Biography
Clifton Collins Jr. is an American film and television actor, best known for playing student Cesar Sanchez opposite substitute teacher Samuel L. Jackson in the feature film "One Eight Seven", and as the killer Perry Smith in the independent movie "Capote". He also played recurring characters in many television shows and is a series regular in HBO's "Westworld".
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Complete Filmography

Train Dreams
2025
A story about Robert Grainier, a day laborer employed as a logger helping to expand the railways across America. Forced to spend prolonged periods of ...

Eddington
2025
as Lodge
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.

By Design
2025
as Jacob the Stalker
A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair.

A Place to Fall Down
2023
as Jose
In the aftermath of a devastating loss, Jose grapples with overwhelming loneliness and grief. A Place to Fall Down is a poignant short film that delv...

The Bricklayer
2023
as Radek
Someone is blackmailing the CIA by assassinating foreign journalists and making it look like the agency is responsible. As the world begins to unite a...

Red, White & Royal Blue
2023
as Oscar Diaz
After an altercation between Alex, the president's son, and Britain's Prince Henry at a royal event becomes tabloid fodder, their long-running feud no...

After Yang
2022
as George
When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discov...

Jockey
2021
as Jackson Silva
An aging jockey is determined to win one last championship, but his dream is complicated when a young rookie shows up claiming to be his son.

Nightmare Alley
2021
as Funhouse Jack
An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dang...

Butter Miracle Suite One
2021
as Bobby
Tells the story of a woman who moves from California to New York. The song draws parallels with Duritz's personal journey and his own struggles with m...

Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money Shot by Puscifer
2021
as Bartesian
Puscifer (Maynard James Keenan, Mat Mitchell, Carina Round) perform every song from the 2015 album Money Shot.

Breaking News in Yuba County
2021
as Ray
An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his b...

Painted Beauty
2021
as Peter
Having done some of the most shocking art the public has ever seen, Sasha is the most sought-after artist in the world. In search of inspiration, she ...

LA Originals
2020
as Self
Photographer Estevan Oriol and artist Mister Cartoon turned their Chicano roots into gritty art, impacting street culture, hip hop and beyond.

Waves
2019
as Bobby
A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injur...

Honey Boy
2019
as Tom
The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based...

Lucky Day
2019
as DPO Ernesto Sanchez
Red, a safe cracker who has just been released from prison, is trying to hold his family together as his past catches up with him in the form of Luc, ...

Running with the Devil
2019
as The Farmer
A leader of a drug cartel sends his two toughest henchmen to investigate why a shipment was botched.

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2019
as 'Lancer' - Ernesto the Mexican Vaquero
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a co...

The Mule
2018
as Gustavo
Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive....

A Crooked Somebody
2018
as Nathan
An attention-seeking psychic is kidnapped and tries to use the situation to boost his popularity.

Cabeza Madre
2018
as John
John, looking for the mother in Cuba he hasn't seen in thirty years, is surprised to discover just her corpse minus her head, and further to find that...

Super Troopers 2
2018
as Bus Driver
When an international border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers- Mac, Thorny, Foster, Rabbit and Farva, are called in to s...

Small Town Crime
2018
as Mood
Mike Kendall, a disgraced ex-cop, is fighting a losing battle with the bottle. When he finds a woman left for dead at the side of a road, Kendall turn...

The Vault
2017
as Iger
Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary bank.

M.F.A.
2017
as Kennedy
After the accidental death of her rapist, an art student becomes an unlikely vigilante, set out to avenge college girls whose rapists were not charged...

Punching Henry
2017
as Dramatic Actor
Comedian Henry Phillips is lured to LA by a renowned TV producer who wants to bring his story of failure to the screen. But when a major network gets ...

Hacker
2016
as Zed
Alex, an immigrant from Ukraine comes to Canada and becomes involved with an online criminal organization called Darkweb. What starts off as a way to ...

