Biography
Robin de Jesús (born August 21, 1984) is an American film and theater actor of Puerto Rican descent. He is perhaps best known for playing the role of Sonny in the 2008 Broadway musical In The Heights, for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. From 2010 to 2011, he was part of the revival cast of La Cage aux Folles.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Honoring a Broadway Legacy: Behind the Scenes of tick, tick...Boom!
2022
as Self
Go deep inside the film tick, tick...BOOM! with director Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor Andrew Garfield and the rest of the film's acclaimed ensemble. The ...
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
as Michael
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
Milkwater
2021
as George
Seeking direction and purpose, Milo rashly decides to become a surrogate and egg donor for an older gay man she meets in a bar. However, as Milo becom...
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
as Ray
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a celebration of the lives lost to AIDS told in free-verse monologues with a blues, jazz and rock score...
The Boys in the Band
2020
as Emory
At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
The Boys in the Band: Something Personal
2020
as Self
Decades after his play first put gay life center stage, Mart Crowley joins the cast and crew of the 2020 film to reflect on the story's enduring legac...
Hairbrained
2013
as Romeo Torres
A fourteen-year-old genius gets rejected by Harvard and ends up at a much lower ranked school where he makes friends with a mature student.
Elliot Loves
2012
as Hector
Two stages of a Dominican-American's life; first as a boy trying to bond with his young mother, then a 21-year-old looking for love in New York City.
Gun Hill Road
2011
as Fernando
An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation th...
In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
2009
as Self
Making it in New York City is tough. Few get the chance to live out their dreams, and the cast and crew of In the Heights know this all too well. Th...
Fat Girls
2006
as Rudy
A gay theater-obsessed Texan high school senior has his heart set on Broadway stardom with an eye out for love. With the help of his 300-pound best gi...
Camp
2003
as Michael Flores
Misfits in their lives back home, a group of young people live it up at musical-theater camp. While the sports counselor is completely ignored, the ki...
Ron Forever
N/A
as Reuben
One arrest away from foster care, a ten-year-old with mental superpowers must choose to repeat her mom's path of self-destruction or channel her traum...