Background
Clifton Craig Collins, Junior. was born in Los Los Angeles He is the grandson of actor Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez.
Clifton Craig Collins, Junior. was born in Los Los Angeles He is the grandson of actor Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez.
He is of German and Mexican descent. He first broke through the mainstream in 1997 with a performance as gang thug César Sánchez in the film One Eight Seven. In 1998, he was in Ray Bradbury"s cult film The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit.
He next portrayed a gay hitman named Francisco "Frankie Flowers" Flores for the Mexican drug cartels in Steven Soderbergh"s 2000 ensemble drama Traffic.
Foreign his portrayal of a United States Marine Corps prisoner in the 2001 film The Last Castle Collins was nominated for the 2002 American Latino Media Arts (American Latino Media Arts) Award for Best Supporting Actor in a motion picture. In 2002, he played the role of Buddy in the film Confessions of an American Girl.
Collins, Junior. also played a supporting role on Forex Networks" series The Shield, as undercover Institute of Civil Engineers agent Hernan. He also has a small role in 2006"s Babel, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
In 2007, Collins took the lead role in the indie feature The Perfect Game, playing former baseball player Cesar Faz, who coaches a local Mexican youth league team, leading them all the way to the Little League World Series.
In 2008, Collins directed two music videos for the country music group, Zac Brown Band: "Chicken Fried" and "Whatever lieutenant Is". Collins starred in the comedy Sunshine Cleaning with Amy Adams, Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin. He played Winston, the owner of a cleaning supply shop who builds meticulously detailed model airplanes with only one arm.
Collins played the part with one arm thrust tied behind his back.
In 2009"s Star Trek, Collins plays Ayel, a Romulan, second in command to the villain Nero. In 2009, Clifton joined Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker and Elijah Wood in the psychological thriller "The Experiment".
Collins starred in Extract, a 2009 film by director Mike Judge. Collins, Junior. co-produced the film National Lampoon"s television: The Movie in which he played Officer Sanchez alongside Jacob Vargas in TJ COPS. He also voiced the fictional video game character Cesar Vialpando in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
In 2009, he played Romeo in the film The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day.
In 2010, Collins joined the castform of National Broadcasting Company"s drama The Event as Thomas. In 2015, Home Box Office"s science fiction drama Westworld added Collins as Lawrence, a charming but lethal outlaw, with a knack for maneuvering and negotiating the various criminal elements.