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Devin Kelley and Hector Atreyu Ruiz: world premiere of 'different words for the same thing' by Kimber Lee

Jackie Chung and Hector Atreyu Ruiz: world premiere of 'different words for the same thing' by Kimber Lee

Madeline Puzo and Hector Atreyu Ruiz: world premiere of 'different words for the same thing' by Kimber Lee

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Publicity still for Death Sentence: Kevin Bacon and Hector Atreyu Ruiz

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Renowned Spanish actress Paz Vega from film 'Sex & Lucia' kicking back with the cutty's on the set of '10 Items or Less'...

Cutty Ski, Morgan Freeman, & my #1 cutty Hector Atreyu Ruiz, who is soon to be starring in the upcoming movie SPLINTER...

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Edward James Olmos, Tom Sizemore, Resmine Atis, and Hector Atreyu Ruiz in Splinter (2006)

Hector is an American-born actor of Tarahumara Indian, Mexican, and Spanish extraction. He came of age on the streets of Los Angeles, selling oranges and collecting recyclable 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...

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