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Thomas Rosales Jr.

Acting · Born 1948-02-03 · El Paso, Texas, USA

Thomas Rosales Jr. (born 3 February 1948) is an American stunt man who has appeared in more than one hundred and fifty movies. His first known appearance as a stuntman was in Battle for the Planet of the Apes in 1973. Rosales is arguably one of Hollywood's most recognizable stunt performers due to speaking roles, including ones where a film's protagonist wounds or kills him. His filmography includes RoboCop 2, The Crow, Tremors 2: Aftershocks, Universal Soldier, Predator 2, L. A. Confidential, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, U. S. Marshals, Deep Impact, The Running Man, The Hunter, Beverly Hills Cop III, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Speed, and NCIS.

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Credits · 232

No Name and Dynamite

2022 · barkeep

2021 · Drunk Old Man

2020 · Hispanic Driver

2020 · Island Cop #2

Spenser Confidential

2020 · Marcelo

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

2017 · Attendant

The Beautiful Ones

2017 · Lucia's Worker (uncredited)

2016 · Armed Man

Our Brand Is Crisis

2015 · Mexican OG

2014 · Manager

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014 · Old Man

InAPPropriate Comedy

2012 · Bartender

Casa de Mi Padre

2012 · Friend George

2012 · Christo's RHM

The Green Hornet

2011 · Gang Leader (uncredited)

2010 · Exiting bar patron

2009 · Mexican Gardener #4

2008 · Utility Stunts

Superhero Movie

2008 · Bandit in Alley (uncredited)

No Country for Old Men

The Death and Life of Bobby Z

2007 · Huertero Thug

Ocean's Thirteen

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007 · Bandito Guard

2006 · Ponytail

2006 · Cargo Crew

2006 · Crazy Town Mexican

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

The Legend of Zorro

2004 · Ramon Ayala

2003 · Pedro Hernandez

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

2003 · Bartender with Gun (uncredited)

2003 · Rosales Brother

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2003 · Rebel Militant (uncredited)

2003 · Stunt Coordinator

Stealing Harvard

2002 · Loach's Bandit

Men in Black II

2002 · Subway Passenger (uncredited)

2001 · Security Guard at Boxing Fight (uncredited)

2001 · First Cop

Planet of the Apes

2001 · Gang Member (uncredited)

2000 · Tackled Man #2

2000 · First Mexican Mafia Boss

All the Pretty Horses

2000 · Ventana’s Gangster in the ship

2000 · The Downey Destroyer

The President's Man

2000 · Drug Soldier (uncredited)

Across the Line

1999 · Payne's Man (uncredited)

1999 · Manny the Pig

1998 · Torturer

1998 · Soldier

Letters from a Killer

1998 · Headbanging Inmate

1998 · Mist Dealer

The Mask of Zorro

Lethal Weapon 4

1998 · Refugee (uncredited)

Music from Another Room

1998 · 727 Prisoner

The Replacement Killers

1998 · Gangster

The Underground

Mike Hammer, Private Eye

L.A. Confidential

1997 · First Mexican

Executive Target

1997 · Prisoner (uncredited)

1997 · Utility Stunts

1997 · Cindino Gunman (Stunts)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

1997 · Bandito (uncredited)

The Beautician and the Beast

Last Man Standing

1996 · Ramirez Bodyguard

The Crow: City of Angels

Escape from L.A.

1996 · Gang Member (uncredited)

Tremors 2: Aftershocks

1996 · Oil Worker

1996 · Hispanic Prisoner

Up Close & Personal

1995 · Armored Truck Driver

Vampire in Brooklyn

The Tie That Binds

1995 · Detective #2

3 Ninjas Knuckle Up

1995 · Thug Fighting Grandpa at Indian Ceremony (uncredited)

Unhappily Ever After

Deconstructing Sarah

A Low Down Dirty Shame

1994 · Hood Who Fails Mendoza (uncredited)

1994 · Orderly Enriquez

1994 · Man with Gun in Club

In the Army Now

Beverly Hills Cop III

1994 · Car Mechanic (uncredited)

1994 · Sanchez

Jimmy Hollywood

1994 · Tough Guy

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

1994 · Prisoner #2 (uncredited)

1994 · Panicked Man

Man's Best Friend

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Extreme Justice

Last Action Hero

1993 · Vivaldi Henchman (uncredited)

Menace II Society

Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger

1993 · Robber (uncredited)

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993 · Mexican Guard (uncredited)

1993 · Prisoner (uncredited)

1993 · Prisoner

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

1993 · Cowboy #2

Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992 · Scumbag

Honeymoon in Vegas

Universal Soldier

Red Shoe Diaries

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1991 · Drug-Dealer (uncredited)

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

1991 · Bar Fighter (uncredited)

Alligator 2: The Mutation

1991 · Beniamino Associate #3

The Perfect Weapon

1991 · Man in Alley

Kindergarten Cop

1990 · Street Tough #4 (uncredited)

1990 · Bar Patron (uncredited)

1990 · El Scorpio Gang Member (uncredited)

1990 · Columbian Drug Dealer

1989 · Casper 'Bean' Garcia

Weekend at Bernie's

Deadly Stranger

1988 · Juan (as Tommy Rosales)

Two Moon Junction

*batteries not included

1987 · Stunt Coordinator

The Running Man

Jake and the Fatman

Beauty and the Beast

1987 · Man at Party

Extreme Prejudice

1987 · Scarza (uncredited)

The Bedroom Window

1987 · Stunt Coordinator

¡Three Amigos!

1986 · Cop (uncredited)

Eye of the Tiger

1986 · Jamie's Relative

8 Million Ways to Die

1985 · Young Guerrilla

1985 · Cocaine Cowboy #3

1985 · Nestor's Hood

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

Cannonball Run II

The Lost Empire

1984 · Terrorist Gang Leader

1984 · Morales

Max Dugan Returns

1983 · Thug #1

They Call Me Bruce?

The Sword and the Sorcerer

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

1980 · Anthony "Tony" Bernardo

Detour to Terror

The Concorde... Airport '79

Boulevard Nights

Every Which Way but Loose

1978 · Young Trucker (uncredited)

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

1977 · Student at School

The Towering Inferno

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

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