Renoly Santiago

Renoly Santiago (born March 15, 1974) is a Puerto Rican actor, singer and writer known for his appearances in films such as Dangerous Minds, Hackers and Con Air, and in television series such as Touched by an Angel and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Early life Renoly Santiago was born in Lajas, Puerto Rico. He was raised in Union City, New Jersey.

Career Santiago first became known in the United States when he was cast in the 1993 television series CityKids as Tito. He co-wrote the Emmy nominated pilot episode of the show. From his participation in CityKids, Santiago graduated to film, acting as Raúl Sanchero in 1995's Dangerous Minds. By 1996, he was co-starring alongside some other well-known Hollywood actors in his role as Ramόn Sánchez, a.k.a. the "Phantom Phreak" in Hackers. He also plays Mikey in Daylight.

Santiago starred as Ramón Martínez, an androgynous criminal nicknamed "Sally-Can't Dance," in the 1997 film Con Air. Santiago then took three years off from acting on-screen and starred on Broadway in Paul Simon's The Capeman as Tony "Umbrella Man" Hernandez, leader of the gang The Vampires, a role for which he was a 1998 Drama Desk Nominee for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical.

As a singer, Santiago has recorded with performers Marc Anthony, Paul Simon, Danny Rivera and La India.

In 2000, he returned to the screen in the low-budget film Punks, in which he plays Dante, which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival. By 2001, Santiago was back on television, playing Miguel Acosta in the January 7 episode of Touched by an Angel, making a small appearance in the March 29 episode of Big Apple and as Chiggy Rios in Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the episode "The Faithful'.

In 2002, Santiago made a film called The Street King, where he played the character Cesar Rojas. It was not a major hit, and Santiago took another three-year sabbatical from screen acting. Santiago returned to film in 2005, as "Scorpio" in Just Another Romantic Wrestling Comedy. In early 2011, he starred as Johnny Pacheco in the Hector Lavoe salsa biopic The King. Santiago will appear in Grand Street in which he stars with Kelly McGillis.

Santiago wrote a screenplay titled “Union City Streets” with filmmaker Mario Cerrito in 2013.

From March 6 to May 8, 2014, Santiago taught professional acting classes at The William V. Musto Cultural Center in his boyhood home of Union City, New Jersey. The ten-week course was initiated as part of the Grace Theatre Workshop, and consisted of monologue and scene studies.

Personal life Santiago lives in New York City. 1995 Hackers Ramόn Sánchez / "The Phantom Phreak" 1996 Daylight Mikey 1997 Con Air Ramon "Sally-Can't Dance" Martinez credited as "Renoly" 2000 Punks 2001 Touched by an Angel 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2002 King Rikki 2013 Winners & Losers 2014 Grand Street 2015 The Networker 2016 The Night Of 2016 Difficult People 2017 The Get Down