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Alex Kruz

Birth : 1978-11-30, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

History

Alex Kruz is an American actor known for roles in television, theater and film. He was born in New Jersey, his father is a Native American Indian of the Kañari (Quichua) Nation, and Alex is a recognized warrior of the Mescalero Apache Shadow Wolf Clan. Alex is multi-ethnic and multi-lingual, playing multiple ethnicities seamlessly across media in several languages having worked in film/tv in France, Italy, Brazil, Sweden, Israel, Germany, and Japan. He is best known for his role in the film “Red Cloud: Deliverance” as Jake Red Cloud and “Tom in America”. He has received Best Actor awards from the Mexico International Film Festival, Bare Bones International Film Festival, DC Independent Film Festival, Amiens International Film Festival, and nominated for best performance by the Maverick Movie Awards. Outside of his acting credits, Alex has worked on behalf of several charities and causes which benefit children and aid those affected by human trafficking. In addition to the charities he helps run, he has produced documentary features and shorts which help make the world aware of issues touching children without voices against war, female circumcision, and other issues from which the West is usually removed from such as “Godka Cirka” (Sundance Premiere), “Madina’s Dream” (SXSW Premiere), and “Fight Church” acquired by LionsGate Films and available on Netflix.

Movies

The Garden Left Behind

The Garden Left Behind

Traces the relationship between Tina, a young Mexican trans woman, and Eliana, her grandmother, as they navigate Tina's transition and struggle to build a life for themselves as undocumented immigrants in New York City.

Fencing Instructor (uncredited)

A biopic of Barack Obama set during his time as a college student in New York City.

Co-Executive Producer

A documentary about the confluence of Christianity and mixed martial arts, including ministries which train fighters. The film follows several pastors and popular fighters in their quest to reconcile their faith with a sport that many consider violent and barbaric. Faith is tried and questions are raised. Can you really love your neighbor as yourself and then punch him in the face?

Gus

For 50 years, Michael and Betty have been united by one guiding principle: no secrets. But when a provocative Tom of Finland doll triggers Michael's long-buried desires, Betty discovers that secrets have been part of their life all along.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Time Life Employee (uncredited)

A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

Le deuxième mari Latino

Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.

Enforcer Charlie

The story of a man suffering from mental illness who attempts to rebuild his life.

Producer

Young Alifa looks up at the somali sky. She thinks about her daily life as a shepherdess. She knows that the day that will change her life forever is about to come.

Red Cloud: Deliverance

Red Cloud: Deliverance

Jake Red Cloud

Jake Red Cloud, a Native American gun for hire with a mysterious past, needs a place to lay low. With a flashy bankroll, he persuades attractive Jeanine Parker to rent him a room. Jake quickly learns that Parker is nothing but a chain smoking, promiscuous drunk that neglects and ignores her daughter Ann. Desperate for attention, Ann befriends Red Cloud and soon the two develop a spiritual bond of friendship, which leads Jake to the revelation that something in his life is missing. Before he can act his past threatens to extinguish his life and the lives of those around him.

The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises

Wall Street Broker (uncredited)

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

Japanese Olympic Runner (uncredited)

The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.