Thomas Rosales, Jr. (born February 3, 1948) is an American actor, stunt performer, stunt coordinator and producer who played an unnamed member of the Colombian Scorpions in the 1990 film Predator 2, although he was not credited for the role. Other notable films Rosales has appeared in include RoboCop 2 (1990), Speed (1994) and The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997).
Rosales has had a prolific career, working on over 180 movies. He is arguably one of Hollywood's most recognizable stuntmen, given that he is often cast in prominent "henchman" roles and has performed numerous minor speaking parts.
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Notes |
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1973 | Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Uncredited |
1974 | The Towering Inferno | Uncredited |
1975 | Lucky Lady | Uncredited |
1976 | Two-Minute Warning | Uncredited |
1977 | Airport '77 | |
1978 | FM | |
Big Wednesday | Uncredited; with Steve Boyum and Gary Busey | |
Every Which Way But Loose | Uncredited | |
The Norsemen | ||
1979 | Boulevard Nights | |
The Concorde... Airport '79 | ||
Walk Proud | ||
Sunnyside | ||
1980 | Die Laughing | |
The Island | ||
Getting Wasted | ||
The Hunter | ||
Borderline | ||
1981 | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | |
Nighthawks | ||
1982 | The Sword and the Sorcerer | |
They Call Me Bruce? | ||
1983 | Max Dugan Returns | |
Blue Thunder | Uncredited | |
Scarface | ||
1984 | Red Dawn | With Harry Dean Stanton |
Cannonball Run II | ||
Bad Manners | ||
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | ||
The Lost Empire | ||
1985 | Stick | |
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | ||
Fright Night | ||
Stand Alone | ||
Commando | With Bill Duke, Dan Hedaya, Bill Paxton and Arnold Schwarzenegger | |
Rainy Day Friends | ||
Space Rage | ||
1986 | 8 Million Ways to Die | |
Out of Bounds | ||
Raw Deal | With Robert Davi, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sven-Ole Thorsen | |
Eye of the Tiger | With Gary Busey and Yaphet Kotto | |
Omega Syndrome | ||
No mercy | ||
¡Three Amigos! | ||
1987 | Extreme Prejudice | With María Conchita Alonso |
La Bamba | ||
Weeds | With Mark Rolston | |
The Running Man | With María Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sven-Ole Thorsen and Jesse Ventura | |
Date with an Angel | ||
Cherry 2000 | With Laurence Fishburne | |
Made in U.S.A. | ||
*batteries not included | With Gerard G. Williams | |
The Wild Pair | ||
The Bedroom Window | ||
1988 | Remote Control | |
License to Drive | With Henry Kingi and William R. Perry | |
Midnight Run | With Yaphet Kotto | |
Alien Nation | With Abraham Alvarez, Tom Finnegan, Alec Gillis and Diana James | |
They Live | With Henry Kingi | |
Traxx | With Robert Davi | |
Two Moon Junction | ||
Deadly Stranger | ||
1989 | Bailout | With Danny Trejo |
Intimate Power | ||
K-9 | With William H. Burton, Jr. and Henry Kingi | |
Weekend at Bernie's | ||
One Man Force | With Henry Kingi | |
1990 | Downtown | With Henry Kingi |
Impulse | With Mark Rolston | |
RoboCop 2 | With Mark Rolston | |
Death Warrant | With Paulo Tocha and Jean-Claude Van Damme | |
Predator 2 | Uncredited | |
The Rookie | With Tom Skerritt | |
Kindergarten Cop | Uncredited; with Arnold Schwarzenegger | |
1991 | The Perfect Weapon | |
One Good Cop | With J. E. Freeman | |
Alligator II: The Mutation | With Julian Reyes | |
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | With William H. Burton, Jr. and Sven-Ole Thorsen | |
Ricochet | With Alex Chapman, George Christy, Tom Finnegan, Jim Ishida and Jesse Ventura | |
Rush | With Cynthia Dale Scott | |
1992 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | With Henry Kingi and Pat Skipper |
Class Act | With Henry Kingi and Gerard G. Williams | |
Universal Soldier | With Lilyan Chauvin, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Gerard G. Williams | |
Trancers III | ||
American Me | With William H. Burton, Jr. and Gerard G. Williams | |
Deep Cover | With John Cann, Laurence Fishburne and Henry Kingi, directed by Bill Duke | |
Bram Stoker's Dracula | With William H. Burton, Jr. and Winona Ryder | |
Honeymoon in Vegas | ||
1993 | Amos & Andrew | With Brad Dourif |
Street Knight | ||
Nowhere to Run | With William H. Burton, Jr., Henry Kingi, Sven-Ole Thorsen and Jean-Claude Van Damme | |
Falling Down | With Steve Boyum and Henry Kingi | |
Last Action Hero | Uncredited; with William H. Burton, Jr., Charles Dance, Larry Ferguson, Henry Kingi, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sven-Ole Thorsen and Jean-Claude Van Damme, directed by John McTiernan | |
