Wilson Cruz

Wilson Cruz is a TV Actor, and he was born on 27 December - 1973(49 years old) in New York. Wilson Cruz zodiac sign is Capricorn. More detailed information about Wilson Cruz given below.

Wilson Cruz Timeline

• 1991
  

  Cruz was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents born in Puerto Rico. His family eventually moved to Rialto, California, where he attended Eisenhower High School, graduating in 1991. At age 19, Cruz came out to his parents as gay, first to his mother and then his father. While his mother was initially hurt and shocked, she eventually accepted the news. His father, however, threw him out of the house, and Cruz spent the next few months living in his car and at the homes of friends. He later reconciled with his father.

• 1994
  

  Cruz went to Hollywood to seek work as an actor, intending to be open about his sexuality from the beginning of his career. In 1994 he was cast as Enrique "Rickie" Vasquez, a troubled, gay teen, in the short-lived, critically acclaimed cult classic TV series My So-Called Life. This made Cruz the first openly gay actor to play an openly gay character in a leading role in an American television series.

• 1996
  

  Following My So-Called Lifeu0027s cancellation, Cruz went on to play J. Edgar Hooveru0027s servant Joaquin in Oliver Stoneu0027s film Nixon and had a small role in the television movie On Seventh Avenue. In 1996, he appeared with David Arquette as Mikey in Johns, about the day-to-day struggles of male prostitutes. In 2000, he played Victor in the final season of Party of Five. He also had a recurring role as Rafael de la Cruz on the series, Raising the Bar.

• 1997
  

  Cruz joined the board of directors of GLAAD in 1997 in order to assist the organization through a leadership transition, and joined the staff of GLAAD in 2012 as a National Spokesperson and Strategic Giving Officer.

• 2008
  

  Cruz works with and advocates on behalf of LGBT youth, especially youth of color. He has volunteered his time as host for the Youth Zone, an online community at Gay.com for LGBT youth. He was the Grand Marshal of the 1998 West Hollywood Gay Pride parade, the 2005 Chicago Pride Parade and the 2019 Fiertu00e9 Montru00e9al Pride Parade in Quu00e9bec. In 2008, he was the keynote speaker at the University of Illinois at Chicagou0027s Lavender Graduation and Rainbow Banquet honoring graduating LGBT students.

• 2009
  

  He also appeared/starred in the 2009 movie The People Iu0027ve Slept With. He plays the openly gay best friend of a promiscuous woman who tries to find out who got her pregnant so that she can get married.