Thomas Rosales Jr (February 3, 1948) is an American actor and stunt man best known for Speed (1994), Running Scared (2006), and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007).
He was married to Charlene Jones, currently married to Joyce Johnston and has four children, two with Jones and two with Johnston.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1977: Billy Portrait Of A Street Kid as Student at School
- 1978: Every Which Way but Loose as Young Trucker (Uncredited Role) (also stunts)
- 1979: Sunnyside as Tommy (also stunts)
- 1980: Detour To Terror as Larry
- 1980: Getting Wasted as Carlos
- 1980: The Hunter as Bernardo (also stunts)
- 1981: Nighthawks as Ripper
- 1982: The Sword and the Sorcerer as Kabal
- 1982: They Call Me Bruce as Thug
- 1983: Blue Thunder as Thug (also stunts)
- 1983: Max Dugan Returns as Robber
- 1984: The Lost Empire as Terrorist Gang Leader
- 1984: Sweet Revenge as Mexican
- 1985: Stick as Nestor's Hood
- 1985: Stand Alone as Cocaine Cowboy #2
- 1985: Commando as Young Guerrilla (also stunts)
- 1985: Space Rage as Felon #2
- 1986: Raw Deal as Jesus
- 1986: Omega Syndrome as Fredo (also stunts)
- 1986: Eye Of The Tiger as Jamie's Relative
- 1986: No Mercy as Man #4
- 1987: Extreme Prejudice as Scarza (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1987: La Bamba as Man at Party (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1987: Made In USA as Gas Jockey
- 1987: The Running Man as Chico
- 1987: The Wild Pair as Store Robber (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1988: Deadly Stranger as Juan
- 1989: The Favorite as Third Mate
- 1989: WB Blue And The Bean as Casper 'Bean' Garcia
- 1990: Downtown as Police Officer (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1990: Impulse as Colombian Drug Dealer
- 1990: RoboCop 2 as Chet
- 1990: Death Warrant as Punk
- 1990: Predator 2 as El Scorpio Gang Member (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1990: Kindergarten Cop as Street Tough #4 (uncredited)
- 1991: The Perfect Weapon as Man in Alley
- 1991: One Good Cop as Beniamino Associate #3
- 1991: Sweet Poison as Prisoner #2 (also stunts)
- 1991: Alligator II: The Mutation as Victor
- 1991: The Owl as Morito
- 1991: Ricochet as Drug-Dealer (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1991: Rush as Wino
- 1992: Universal Soldier as Wagner
- 1992: Trancers III as Scumbag
- 1993: Nowhere to Run as Prisoner
- 1993: Extreme Justice as Chavez (also stunts)
- 1993: Menace II Society as Convict (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1993: Last Action Hero as Vivaldi Henchman (uncredited)
- 1993: Man's Best Friend as Mugger
- 1994: The Crow as Sanchez
- 1994: Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult as Prisoner #2 (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1994: Jimmy Hollywood as Tough Guy
- 1994: Cyber Tracker as Man with Gun in Club (uncredited)
- 1994: Beverly Hills Cop III as Car Mechanic (uncredited)
- 1994: Speed as Vince
- 1994: The Hard Truth as Man at Subway (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1994: A Low Down Dirty Shame as Hood who Fails Mendoza (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1995: See Jane Run as Driver
- 1995: My Family as The Boatman
- 1995: Three Ninjas Knuckle Up as Thug fighting grandpa (also stunts)
- 1995: Rough Magic as Tough (also stunts)
- 1995: The Tie That Binds as Detective #2
- 1995: Heat as Armored Truck Driver
- 1996: The Rockford Files If The Frame Fits as Ernesto
- 1996: Midnight Heat as Hispanic Prisoner
- 1996: Tremors 2: Aftershocks as Oil Worker (also stunts)
- 1996: Escape from L.A. as Gang Member (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1996: Last Man Standing (1996) as Ramirez Bodyguard (also stunts)
- 1997: 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag as Bandito (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1997: L.A. Confidential as First Mexican
- 1997: The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Carter (also stunts)
- 1997: Con Air as Cindino Gunman (also stunts)
- 1997: Face/Off as Pablo (also stunts)
- 1998: The Replacement Killers as Gangster
- 1998: U.S. Marshals as 727 Prisoner
- 1998: Deadly Ransom as Torturer
- 1998: Vampires as Ortega
- 1998: Music From Another Room as Jose
