Wilson Cruz

Wilson Cruz

Birth : 1973-12-27, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Wilson Cruz (born Wilson Echevarría; December 27, 1973) is an American actor, better known for playing Rickie Vasquez on My So-Called Life and a recurring character on Noah's Arc. In both his acting and his community work, Cruz has served as a model and mentor to gay youth, especially gay youth of color. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wilson Cruz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Wilson Cruz

Movies

Tina Town
Three young gay men who are best friends, two of them married to each other, find the memories of their individual childhood traumas so painful they turn to crystal meth, “Tina”, their "painkiller." After years of using they all descend to a world that might be imaginary or real called Tina Town where residents are met immediately with two choices: stop using the drug which would allow for possible escape and a chance to continue living or use and face the wrath of the town's unofficial leader, Mr. Jones, who, upon catching a young resident, rapes and kills them. Two of the characters, Sammy and Andy who are married to each other, must mourn the loss of their friend, Ashtyn, who was recently captured. Sammy and Andy are left and faced with the two choices which they find almost impossible to make.
Habla Loud
Self
Inspiring celebrities and influential Latinos come together to "speak loudly" and share their stories of being Latinos in the U.S.
25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love
A quarter century ago, Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking musical, RENT, opened at New York Theatre Workshop. From its humble beginnings at NYTW, this rock musical went on to shape a generation. What began in the East Village traveled to Broadway, across the nation and around the world. On March 2, 2021, NYTW held its biggest fundraising event of the year, 25 YEARS OF RENT: MEASURED IN LOVE. This virtual celebration of RENT and its impact on the collective cultural consciousness featured a selection of iconic songs by some of today’s most beloved recording and theatre artists, exclusive content uncovering how RENT came to life, and reflections on the driving force of Jonathan’s legacy in the American theatre.
The American Boys
Billy
At elementary school, a child struggles to come to terms with his feelings for a teacher. In high school, the lead singer in a local band has admirers in both the girls and the boys. Meanwhile on campus the pitches and pools have their fair share of star-crossed lovers. And as for Billy? He's just happy to cruise. The 6 short films are: These Things Take Time (2018); The Legend of Scotty Watts (2017); Two Fish (2017); You Can Play (2015); I Think I'm Gay? (2019); Billy's Blowjobs (2017).
Noah's Arc: The 'Rona Chronicles
A pandemic-era reunion special of Patrik-Ian Polk’s groundbreaking ’Noah’s Arc’ series.
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
Online special co-hosted by Billy Eichner and Lilly Singh in response to COVID-19 featuring celebrities and live performances raising funds for LGBTQ community centers.
The Sweet Life
Hotel Clerk
Kenny is an ice cream vendor in Chicago with a crisp white uniform and an apathetic heart. When he encounters Lolita, a sharp-tongued but despondent insurance actuary, their heated conversation, natural spark and mutual hopelessness lead to an unusual proposal for a meet-cute: to travel to San Francisco, where they will jump off the Golden Gate Bridge together.
After Louie
Mateo
As an AIDS activist and member of ACT UP in the 1980s and 90s, Sam witnessed the deaths of too many friends and lovers. Battlewounded and struggling with survivor's guilt, Sam now resents the complacency of his former comrades and derides what he sees as the younger generation's indifference to the politics of sex, and of death. An unexpected intimacy with a much younger man challenges Sam's understanding of contemporary gay life. Through this unconventional romance, he is forced to deal with the trauma that so informs his past, their present, and an unknown future.
Billy's Blowjobs
Billy
A man seeks the numbing comfort of anonymous sex, until a chance encounter which may change his outlook on life. Inspired in part by Andy Warhol's film "Blow Job," this new film brings the arthouse tradition to the gritty streets of contemporary Los Angeles.
Billy's Blowjobs
Executive Producer
A man seeks the numbing comfort of anonymous sex, until a chance encounter which may change his outlook on life. Inspired in part by Andy Warhol's film "Blow Job," this new film brings the arthouse tradition to the gritty streets of contemporary Los Angeles.
Meth Head
Julian
Kyle Peoples never wanted to be the man he has become in his 30s, an accountant stuck in a dead end job, with a lover who is more successful than he and a family that doesn't get him at all. So when a night of partying leads to a new family of friends and fun, Kyle sees an opportunity for escape from reality. But Kyle's new friendship with Maia and Dusty and the trio's love of crystal meth eventually cost Kyle his job, his companion, his home and his family. Kyle's escape becomes his trap, the party is an illusion and the crystal is slowly killing him, physically and psychologically. When he finally bottoms out and is no longer the young man his father once boasted about with pride, Kyle must choose: life or meth.
