Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/30/1950
Place of Birth
Mission, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Trinidad Silva Jr.
Trinidad Silva
Biography
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 kill...
Known For
The Running Man
as Cheering Game Show Patron (uncredited)
Colors
as Frog
The Jerk
as Punk
Alambrista!
as Joe
Jocks
as Chito
The Night Before
as Tito
Crackers
as Ramon
Walk Proud
as Dagger
The Milagro Beanfield War
as Milagro Townsperson
Second Thoughts
Unknown Role
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Carlos ("Growing Yourself")
Stones for Ibarra
as Basilio Garcia
UHF
as Raul Hernandez
El Norte
as Monte