Menace II Society | With Charles S. Dutton and Vonte Sweet | |
The Hidden 2 | ||
Blood In, Blood Out | With John Cann, Raymond Cruz, Henry Kingi, Michael Papajohn, Paulo Tocha and Danny Trejo | |
Extreme Justice | With Yaphet Kotto | |
Demolition Man | With Alex Chapman, Steve Kahan, Henry Kingi, Pat Skipper and Jesse Ventura | |
Man's Best Friend | With John Cann and Lance Henriksen | |
1994 | Naked Gun 33 ⅓: The Final Insult | With Tom Finnegan, Brad Martin and Gerard G. Williams |
Jimmy Hollywood | ||
The Crow | With Michael Wincott | |
Beverly Hills Cop III | Uncredited | |
Speed | With Eddie Yansick | |
The Hard Truth | ||
Stargate | With Christopher John Fields | |
In the Army Now | With Alex Lorre | |
Bad Blood | ||
A Low Down Dirty Shame | With William H. Burton, Jr., Charles S. Dutton, Henry Kingi and Sven-Ole Thorsen | |
The Silence of the Hams | With Gerard G. Williams | |
1995 | Major Payne | With Brad Martin |
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up | ||
Hologram Man | ||
My Family | With John Cann and Elpidia Carrillo | |
Cover Me | ||
The Tie That Binds | ||
Heat | With Danny Trejo | |
Rough Magic | ||
Vampire in Brooklyn | With Jsu Garcia | |
$teal Big Steal Little | ||
1996 | The Assault | |
Up Close & Personal | With Raymond Cruz | |
Tremors 2: Aftershocks | ||
Escape from L.A. | With William H. Burton, Jr., Brad Martin and Leland Orser | |
Last Man Standing | ||
The Sunchaser | With William H. Burton, Jr. | |
The Crow: City of Angels | ||
Mars Attacks! | ||
1997 | The Beautician and the Beast | |
Buddy | ||
Con Air | With Danny Trejo and Eddie Yansick | |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park | With Henry Kingi, Pete Postlethwaite, David St. James and Alan Purwin | |
T.N.T. | ||
Executive Target | ||
The Underground | ||
L.A. Confidential | With Guy Pearce and David St. James | |
Face/Off | Uncredited | |
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag | ||
Most Wanted | With Henry Kingi | |
1998 | In God's Hands | |
U.S Marshals | With Henry Kingi | |
Deep Impact | Uncredited | |
The Replacement Killers | With Danny Trejo | |
City of Angels | ||
The Pandora Project | ||
Black Thunder | ||
Letters from a Killer | With Mark Rolston | |
Lethal Weapon 4 | With Lionel Douglass, Danny Glover, Steve Kahan, Henry Kingi and Brad Martin | |
Freedom Strike | ||
Vampires | With Henry Kingi | |
Music from Another Room | ||
The Odd Couple II | ||
Out of Sight | With Brad Martin | |
The Mask of Zorro | ||
1999 | Foolish | With Sven-Ole Thorsen |
The Base | ||
Judgement Day | ||
2000 | Across the Line | |
Shadow Hours | With Brad Dourif | |
The Crew | With Dan Hedaya | |
Submerged | ||
Bedazzled | With Tom Woodruff, Jr. | |
Held for Ransom | ||
Traffic | With Jsu Garcia, Topher Grace and Vonte Sweet | |
Brother | ||
All the Pretty Horses | With Rubén Blades | |
2001 | Double Take | With William H. Burton, Jr. |
Tomcats | Uncredited; with Jake Busey | |
Planet of the Apes | With Michael Wiseman | |
2002 | Slackers | |
The Salton Sea | ||
Men in Black II | Uncredited; with Brian Steele | |
xXx | With William H. Burton, Jr., Jan Pavel Filipenský, William Hope, Petr Jákl, Henry Kingi and Danny Trejo | |
Analyze That | With Sylvia Kauders | |
Stealing Harvard | ||
2003 | Biker Boyz | With Laurence Fishburne |
Hulk | With Michael Papajohn | |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | ||
Once Upon a Time in Mexico | With Rubén Blades and Danny Trejo, directed by Robert Rodriguez | |
2004 | Collateral | |
2005 | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | |
Bad News Bears | ||
The Legend of Zorro | ||
2006 | Running Scared | |
Unknown | ||
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | ||
Bottoms Up | Uncredited | |
The Guardian | ||
2007 | Delta Farce | With Michael Papajohn |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | ||
Ocean's Thirteen | Uncredited | |
Lions for Lambs | ||
The Death and Life of Bobby Z | With Laurence Fishburne and Oleg Taktarov | |
No Country for Old Men | ||
2008 | Iron Man | |
Superhero Movie | With Michael Papajohn | |
Columbus Day | ||
Big Fat Important Movie | Uncredited; with Robert Davi | |
2009 | Brüno | |
La Linea — The Line | With Danny Trejo | |
2010 | The A-Team | |
2011 | The Green Hornet | Uncredited |
2012 | Act of Valor | |
Casa de mi Padre | ||
2013 | inAPPropriate Comedy | With Adrien Brody |
2014 | Need for Speed | |
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | With Michael Papajohn | |
The Beautiful Ones |
External Links[]
- Thomas Rosales, Jr. at the Internet Movie Database
- Thomas Rosales, Jr. on Wikipedia