Trinidad Silva
Birthday
1950/01/30
Day of death
1988/07/31 (38 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Mission, Texas, USA
Also know as
Trinidad Silva Jr.
Biography
Trinidad Silva, a character actor from Mission, Texas, had a promising career that was tragically cut short. He moved to Los Angeles in his mid-20s and landed his first acting role on "Baretta" in 1977. Unfortunately, due to the Latino typecasting prevalent at the time, most of his TV roles were as criminals or gang members. However, his role as Jesus Martinez on "Hill Street Blues" broke this stereotype, portraying a former gang leader turned community activist. Silva also played more positive ...Read more
Acting
(1988) The Night Before
as Tito
(1983) El Norte
as Monte
(1986) Jocks
as Chito
(1983) Second Thoughts
as ---
(1977) Alambrista!
as Joe
(1979) Walk Proud
as Dagger
(1988) The Milagro Beanfield War
as Milagro Townsperson
(1988) Stones for Ibarra
as Basilio Garcia
(1989) UHF
as Raul Hernandez
(1988) Colors
as Frog
(1984) Crackers
as Ramon
(1988) Home Free
as Eddie Fuentes
(1982) National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Carlos ("Growing Yourself")
(1982) T. J. Hooker
as Ramon Cruz
(1981) Hill Street Blues
as ---
(1984) Hunter
as Hector Rivas
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Basilio Garcia
(1978) The White Shadow
as Julio
(1975) Barney Miller
as Puente