Biography

Carlos Sanz is a Chicago-born Chilean-American actor, writer, director, and photographer. His film acting roles include the emotionally tormented real life character Carlos Arredondo, "hero with the white cowboy hat" saving Jake Gyllenhaal in David Gordon Green's 2017 film Stronger (about the Boston Marathon bombing) to that of a corrupt Costa Rican official who beats up Justin Timberlake's character in Runner Runner.

He played the dangerous and violent mob boss who goes against Jason Statham in the crime thriller hit Crank. He played dandy mob boss Manuel Garza in the comedy Beer for My Horses. He was seen taking another comedic bent in the comedy Dishdogz. Sanz has worked with such notable film directors as Ron Howard, Andrew Davis and Alan Rudolf.

His television projects include: The Oath for Sony Crackle; Ten Days In The Valley for ABC; Queen of the South for USA Network; Freeform's recurring The Fosters; Comedy Central's Review with Forrest McNeil; as well as, among others, Magnum PI, The Mentalist, Emily Owens MD, Burn Notice, CSI Miami, Cold Case, Numbrs, The Shield (as Det. Carlos Zamora), Criminal Minds, 24, Close to Home, Las Vegas, and NYPD Blue (in the recurring role of undercover cop Det. Ray Olivo). He spent two seasons on the NBC daytime drama Another World as the handsome, womanizing, mysterious and slightly dangerous Dr. Victor Rodriguez.

An award nominated theater artist, he has worked around the world including the Arena Stage, Washington DC (in the two person play about Georgia O'Keefe and her companion); the Goodman Theater, Chicago (working with JoAnne Akalaitis and Don Cheadle); South Coast Rep, Los Angeles (with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Nelo Cruz); Royal Shakespeare Company (London), Thalia Theater (Hamburg) and Bobigny MC93 (Paris); The Rubicon Theatre, Ventura, California (as Starbuck in The Rainmaker opposite Stephanie Zimbalist); San Diego Rep; Labyrinth Theater Co. (NYC); The Organic Theater Co. (Chicago) as a company member; and Latino Chicago Theater Company (as artistic associate).

Sanz earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he studied Mathematics and Philosophy.
- IMDb mini biography by: Charlie Valentin (updated by Robert Sieger)