Acting credits
20
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Trinidad Silva
Acting
Career Snapshot
ExplainedThese indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.
TMDB popularity
1.7
Low visibility
TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.
Movies: 14Series: 6Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 146798
IMDb ID: nm0798534
Known for: Acting
Born: January 30, 1950
Died: July 31, 1988
Age: 38
Place of birth: Mission, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 1989
Years active: 39
Average TMDB rating: 6.16
Wikidata: Q2403184
Also known as
Trinidad Silva Jr.
Other jobs
In Memory Of (1)
Biography
Trinidad Silva, a character actor from Mission, Texas, had a promising career that was tragically cut short. He moved to Los Angeles in his mid-20s and landed his first acting role on "Baretta" in 1977. Unfortunately, due to the Latino typecasting prevalent at the time, most of his TV roles were as criminals or gang members. However, his role as Jesus Martinez on "Hill Street Blues" broke this stereotype, portraying a former gang leader turned community activist. Silva also played more positive roles in films like "Alambrista!" and "El Norte." Sadly, while filming "UHF" in 1988, Silva was killed by a drunk driver in Whittier, California. The film was dedicated to his memory. He was married to Sofia Alvarez.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Trinidad Silva.
6.7
UHF
as Raul Hernandez
1989 Movie
6.5
Colors
as Frog
1988 Movie
6.1
The Night Before
as Tito
1988 Movie
6.5
The Milagro Beanfield War
as Milagro Townsperson
1988 Movie
Stones for Ibarra
as Basilio Garcia
1988 Movie
6.5
The Running Man
as Cheering Game Show Patron (uncredited)
1987 Movie
4.3
Jocks
as Chito
1986 Movie
4.5
Crackers
as Ramon
1984 Movie
7.1
El Norte
as Monte
1983 Movie
1.0
Second Thoughts
1983 Movie
3.1
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Carlos ("Growing Yourself")
1982 Movie
6.9
The Jerk
as Punk
1979 Movie
5.2
Walk Proud
as Dagger
1979 Movie
5.7
Alambrista!
as Joe
1977 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Trinidad Silva.
7.1
Hunter
as Hector Rivas • 1 eps
1984 Series
6.5
T. J. Hooker
as Ramon Cruz • 1 eps
1982 Series
7.6
Hill Street Blues
29 eps
1981 Series
7.1
The White Shadow
as Julio • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.3
Barney Miller
as Puente • 1 eps
1975 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Basilio Garcia • 1 eps
1951 Series