Transpecos
2016
as Lou Hobbs
For three US Border Patrol agents, the contents of one car reveal an insidious plot within their own ranks. The next 24 hours may cost them their live...

Triple 9
2016
as Jorge Rodriguez
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.

Man Down
2015
as Charles
When a U.S. Marine returns home from Afghanistan, he finds that the place he once called home is no better than the battlefields he fought on overseas...

Knight of Cups
2015
as Jordan
Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in...

Stung
2015
as Sydney
A fancy garden party turns into upper class prey when a colony of killer wasps mutates into seven foot tall predators.

Transcendence
2014
as Martin
Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them...

Hellbenders
2013
as Lawrence
An exorcism comedy which follows the Order of Hellbound Saints (Brooklyn Parish), a highly secretive and profoundly blasphemous men of God, as they ba...

Pacific Rim
2013
as Tendo Choi
Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pac...

Parker
2013
as Ross
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely all...

Freeloaders
2012
as Vic
Slackers who live for free in a rock star's mansion find that their ride on the gravy train is coming to an end with the sale of their pal's residence...

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity
2012
as Edgar Allan Poe
A motion comic follow-up to a chapter from Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter novel where Abe's friend, Edgar Allan Poe, tells him the tale of historical ...

Sunset Strip
2012
as Self
A documentary on the famous Los Angeles street.

The FP
2011
as C.C. Jam
Two rival gangs fight for control of Frazier Park -- a deadly arena in competitive dance-fight video game "Beat-Beat Revolution."

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010
as Vegan Police (uncredited)
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But w...

The Experiment
2010
as Nix
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

Tell-Tale
2010
as Detective
Celebrity photographer Greg Williams together with an impressive cast lead by Carla Gugino, take on the concept of the Femme Fatale in this stylish er...

Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
2009
as Self
The cast and crew reflect on the making of the movie, "Extract."

Brothers
2009
as Major Cavazos
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to ...

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009
as Romeo
Skillfully framed by an unknown enemy for the murder of a priest, wanted vigilante MacManus brothers Murphy and Connor must come out of hiding on a sh...

The Perfect Game
2009
as Cesar
Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.

Extract
2009
as Step
The owner of a factory that produces flavor extracts, Joel Reynold seems to have it all, but really doesn't. What's missing is sexual attention from h...

Star Trek
2009
as Ayel
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan...

Crank: High Voltage
2009
as El Huron
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jol...

Horsemen
2009
as Stingray
A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing...

Tom Cool
2009
as Tom Picasso
After going through 50 jobs, a young man lands a dream gig as a driver for an escort service.

Little Chenier
2008
as T-Boy Trahan
LITTLE CHENIER: A CAJUN STORY is the story of a young man who lives a simple life on a houseboat in the Louisiana bayou with his mentally handicapped ...

Under Still Waters
2008
as Jacob
A young married couple encounters a stranger who threatens their marriage and their lives.

Sunshine Cleaning
2008
as Winston
A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuiti...

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
2007
as Self
The making of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel is chronicled through an observational approach that captures the creative and logistical challenges...

Babel
2006
as Officer at Border Crossing
Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.

National Lampoon's TV: The Movie
2006
as Tijuana Cop 1 / Minion / Miranda
A celebration of the ever increasing depravity of television in our society-- it's a channel surfing adventure through the most utterly ridiculous spo...

National Lampoon's TV: The Movie
2006
Co-Producer
A celebration of the ever increasing depravity of television in our society-- it's a channel surfing adventure through the most utterly ridiculous spo...

Making Capote: Concept to Script
2006
as Self
Featurette on the making of Capote (2005).

Dirty
2006
as Officer Armando Sancho
Two gangbangers turned cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.

Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
2006
as Kenneth
Kenneth Bianchi, one of the two serial rapists and killers who terrorized the Los Angeles area in the late 1970s, is giving police station interviews ...

Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders
2006
Co-Producer
Kenneth Bianchi, one of the two serial rapists and killers who terrorized the Los Angeles area in the late 1970s, is giving police station interviews ...

