Antonio Muñoz (actor)

Antonio Muñoz
Born (1966-01-02) January 2, 1966 (age 58)
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present

Antonio Muñoz (born Jose Rafael Antonio Muñoz, January 2, 1966, in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan actor and three-time national motocross champion.

He started racing motocross when he was eleven. During his third year of racing, he suffered a major accident, leaving him with major facial trauma and permanent loss of taste and smell called anosmia. Muñoz competed for twenty years as a motocross racer and held three national titles.

In 2002, he decided to pursue a career in acting, although he had no previous experience and within days he became a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

Antonio had his first break after six months. Desmond Gumbs, the director of Straight Out (2003), (his first film) took a great risk on Muñoz's raw talent and cast him in a major plot-driver role. Since then, he has worked on top-rated shows, as well as in the feature films, The Rundown, Spanglish with Adam Sandler, and London.

He has been in television and editorial commercials including Bank of America, Nissan Altima and Infinity Insurance.

He then tried to pursue an acting career in the Hispanic-Latin market and he was soon given a feature role in the Telemundo production, El Rostro de Analía as a hitman for Gabriel Porras as Ricky Montana.

In June 2010, Antonio is worked in Petén with Dr Richard D. Hansen, providing all the logistic and helicopters for the exploration of El Mirador, the largest Mayan ruins.

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Nip/Tuck Waiter Episode "#1"
2003 Dragnet Interpreter Episode: "#2 season #2"
2005 Karen Sisco Lover Guy Episode "#9"
2005 Wanted Father Oliviera Episode "#11"
2007 Secretos Humberto Episode "#12"
2008 Camino a la Justicia Miguel Angel Episode "#32"
2009 El Rostro de Analía Hitman Episode "#146"

Film

Year Title Role
2003 Straight Out Gilbert
2003 The Rundown Kontiki Rebel
2004 "Spanglish (film)" Mexican at Family dinner
2005 London (2005 American film) Killer in a Dream

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