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Thomas Rosales Jr.

Acting

Born February 3, 1948 · El Paso, Texas, USA

Also known as Thomas Rosales · Tommy Rosales · Tom Rosales

Biography

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.

Filmography50+ titles

Snowfall

2017as Lucia's Worker (uncredited)

Outer Banks

2020as Island Cop #2

Scorpion

2014as Bryan

Blood In, Blood Out

1993as Prisoner (uncredited)

Scarface

1983Stunts

S.W.A.T.

2017as Attendant

Westworld

2016Stunts

No Country for Old Men

2007Stunts

Babylon 5

1994as Panicked Man

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

1977as Student at School

Bosch

2015as Mexican OG

Angel

1999as Manny the Pig

Heat

1995as Armored Truck Driver

Emergency!

1972

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2003Stunts

L.A. Confidential

1997as First Mexican

ER

1994as Orderly

Iron Man

2008Utility Stunts

MacGyver

1985as LaFond

NCIS

2003as Pedro Hernandez

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

1993as Cowboy #2

Airwolf

1984as Morales

The Fall Guy

1981

Ocean's Eleven

2001as Security Guard at Boxing Fight (uncredited)

The Crow

1994as Sanchez

Menace II Society

1993Stunts

Dracula

1992Stunts

The A-Team

1983as Walker

Workaholics

2011as Ramon

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2006Stunts

Falling Down

1993Stunts

Beauty and the Beast

as Carlos

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014as Old Man

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007Stunts

They Live

1988Stunts

La Bamba

1987as Man at Party

Shooter

2016as Armed Man

Collateral

2004as Ramon Ayala

Reno 911!

2003as Rosales Brother

Speed

1994as Vince

Midnight Run

1988Stunts

Boulevard Nights

1979Stunts

Greenland

2020as Hispanic Driver

The Guardian

2006as Cargo Crew

Traffic

2000as Tackled Man #2

Brother

2000as First Mexican Mafia Boss

Face/Off

1997as Prisoner (uncredited)

Running Scared

2006as Julio

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2005Stunts

Stargate

1994Stunts