Background
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Cuban percussionist Walfredo Reyes, Senior and a Puerto Rican mother, Matilde Pages, Kamar de los Reyes grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Cuban percussionist Walfredo Reyes, Senior and a Puerto Rican mother, Matilde Pages, Kamar de los Reyes grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada.
He is best known for his portrayal of Antonio Vega on the American Broadcasting Company soap opera, One Life to Live, and as Raul Menendez, the primary antagonist of the 2012 video game, Call of Duty: Black Ops World War II De los Reyes starred as a Chicano boxer named Pedro "Roadman" Quinn, in 1994"s acclaimed theatrical production of Blade to the Heat. The most arresting figure, however, is Mr. de los Reyes. More than any words he utters, the actor"s haunted eyes, sunken cheeks and shaved head convey the extent of Pedro"s torment.
In repose, he"s almost spectral.
In the ring, he"s like a short circuit, and his silent scream of triumph is a guaranteed spine-tingler. De los Reyes appeared alongside Patrick Stewart as a "dashing, if thick-tongued" Ferdinand in a 1995 production of William Shakespeare"s The Tempest.
In 1997, de los Reyes was named on People Magazine"s "Fabulous 50" list. In 2001, he starred in a television film, The Way She Moves, starring Annabeth Gish and fellow soap opera star Daniel Cosgrove.
He also starred in the controversial film Love and Suicide and in Toni Braxton"s video for her song "Spanish Guitar".
He has made numerous guest appearances on shows such as Law & Order and Computer Society of India: Miami. In 1995, de los Reyes starred with James Woods, Editor Harris and Sir Anthony Hopkins in Oliver Stone"s controversial biopic, Nixon, playing convicted Watergate burglar, Eugenio MartÃnez. In 2012, he performed the voice acting and the motion-captured body acting of the main antagonist, Raul Menendez, in the video game titled Call of Duty: Black Ops World War II The game"s publisher Activision reports an estimated United States$1 billion gross in its first fifteen days of availability, which the company states is superior to the seventeen day cinema record held by 2009"s Avatar.
In 2013, he played the role of Los Lordes gang leader, Santana in the two-part season finale of the third season of the Columbia Broadcasting System police procedural drama Blue Bloods.