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Acting

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Career: Active from 1991 to 2022, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 5
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Uncanny
1.4, average 2.5
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0
Physical Comedy
1.4, average 2.4
Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Coming-of-Age 2
Character-Driven 2
Comfort TV 2
Complex Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 76

East New York

72

TV show · as Marvin Sandeford

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

80

Screenplay

2010s

9 titles · average score 69

David Makes Man

79

TV show · as Dr. Bree

Obsession

37

as Detective Crawford

The Quad

71

TV show · as Cecil Diamond

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

64

as Dr. Roland Pattillo

Billions

76

TV show · as Raul Gomez

Public Morals

75

TV show · as Lt. King

Selma

83

as Bayard Rustin

Low Winter Sun

58

TV show · as Charles Dawson

Person of Interest

81

TV show · as Sam Latimer

2000s

17 titles · average score 60

Castle

75

TV show · as Roy Montgomery

The Good Wife

85

TV show · as Charles Jinks

The Invention of Lying

56

as Landlord

Mr. Brooks

59

as Hawkins

American Gangster

79

as Doc

Lackawanna Blues

75

as Freddie Cobbs

Their Eyes Were Watching God

67

as Joe Starks

The Red Sneakers

42

as Uncle Joe

Little John

61

as Steven

Domestic Disturbance

40

as Sgt. Edgar Stevens

American Tragedy

56

as Christopher Darden

Shaft

57

as Jimmy Groves

1990s

21 titles · average score 66

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Carlos Guzman

The West Wing

83

TV show · as Morris Tolliver

The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer

54

TV show · as Det. Newhouse

Third Watch

81

TV show · as Det. Wolfort, NYPD

Rear Window

55

as Antonio Fredericks

Michael Hayes

TV show · as Eddie Diaz

The Devil's Advocate

69

as Leamon Heath

Early Edition

73

TV show · as Emmett Brown

Bleeding Hearts

as Todd

Touched by an Angel

44

TV show · as Dr. Joe Acot

Gargoyles

83

TV show · as Gabriel (voice)

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Mr. Gaines / Detective Brian Keene

1980s

3 titles · average score 64

Coming to America

66

as Street Hustler

Dear John

62

TV show · as Larry / Curtis

Leg Work

TV show

1970s

1 title · average score 79

NOVA

79

TV show · as Percy Julian

1960s

1 title · average score 42

Another World

42

TV show

1950s

1 title · average score 85

Hallmark Hall of Fame

85

TV show · as Steven