Victor Cruz was born in Portsmouth, VA. A month later he moved to the South Bronx in New York City where his parents were originally from. At the age of eleven Victor dreamed of one day becoming a great actor. He had a great love of films and since he was an only child for awhile, the television set and the big silver screen were his number one brothers and sisters.
Victor Cruz attended Talent Unlimited High School, where he majored in Art and Musical Theater. Cartooning was also another one of his great loves, and being such a huge fan of Disney Cartoons and Mike Judge, the creator of Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill, he one day dreamed of creating an animated cartoon where he would play all of the voices.
At the age of sixteen, Victor made his stand-up comedy debut at the famous Boston Comedy Club in the west village in New York City. From then on he continued doing comedy, making people laugh from all over. From colleges to clubs to corporate events. Victor has played in venues such as CAROLINES, THE LAUGH FACTORY, COMIC STRIP LIVE, BOSTON COMEDY CLUB and many more around the country.
Victor later attended the acting conservatory at SUNY PURCHASE COLLEGE, home of some of the greats like STAN TUCCI, EDIE FALCO, and MALCOLM GOODWIN, where he recieved his BFA in Acting.
The day before graduation from the acting program, Victor landed his first major TV appearance on HBO's THE SOPRANOS. From there he went off to do numerous commercials, TV appearances on LAW & ORDER, CONVICTION, THE BLACK DONNELLY'S, SiTV's LATINO LAUGH FESTIVAL, and hosted LTV's late hilarious latino comedy variety show LLEGAMOS! (means WE HAVE ARRIVED).
Victor Cruz developed his own comapny called PALANTE PRODUCTIONS LLC. He wanted to develop his own projects creating opportunities for himself that sometimes are not always available for actors, especially breaking in to this industry. Victor teamed up with the IMAGINENATION FILM CO. and created a sketch comedy show on DVD called THE VICTOR CRUZ SHOW VOLUME 1: WHO IS VICTOR CRUZ. It has received great acclaim from many. The New York DAILY NEWS says "VICTOR CRUZ IS HILARIOUS!"
Victor presently works on new sketches for THE VICTOR CRUZ SHOW VOLUME 2.
Influences
Victor Cruz was influenced by guys like Eddie Murphy, John Leguizamo, Denzel Washington, The Wayans Family, and Mike Judge.
TV Shows
Victor Cruz has appeared on HBO's THE SOPRANOS, numerous roles on NBC's Hit Show LAW & ORDER, NBC's CONVICTION as Officer Madrid, THE BLACK DONNELLY'S, SiTV's LATINO LAUGH FESTIVAL, and LTV's LLEGAMOS.
Films
Spike Lee's INSIDE MAN and THE LATIN HEAVY HITTERS OF COMEDY directed by LYN-DON-McCRAY
Albums
THE VICTOR CRUZ SHOW Vol. 1: WHO IS VICTOR CRUZ?
VICTOR CRUZ 's Interests
General
Acting, Writing, Comedy, Movies, Laughing, Drawing, Eating, Walking, and having a great time!
Music
Salsa, Hip-Hop, Classical, Ballads, Movie Scores, R&B, and any Liana Raquel Song!
Movies
Back to the Future Trilogy, Goonies, Titanic, A Beautiful Mind, Godfather 1-2, Kingpin, Nightmare on Elm Street, Raging Bull, Malcolm X, Do The Right THing, Coming to America, Pinero, Mi Familia, Motorcycle Diaries, STAR WARS, Batman Begins, and THE VICTOR CRUZ SHOW!
Television
The Wonder Years, Full House, Family Matters, Different Strokes, Punky Brewster, He-Man, Thundercats, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, GoBots, Transformers, The Facts of Life, Charles in Charge, Doogie Howser M.D., Perfect Strangers, Staurday Night Live!, Beavis and Butthead, Ren and Stimpy, MTV's Oddities, Videos, South Park, Pimp My Ride, OZ, The Honeymooners, Seinfeld and man more!
Books
Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas, The Autobiography of Malcolm X as Told to Alex Haley, Call of the Wild, Rich Dad, Poor Dad, and Stephen King's Salem's Lot.
Heroes
My mother, for being one of the most courageous individuals in my life and who never gave up even when the walls began to close in and always believed in my dreams. Thanks ma, I love you for that. My mother, A True Hero.
Who I'd like to meet: John Leguizamo, Director Martin Scorsese, Nathan Lane, Jim Carrey, Kanye West, Beyonce Knowles, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Martin Lawrence, Eddie Murphy, Eva Longoria, Luis Guzman, Denzel Washington, Director Ron Howard, Director Wes Craven, Al Pacino, Robert Deniro, Joe Pesci, Terrence Howard, Ving Rhames and many more.
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