Victor Rasuk (born January 15, 1984) is an American actor.

Early life

Rasuk was born in

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, to Dominican parents. His mother worked as a seamstress, and his father at an auto shop. He has one brother, actor

Silvestre Rasuk Silvestre Rasuk (born September 5, 1987) is an American actor. Early life Rasuk was born in Harlem, New York (state), New York, the son of Dominican Republic, Dominican parents. He has one brother, Victor Rasuk, Victor, with whom he co-starred in ...

, with whom he starred in '' Raising Victor Vargas''. Rasuk attended performing arts school as a teenager, and began acting at 14.

Career

Rasuk landed his first film role in the

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-directed short film ''Five Feet High and Rising''. Two years later, Sollett suggested expanding the short film into a feature-length film, '' Raising Victor Vargas'', which earned Rasuk a nomination for Best Debut Performance at the 19th Independent Spirit Awards. In his next film, ''Rock Steady'', he played a character named Roc. Two years later, he took a leading role in '' Haven''. Rasuk portrayed skateboarder

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in the 2005 biographical drama film ''

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''. The part included

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and performing

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tricks. Although the more complicated maneuvers were performed by stuntmen, Rasuk is a

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and worked on remaining in character both on and off screen. Believing he had mastered skating a huge ramp in only his second week of training, he fractured one of his orbital bones. He says that the accident likely earned him more respect from serious skaters within the cast and crew. Rasuk starred in the two-season

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comedy-drama series ''

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''. From 2014 to 2015, he starred as Detective Ben Caldwell in the

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drama series ''

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''. In 2020, Rasuk played the male lead Daniel Garcia in the

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series '' The Baker and the Beauty''.

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rasuk, Victor 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male child actors American male film actors American male television actors American people of Dominican Republic descent Hispanic and Latino American male actors Living people Male actors from New York City 1984 births