Hector Atreyu Ruiz - Biography

Hector is an American-born actor of Tarahumaran Indian, Mexican, and Spanish extraction. He came of age on the streets of Los Angeles, selling oranges and collecting cans with his Mother. Poverty, gang violence, and drugs colored his life; this led him to incarceration. Despite grappling with the street-life, he enrolled in a community college and found himself jousting a sword on stage in Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'. He then transferred to USC, where he graduated cum laude with a degree in theatre and received the notable Jack Nicholson Award for Best Actor. Now this kid, who once was known as 'Hector the can collector', is in pursuit of the Hollywood silver screen dream.