Clifton Collins Jr.

Clifton Collins Jr.
Collins Jr. at the 2013 Weekend Of Horrors 11
Born	(1970-06-16) June 16, 1970 (age 54) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez
Occupations	Actor author
Years active	1990–present
Relatives	Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez (grandfather) Jose Gonzalez Gonzalez (great-uncle)
Website	cliftoncollinsjr.com

Clifton Craig Collins Jr. (born June 16, 1970) is an American film and television actor. He is a Primetime Emmy Award, Independent Spirit Award, Satellite Award, and four-time ALMA Award nominee, and a Screen Actors Guild Award winner. Prior to 1999, he was credited as Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez.

After various small parts, he gained attention for his performance as a gangster in the crime drama One Eight Seven (1997). He then played featured parts in the major productions Traffic (2000) and The Last Castle (2001), and gained further recognition for his co-starring role as Perry Edward Smith in the biographical film Capote (2005). His subsequent films include Babel (2006), Star Trek, Crank: High Voltage (both 2009), Pacific Rim (2013), Knight of Cups (2015), The Mule (2018), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), and Nightmare Alley (2021). He won a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for his performance in the independent film Jockey (2021).

Collins' work on television series includes a starring role as Jack Hill on Thief (2006) - which earned him an Emmy Award nomination, Thomas on The Event (2010–11), Maximo Gomez on Ballers (2015–17), and Lawrence Gonzales / "El Lazo" on Westworld (2016–2020). He also provided the voice of Cesar Vialpando in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004).