Ramon Rodriguez
Ramon Rodriguez
Puerto Rican-born screen actor who appeared in such television series as The Wire and Day Break. He also starred in the films The Taking of Pelham 123 and Need for Speed from 2014.
NationalityPuerto Rican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth20 December 1979
CityRio Piedras, PR
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Westerns are cool, man. I'm big on Westerns. I just love the grittiness.
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To be honest, a lot of ride-alongs are not that great. There might be one or two calls on the radio - not a lot - depending on what time you go.
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I spent a lot of time with the LAPD. I spent six weeks training, weapons training, ride-alongs, surveillance, interviewing them, in all different departments and divisions.
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A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn't going to go, but they were giving away free sneakers. I ended up coming in second place.
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The camera never lies, man. I've learned that. If you allow it, it will see right through you, which is kind of cool.
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I interned for the Knicks for one year doing community relations, but I absolutely hated it. It was a desk job, and the team was not good at all, and I didn't realize how much that correlated to the office. It was just gray, gloomy days.
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I love 'I Love Lucy,' and I have the DVD set of 'I Love Lucy.'
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I played college basketball in West Virginia for two years, and then I graduated from NYU with a sports management degree because I realized the NBA's not going to happen.
My first celebrity crush... I had a huge crush on 'Cheetara' from 'ThunderCats.'
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I grew up on Avenue C, and Tompkins Square Park was my park. That was where I played ball every day. I lived in that park.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.