🎬Trinidad Silva

Trinidad Silva, a character actor from Mission, Texas, had a promising career that was tragically cut short. He moved to Los Angeles in his mid-20s and landed his first acting role on "Baretta" in 1977. Unfortunately, due to the Latino typecasting prevalent at the time, most of his TV roles were as criminals or gang members. However, his role as Jesus Martinez on "Hill Street Blues" broke this stereotype, portraying a former gang leader turned community activist. Silva also played more positive roles in films like "Alambrista!" and "El Norte." Sadly, while filming "UHF" in 1988, Silva was killed by a drunk driver in Whittier, California. The film was dedicated to his memory. He was married to Sofia Alvarez.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	UHF (1989)	Raul Hernandez		6.8
2	Colors (1988)	Frog		7.5
3	The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)	Milagro Townsperson		5
4	The Night Before (1988)	Tito	-	-
5	The Running Man (1987)	Cheering Game Show Patron (uncredited)		6.8
6	El Norte (1983)	Monte		8
7	Second Thoughts (1983)	-	-	-
8	National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982)	Carlos ("Growing Yourself")	-	-
9	The Jerk (1979)	Punk		7.5
10	Alambrista! (1977)	Joe		5