Capote
2005
as Perry Smith
A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".

Life of the Party
2005
as Kipp
A group of friends plan an intervention to help their pal address his drinking problem. Things go awry when the shrink they hired fails to show up

Mindhunters
2004
as Vince Sherman
Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst. Based very lo...

Undefeated
2003
as Loco
Lex 'El Animal' Vargas is a promising Portorican boxer in Queens, but lacks ambition to aim for the big career. That changes after his brother Paulie ...

I Witness
2003
as Claudio Castillo
After 27 bodies are discovered in a collapsed tunnel in Tijuana, a man tries to unravel the mystery before becoming the next victim.

The Rules of Attraction
2002
as Rupert
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a...

Road Dogz
2002
as Raymo Serrano
"Boyz N the Hood" meets "Blood In, Blood Out" in this gritty tale of life on the streets of East L.A. Danny (Jacob Vargas), Alfonso (Greg Serano) and ...

American Girl
2002
as Buddy
A pregnant teenager is determined to leave her trailer park home with the hope of living a happy family life.

The Last Castle
2001
as Cp. Ramov Aguilar
A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.

Traffic
2000
as Francisco Flores
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Poli...

Tigerland
2000
as Pvt. Miter
A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands...

Price of Glory
2000
as Jimmy Ortega
An ex-boxer, living with the knowledge that his fight career was cut short by a crooked manager, channels his bitter disappointment in a single-minded...

Light It Up
1999
as Robert 'Rivers' Tremont
On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, cla...

Mascara
1999
Mascara is the story of three very different women who rediscover the value of their friendship at a time when their lives are in turmoil. Panic sets ...

My Sweet Killer
1999
as Horton
Charlie is an introverted person getting out of prison. He feeds in an apartment and starts dreaming of the woman who died in this apartment. And his ...

The Defenders: Taking the First
1998
as Nelson Rodriguez
A racist provokes four teens into beating a Latino youth to death after one of his fiery speeches on a college campus. The Prestons are first called u...

The Replacement Killers
1998
as Loco
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, ...

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998
as Martinez
Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have enough cash. He finds 4 more people of same ...

The Bad Pack
1997
as Townsman 1
A band of mercenaries are hired to combat a militia terrorizing a group of Mexican immigrants in a Texas border town.

One Eight Seven
1997
as Cesar Sanchez
After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teache...

One Man's Justice
1996
as Jarhead #2
When a man's wife and family are murdered, he plots revenge only to find out that the killer is under Federal protection and he must exact his own for...

Sgt. Bilko
1996
as Soldier #2
The US army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Sergeant Ernie Bilko is the leader of a ragta...

Dead Presidents
1995
as Betancourt
On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself ...

Witch Hunt
1994
as Tyrone
Magic and murder connect an actress, a private eye, a senator and a witch in 1950s Hollywood.

The Stöned Age
1994
as Tack
Determined to avoid another night of driving aimlessly around Torrance in the Blue Torpedo, Joe and Hubbs set out on a quest for fine chicks. Their pa...

Poetic Justice
1993
as Mailroom Supervisor
Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice writes poetry to deal with the pain of her loss. Unable to get to Oakland to att...

Menace II Society
1993
as Vato #2
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Sworn to Vengeance
1993
3 kids have been brutally murdered. Sergeant Stewart gets the job investigating this macabre case. He is very determined to solve the case and he even...

Fortress
1992
as Niño Gomez
In the future, the inmates of a private underground prison are computer-controlled with cameras, dream readers, and devices that can cause pain or dea...

For Richer, for Poorer
1992
as Co-Worker
Fresh out of college, a young man lazes about his family's estate, which irritates his father, a self-made millionaire who hatches a bankruptcy plan t...

Grand Canyon
1991
as Carlos' Friend #2
Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is t...
Riptide
N/A
When a biker gang's drug operation is raided by the ATF the gang leader's two sons develop differing views about the gang's future.