpio" in ''

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''. In early 2011, he starred as

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in the

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salsa biopic '' The King''. Santiago will appear in ''Grand Street'' in which he stars with

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. From March 6 to May 8, 2014 Santiago taught professional acting classes at The William V. Musto Cultural Center in his boyhood home of Union City, New Jersey. The ten-week course was initiated as part of the Grace Theatre Workshop, and consisted of monologue and scene studies."Hollywood Star to Teach Adult Acting Classes in Union City"
"Briefs". ''

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''. February 16, 2014.

Personal life

Santiago lives in New York City.

Filmography

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Santiago, Renoly 1974 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors Puerto Rican male actors People from Lajas, Puerto Rico People from Union City, New Jersey Male actors from New York City

Early life

Career

Personal life

Filmography

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