Jaime Sánchez (actor)

Jaime Luis Sánchez Rodríguez (born December 19, 1938) is a Puerto Rican stage, film and television actor, active since the 1950s.

Stage
Jaime Luis Sánchez Rodríguez, appearing as Jamie Sanchez, began his acting career on Broadway at the age of 18 in 1957, when he played Chino in the original cast of West Side Story. He also performed in numerous off-Broadway theater productions, including an appearance as Marc Antony in Joseph Papp's 1979 production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

Film
Sánchez' film appearances include Frank Perry's David and Lisa (1962), Sidney Lumet's The Pawnbroker (1964), Cornel Wilde's Beach Red (1967) and Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (1969). He also had two different roles in both Brian De Palma's Carlito's Way (1993) and its 2005 prequel, Carlito's Way: Rise to Power, directed by Michael Bregman.


 * 1962: David and Lisa (Frank Perry) - Carlos
 * 1964: The Pawnbroker (Sidney Lumet) - Jesus Ortiz
 * 1965: Heroina (Jeronimo Mitchell Melendez) - Chico
 * 1967: Beach Red (Cornel Wilde) - Colombo
 * 1969: The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah) - Angel
 * 1969: El escuadrón del pánico (Nuestro Regimiento) (Manuel Mur Oti)
 * 1970: Arocho y Clemente (Miguel Ángel Álvarez) - Arocho
 * 1971: La Palomilla (Efrain Lopez Neris)
 * 1973: Serpico (Sidney Lumet) - Cop (uncredited)
 * 1974: The Minutes and Hours (Frany Sardou)
 * 1976: The Next Man (Richard C. Sarafian) - New York security
 * 1977: Bobby Deerfield (Sydney Pollack) - Delveccio
 * 1980: On the Nickel (Ralph Waite) - Joe
 * 1985: Invasion USA (Joseph Zito) - Castillo
 * 1986: Big Trouble (John Cassavetes) - Terrorist chief
 * 1986: Florida Straits (Mike Hodges) (TV Movie) - Innocente
 * 1992: In the Soup (Alexandre Rockwell) - Uncle Theo
 * 1992: Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara) - Priest
 * 1993: Carlito's Way (Brian De Palma) - Rudy
 * 1995: Fear of Man (short film) (William Nunez) (Short) - The patrol leader
 * 1996: Looking for Richard (Al Pacino) - Himself
 * 1998: The City (La Ciudad) (David Riker) - The director of the clothing store
 * 2002: Piñero (Leon Ichaso) - Miguel's father
 * 2005: ''The Krutch (half-hour film) (Judith R. Escalona) (Short) - Dr. Guzman
 * 2007: 3 Americas (Cristina Kotz Cornejo) - Henry
 * 2011: The King Hector Lavoe (Antony Felton) - Hector Maisonave
 * 2011: Diega! (James Aviles Martin) - Guillermo Diego
 * In production : An Artist's Emblem (Michael J. Narvaez) - Paco the activist

Television
Sánchez' TV appearances include The Fugitive, Kojak, The Equalizer, and the second season of Sesame Street, in which he appeared as Miguel from 1970 to 1971.


 * 2005 : Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (Michael Bregman) : Eddie

Honors
In 2002, Sánchez received the HOLA Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA).

In 2008, Jaime Sánchez was invited and honored by the Bar Association of Puerto Rico (Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico), in an event that also honored pioneer actor Juano Hernández posthumously.