The Skinny
Dr. Vasquez
Feature film from award-winning writer/director Patrik-Ian Polk, tells the story of five black Brown University classmate s- four gay men and one lesbian - reuniting in the Big Apple for a weekend of sin, fun, secrets, lies and drama.
Slip Away
David
Selena and Jane are tangled in a web of desire. One struggles to find perfect love, while the other chases gratification through artificial bliss. How far does one go before they simply Slip Away?
The People I've Slept With
Gabriel
The People I've Slept With - a promiscuous woman who finds herself with an unplanned pregnancy and needs to figure out who the baby daddy is...NOW. Angela Yang loves sex. She loves it so much she needs to make baseball cards of her lovers to help her remember where she's been. She doesn't think twice about her lifestyle until she finds out that she's pregnant. Her gay best friend, Gabriel Lugo tells her to "take care of it," but her conservative sister, Juliet persuades Angela to get married to the baby's father and lead a "normal" life like her. Angela listens to her sister, chooses to keep the baby, and goes on a quest to find the identity of the father by any means necessary.
He's Just Not That Into You
Nathan
Remember that really cute girl/guy who said they'd call – and didn't? Maybe they lost your number. Maybe they're in the hospital. Maybe they're awed by your looks, brains or success. Or maybe... They're just not that into you.
The Ode
Adrian
A young, gay Indian flees to Hollywood, away from an overprotective mother and memories of his father's violent death. A successful banker by day, at night his life unravels in a blur of alcohol, drugs, and sex as he grapples with love, loss and ultimately, forgiveness. Based on actual events and the acclaimed novel by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla.
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Evan (voice)
Welcome to the gayest of gay ghettos, West Lahunga Beach, where Rick and Steve make their fabulously decorated double-income-no-kids home. That is until Rick's lifelong lesbian friend Kirsten asks him to be the father of her child. There's just one catch, Kirsten's wife Dana and Rick's husband Steve are mortal enemies. The insults fly, nothing goes unspoken, and the ugly, bitter truth about domestic bliss never looked so cute. Starring the voices of Alan Cumming, Peter Paige, Wilson Cruz, and Margaret Cho, with music from the creators of Avenue Q. Viewer discretion advised.
Coffee Date
Kelly
Todd's life takes a turn when his friendship with a homosexual causes everyone in his life to start questioning his sexuality.
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Self
A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain". Talking heads, anchored by critic and scholar B. Ruby Rich, are interspersed with an advancing timeline and with clips from two dozen films. The narrative groups the pictures around various firsts, movements, and triumphs: experimental films, indie films, sex on screen, outlaw culture and bad guys, lesbian lovers, films about AIDS and dying, emergence of romantic comedy, transgender films, films about diversity and various cultures, documentaries and then mainstream Hollywood drama. What might come next?
Noah's Arc
Junito Vargas
Four gay friends live in L.A. and deal with today's issues, boyfriends, aids, your boyfriend's children, making it in the movie biz, etc.
Party Monster
Angel
The New York club scene of the 80s and 90s was a world like no other. Into this candy-colored, mirror ball playground stepped Michael Alig, a wannabe from nowhere special. Under the watchful eye of veteran club kid James St. James, Alig quickly rose to the top... and there was no place to go but down.
Supernova
Benj Sotomejor
Set in the 22nd century, when a battered salvage ship sends out a distress signal, the seasoned crew of the rescue hospital ship Nova-17 responds. What they find is a black hole--that threatens to destroy both ships--and a mysterious survivor whose body quickly mutates into a monstrous and deadly form.
All Over Me
Jesse
Claude and Ellen are best friends who live in a not-so-nice area of New York. They're involved in the subculture of 90s youth, complete with drugs, live music, and homophobia. All is changed one night when a violent and meaningless death rocks their lives.
Joyride
James
The teenage son of a motel owner steals a black convertible to impress a mysterious beauty he has a crush on.
Johns
Mikey
It's the day before Christmas, the day before John's 21st birthday. He's a prostitute on Santa Monica Blvd in L.A., and he wants to spend that night and the next day at the posh Park Plaza Hotel. Meanwhile, Donner, a lad new to the streets, wants John to leave the city with him. John spends the day trying to figure out how to deal with Donner's friendship.
Beat the Bash
Over a decade before President Obama signed the Mathew Shepard Act in 2009, 'Beat the Bash' was produced in hopes of bringing public awareness to the heinous act of gay bashing.
Nixon
Joaquin, Hoover's Servant
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.