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Carlos Sanz(II)

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Carlos Sanz
After he's shot during a heist in East L.A., an armored-truck driver (Leguizamo) wrestles with rehabilitation and tracking down the man (Gibson) who committed the crime.
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The Take (2007)
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Carlos Sanz is a Chicago-born Chilean-American actor, writer, director, and photographer. His film acting roles include the emotionally tormented real life character Carlos Arredondo, "hero with the white cowboy hat" saving Jake Gyllenhaal in David Gordon Green's 2017 film Stronger (about the Boston Marathon bombing) to that of a corrupt Costa Rican official who beats up Justin Timberlake's character in Runner Runner.

He played the dangerous and violent mob boss who goes against Jason Statham in the crime thriller hit Crank. He played dandy mob boss Manuel Garza in the comedy Beer for My Horses. He was seen taking another comedic bent in the comedy Dishdogz. Sanz has worked with such notable film directors as Ron Howard, Andrew Davis and Alan Rudolf.

His television projects include: The Oath for Sony Crackle; Ten Days In The Valley for ABC; Queen of the South for USA Network; Freeform's recurring The Fosters; Comedy Central's Review with Forrest McNeil; as well as, among others, Magnum PI, The Mentalist, Emily Owens MD, Burn Notice, CSI Miami, Cold Case, Numbrs, The Shield (as Det. Carlos Zamora), Criminal Minds, 24, Close to Home, Las Vegas, and NYPD Blue (in the recurring role of undercover cop Det. Ray Olivo). He spent two seasons on the NBC daytime drama Another World as the handsome, womanizing, mysterious and slightly dangerous Dr. Victor Rodriguez.

An award nominated theater artist, he has worked around the world including the Arena Stage, Washington DC (in the two person play about Georgia O'Keefe and her companion); the Goodman Theater, Chicago (working with JoAnne Akalaitis and Don Cheadle); South Coast Rep, Los Angeles (with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Nelo Cruz); Royal Shakespeare Company (London), Thalia Theater (Hamburg) and Bobigny MC93 (Paris); The Rubicon Theatre, Ventura, California (as Starbuck in The Rainmaker opposite Stephanie Zimbalist); San Diego Rep; Labyrinth Theater Co. (NYC); The Organic Theater Co. (Chicago) as a company member; and Latino Chicago Theater Company (as artistic associate).

Sanz earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he studied Mathematics and Philosophy.
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The Oath Season 2
Toronto International Film Festival
Carlos Sanz, Jai Stefan, and Jose Pablo Cantillo in Crank (2006)
Carlos Sanz in Grimm (2011)
Piper Perabo, Kate Jennings Grant, and Carlos Sanz in Notorious (2016)
Carlos Sanz in Grimm (2011)
Justina Machado and Carlos Sanz in The Fosters (2013)
Russell Hornsby, Carlos Sanz, and David Giuntoli in Grimm (2011)
Carlos Sanz in Grimm (2011)
Misha Collins and Carlos Sanz in Supernatural (2005)
Misha Collins and Carlos Sanz in Supernatural (2005)
Carlos Sanz

Known for

Jason Statham in Crank (2006)
Crank
6.9
  • Carlito
  • 2006
Jake Gyllenhaal in Stronger (2017)
Stronger
6.9
  • Carlos
  • 2017
Backdraft (1991)
Backdraft
6.7
  • Candidate
  • 1991
Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, and Gemma Arterton in Runner Runner (2013)
Runner Runner
5.6
  • Police Captain
  • 2013

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Actor

  • Yellowjackets (2021)
    Yellowjackets
  • Andie MacDowell, Juan Pablo Di Pace, and Peter Porte in Dashing in December (2020)
    Dashing in December
  • Sean Bean, Ryan Kwanten, and Katrina Law in The Oath (2018)
    The Oath
  • Jay Hernandez and Perdita Weeks in Magnum P.I. (2018)
    Magnum P.I.
  • Alice Braga in Queen of the South (2016)
    Queen of the South
  • Stephen Amell in Arrow (2012)
    Arrow
  • Angela Bassett and Peter Krause in 9-1-1 (2018)
    9-1-1
  • Kyra Sedgwick in Ten Days in the Valley (2017)
    Ten Days in the Valley
  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Stronger (2017)
    Stronger
  • Robert Bailey Jr., Brendan Fehr, Ken Leung, Scott Wolf, Jill Flint, Eoin Macken, James Roch, and Tanaya Beatty in The Night Shift (2014)
    The Night Shift
  • Casper Van Dien, Danny Trejo, Jon Gries, Eddie Griffin, Richard Speight Jr., Allison McAtee, Lidia Pearl, and Blake Freeman in All About the Money (2017)
    All About the Money
  • Unit Zero
  • NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
    NCIS: Los Angeles
  • David Giuntoli in Grimm (2011)
    Grimm
  • Notorious (2016)
    Notorious

Writer

  • We Are One (2017)
    We Are One
  • Long Lost
  • Geisho

Producer

  • We Are One (2017)
    We Are One
  • Death and Taxis (2007)
    Death and Taxis

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Crank
The Take
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The Take

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  • He acted in N. Richard Nash's play, "The Rain Maker," in a Bonnie Franklin's Classic Contemporary American Plays production at the Pico Playhouse in Los Angeles, California with Jeff Kober, James O'Neil, Tyler Ritter, John Bennett Perry, Tony Perry, and Stephanie Zimbalist in the cast. Jenny Sullivan was director.

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