Trinidad Silva
Acting
Born: 1950-01-30 · Mission, Texas, USA
Died: 1988-07-31
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
🎬 Movies (15)
UHF
1989
Raul Hernandez
The Night Before
1988
Tito
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988
Milagro Townsperson
Stones for Ibarra
1988
Basilio Garcia
Colors
1988
Frog
Home Free
1988
Eddie Fuentes
The Running Man
1987
Cheering Game Show Patron (uncredited)
Jocks
1986
Chito
Crackers
1984
Ramon
El Norte
1983
Monte
Second Thoughts
1983
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
Carlos ("Growing Yourself")
Walk Proud
1979
Dagger
The Jerk
1979
Punk
Alambrista!
1977
Joe