- 1998: Deep Impact as Refugee (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1998: The Pandora Project as Stenwick's Man (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1998: Blade Squad as Mist Dealer #1 (uncredited)
- 1998: Letters From A Killer as Headbanging Inmate
- 1998: Judgment Day as Payne's Man (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 1999: The Base as Driver
- 1999: Foolish as Goon
- 2000: Shadow Hours as The Downey Destroyer (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2000: Across The Line as Boss
- 2000: The Presidents Man as Drug Soldier (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2000: The Crew as Ventana's Gangster in the Ship (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2000: Brother as 1st Mexican Mafia Boss (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2000: Held For Ransom as Swamp Man #2
- 2000: Traffic as Tackled Man #2
- 2001: Tomcats as Gang Member (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2001: Double Bang as First Cop
- 2001: Ocean's Eleven as Security Guard at Boxing Fight (uncredited)
- 2002: Slackers as Janitor (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2002: Men in Black II as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
- 2002: Stealing Harvard as Loach's Bandit
- 2002: Analyze That as Coyote
- 2004: Collateral as Ramone (also stunts)
- 2005: Detective as Carlos Quinones (also stunts)
- 2006: Running Scared as Julio
- 2006: Bottoms Up as Crazy Town Mexican (also stunts)
- 2006: The Guardian (2006) as Cargo Crew
- 2006: Unknown as Ponytail
- 2007: Bobby Z as Huertero Thug
- 2007: Delta Farce as Bandito Guard
- 2008: Superhero Movie as Bandit in Alley (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2009: Bruno as Mexican Gardener #4
- 2011: The Green Hornet as Gang Leader (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2012: Act of Valor as Christo's RHM
- 2012: Casa de mi Padre as Friend George (also stunts)
- 2012: Bad Ass as Bartender
- 2013: The Call as Jose
- 2014: Need for Speed as Valet
- 2014: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as Old Man
- 2015: Hot Pursuit as Mexican Senior Tour Passenger (also stunts)
- 2015: Our Brand Is Crisis as Mini-Vehicle Driver (uncredited) (also stunts)
- 2017: The Beautiful Ones as Tuco
- 2020: Spenser Confidential as Marcelo
- 2020: Greenland as Hispanic Driver
- 2022: No Name And Dynamite Davenport as Barkeep
Television Roles
- 1973: Kojak as Extra
- 1973-1977: Emergency! as Orderly/Injured TV Worker/Extra/Junkyard Worker #2 (9 episodes)
- 1974: Happy Days as Teenage Boy at Arnold's
- 1974: Barnaby Jones as Man shot
- 1977: Starsky & Hutch as Purse Snatcher
- 1982: Police Squad! as Mike Schultz
- 1982: Bret Maverick as Cinto Morado
- 1982: Voyagers! as Soldier (also stunts)
- 1982-1983: The Fall Guy as Henchman/Louis (2 episodes)
- 1983: Zorro And Son as Gomez
- 1983: Cagney & Lacey as Drug Dealer
- 1983: Hardcastle and McCormick as Cutter
- 1984: T.J. Hooker as Primo Gang Member
- 1984: Hill Street Blues as Fighting Hispanic Man in Hill Street Station
- 1985: Berrengers as Titan
- 1985: Half Nelson as Mugger
- 1985: Magnum, P.I. as Punk
- 1985-1986: The A-Team as various (5 episodes)
- 1986: Airwolf as Morales
- 1986: Hunter as Manolo Torres
- 1986: Amazing Stories as Prisoner
- 1988: Simon & Simon as Wounded Salvadoran
- 1988: MacGyver as Charles LaFond
- 1989: Beauty And The Beast as Carlos
- 1989: Highway to Heaven as Gang Member
- 1989-1990: Jake and the Fatman as Carlos/Silva (2 episodes)
- 1990: Drug Wars The Camarena Story as Commando (also stunts)
- 1990: In the Heat of the Night as Carlos Delgado
- 1992: Renegade as Rico
- 1993: Space Rangers as Gambler
- 1993: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Cowboy #2
- 1993: The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Jose
- 1993-2000: Walker, Texas Ranger as various (7 episodes)
- 1994: Babylon 5 as Panicked Man/Worker (2 episodes)
- 1995: Lois & Clark as Thug
- 1996: JAG as KO'ed Drug Runner
- 1996: Red Shoe Diaries as Thug
- 1997: LA Heat as Bandit
- 1997: Family Matters as Pirate
- 1997: Unhappily Ever After as Pablo
- 1998: Mike Hammer Private Eye as Tito
- 1999: The X-Files as Malcolm Wiggins
- 1999: Angel as Prisoner/Manny the Pig (2 episodes)
- 2000: V.I.P. as Soldier
- 2002: ER as Orderly Enriquez
- 2003: The Bold and the Beautiful as Thug (also stunts)
- 2003-2009: Reno 911! as Burglar/Rosales Brother (2 episodes)
