Kamar de los Reyes, a tv, film and voice actor finest recognized for enjoying a gang member-turned-cop within the cleaning soap “One Life to Reside” and a villain within the online game “Name of Obligation: Black Ops II,” has died in Los Angeles at 56, the household introduced.
De los Reyes died Sunday following a short battle with most cancers, in accordance with an announcement from Lisa Goldberg, a publicist for de los Reyes’ spouse, Sherri Saum.
In “One Life to Reside,” de los Reyes starred as Antonio Vega, a former gang member who turned a lawyer after which a cop, alongside Saum. Within the well-liked online game “Name of Obligation: Black Ops II,” he performed the villain Raul Menendez. He additionally had roles in Fox’s “Sleepy Hole,” ABC’s “The Rookie” and CW’s “All American.”
The household assertion mentioned that on the time of his loss of life, de los Reyes was filming “All American” – and had just lately shot roles in Marvel’s upcoming “Daredevil” collection and Hulu’s but to be launched “Washington Black,” starring Sterling Okay. Brown.
De los Reyes was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Las Vegas. In keeping with a biography supplied by the household, he caught the bug for performing when he arrived in Los Angeles within the late ’80s. Early roles embody taking part in Pedro Quinn within the 1994 off-Broadway play, “Blade to the Warmth,” and Ferdinand in director George C. Wolfe’s manufacturing of “The Tempest” for Shakespeare within the Park.
On the large display, de los Reyes appeared in Oliver Stone’s “Nixon,” taking part in Watergate burglar Eugenio Martinez, as a secret service agent in “Salt,” with Angelina Jolie, and in “The Cell” with Jennifer Lopez.
“De los Reyes lived in Los Angeles, nonetheless, his coronary heart by no means left Puerto Rico,” the household assertion mentioned, including that the actor had been lively within the restoration efforts after Hurricane Maria in 2017.
The actor is survived by spouse Saum and three sons, Caylen, 26, and twins Michael and John, age 9.
