Clifton Collins Jr. Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for several ALMA Awards including one for outstanding supporting actor for "The Last Castle" in 2002 and one for outstanding actor in a motion picture for "Capote" in 2006
• Won the Margo Albert Award for most promising actor at the 1998 Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards
• Brother of "Lost" and "Alias" casting director Veronica Collins
• Grandson of actor Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, known for his appearance in several John Wayne films in the 1950s and 1960s, and for a time called himself Clifton Gonzales-Gonzales as a tribute
• Made his first on-screen appearance in a 1990 episode of "Freddy's Nightmares․"
• Quote: "I'm so busy trying to be other people․ You start acting just as soon as you walk into the door of that casting office․ You can't just be yourself because they don't want to hire you․"
• Quote: "You want to be singled out [as an actor], but to actually stand outside of the context of the scope of the story is, in truth told, kind of doing an injustice to the piece, if you will․ That doesn't mean you can't be fantastic in what you're doing․"
• Best known for his roles as Ops Tendo Choi in "Pacific Rim" and as Perry Smith in "Capote․"
• Appeared in a television commercial for the Playstation 3 video game system