- 2005: Alias as Nadia's Kidnapper
- 2006: The Lost Room as Marco Cordova
- 2006-2012: NCIS as Pedro Hernandez (2 episodes)
- 2007: Days of Our Lives as Bar Patron #2
- 2009-2010: Sons of Anarchy as Calaveras #2/Mayan (2 episodes)
- 2014: Workaholics as Ramon
- 2014-2018: The Last Ship as Executed Guerrilla Prisoner/Old Man Who Gets Kicked (2 episodes)
- 2015-2016: Scorpion as Bryan/Manager (2 episodes)
- 2016: Westworld as Domino Player (also stunts)
- 2017: Training Day as Security Guard Gus Enchoa (also stunts)
- 2017: Bosch as Mexican OG
- 2017: Criminal Minds as Benjamin Vargas
- 2017: Shooter as Armed Man
- 2018: Snowfall as Lucia's Worker
- 2019: Animal Kingdom as Driver
- 2020: Outer Banks as Island Cop #2
- 2021: Mr. Mayor as Drunk Old Man
Video Game Roles
- 1995: Mr Payback An Interactive Movie as Hoops
Shorts
- 2009: Redemption as Grandpa Reyes
Producer
- 2017: The Traitor
Stunts
- 1973: Battle for the Planet of the Apes
- 1974: The Towering Inferno
- 1975: Lucky Lady
- 1976: Two-Minute Warning
- 1977: Airport 77
- 1978: FM
- 1978: Big Wednesday
- 1978: The Norseman
- 1979: Boulevard Nights
- 1979: Walk Proud
- 1979: The Concorde Aiport 79
- 1980: Die Laughing
- 1980: The Island
- 1980: Borderline
- 1981: Charlie Chan And The Curse Of The Dragon Queen
- 1983: Scarface
- 1983: Uncommon Valor
- 1984: Cannonball Run II
- 1984: Red Dawn (1984)
- 1984: Hill Street Blues
- 1984: Bad Manners
- 1984: Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
- 1985: Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
- 1985: Fright Night (1985)
- 1985: Rainy Day Friends
- 1986: 8 Million Ways to Die
- 1986: Out Of Bounds
- 1986: ¡Three Amigos!
- 1987: The Bedroom Window
- 1987: Beauty and the Beast (1987)
- 1987: Weeds
- 1987: Cherry 2000
- 1987: Date with an Angel
- 1987: *batteries not included
- 1988: Remote Control
- 1988: Two Moon Junction
- 1988: License to Drive
- 1988: Midnight Run
- 1988: Traxx
- 1988: Alien Nation
- 1988: They Live!
- 1988: War And Remembrance
- 1989: Weekend at Bernie's
- 1989: K9
- 1989: One Man Force
- 1989: The Heist
- 1990: The Rookie
- 1991: Not Of This World
- 1991: Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
- 1992: Memoirs of an Invisible Man
- 1992: American Me
- 1992: Deep Cover
- 1992: Class Act
- 1992: Honeymoon in Vegas
- 1992: Bram Stoker's Dracula
- 1993: Blood In Blood Out
- 1993: Falling Down
- 1993: Amos & Andrew
- 1993: Street Knight
- 1993: The Hidden
- 1993: Demolition Man
- 1994: The Silence of the Hams
- 1994: Bad Blood
- 1994: Deconstructing Sarah
- 1994: In The Army Now
- 1994: Stargate
- 1995: Major Payne
- 1995: Hologram Man
- 1995: Steal Big Steal Little
- 1995: Cover Me
- 1995: Vampire in Brooklyn
- 1996: Up Close And Personal
- 1996: The Sunchaser
- 1996: The Crow: City of Angels
- 1996: Riot
- 1996: Mars Attacks!
- 1997: The Beautician and the Beast
- 1997: Buddy
- 1997: Executive Target
- 1997: Most Wanted
- 1997: TNT
- 1997: The Underground
- 1997-1999: LA Heat (3 episodes)
- 1998: The Perfect Getaway
- 1998: Freedom Strike
- 1998: City of Angels
- 1998: The Odd Couple II
- 1998: In Gods Hands
- 1998: Out of Sight
- 1998: Lethal Weapon 4
- 1998: The Mask of Zorro
- 1998: Black Thunder
- 1998: Mr Murder
- 1998: The Assault
- 1998: Inferno
- 1998: Hard Time
- 1999: Justice
- 2000: Submerged
- 2000: Bedazzled
- 2000: All the Pretty Horses
- 2001: Double Take
- 2001: Planet of the Apes (2001)
- 2002: The Salton Sea
- 2002: Behind The Action Stuntmen In The Movies
- 2002: xXx
- 2003: Biker Boyz
- 2003: Hulk
- 2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- 2003: Once Upon a Time in Mexico
- 2005: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- 2005: Bad News Bears
- 2005: The Legend of Zorro
- 2005: Sleeper Cell
- 2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- 2006: ER
- 2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- 2007: No Country for Old Men
- 2007: Ocean's Thirteen
- 2007: Lions for Lambs
- 2008: Iron Man
- 2008: Columbus Day
- 2008: Big Fat Important Movie
- 2008: My Own Worst Enemy
- 2009: Eleventh Hour
- 2009: The Line
- 2010: Funny Or Die Presents
- 2010: The A-Team
- 2010: Sons of Anarchy
- 2011: Pistachio The Little Boy That Woodnt
- 2012: Blackout
- 2013: In AP Propriate Comedy
- 2014: Stretch
- 2015: True Detective
- 2017: CHIPS
- 2017: Fear the Walking Dead
- 2018: Sicario: Day of the Soldado
- 2018: The Last Ship
