Thomas Rosales Jr.
Acting · Crew
Born February 3, 1948, El Paso, Texas, USA
Thomas Rosales Jr. (born 3 February 1948) is an American stunt man who has appeared in more than one hundred and fifty movies. His first known appearance as a stuntman was in Battle for the Planet of the Apes in 1973. Rosales is arguably one of Hollywood's most recognizable stunt performers due to speaking roles, including ones where a film's protagonist wounds or kills him. His filmography includes RoboCop 2, The Crow, Tremors 2: Aftershocks, Universal Soldier, Predator 2, L. A. Confidential, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, U. S. Marshals, Deep Impact, The Running Man, The Hunter, Beverly Hills Cop III, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Speed, and NCIS.
Filmography
- 2022No Name and Dynamite — barkeep
- Mr. Mayor — Drunk Old Man
- WandaVision — Stunts
- 2020Greenland — Hispanic Driver
- Outer Banks — Island Cop #2
- 2020Spenser Confidential — Marcelo
- 2018Sicario: Day of the Soldado — Stunts
- 2017CHiPs — Stunts
- S.W.A.T. — Attendant
- Snowfall — Lucia's Worker (uncredited)
- 2017The Beautiful Ones — Tommy
- Shooter — Armed Man
- Westworld — Stunts
- Bosch — Mexican OG
- 2015Hot Pursuit — Stunts
- 2015Our Brand Is Crisis — Stunts
- 2014Dawn of the Planet of the Apes — Old Man
- 2014Need for Speed — Valet
- Scorpion — Manager, Bryan
- 2013InAPPropriate Comedy — Stunts
- 2013The Call — Jose
- 2012Act of Valor — Christo's RHM
- 2012Bad Ass — Bartender
- 2012Casa de Mi Padre — Friend George
- 2011The Green Hornet — Gang Leader (uncredited), Stunts
- Workaholics — Ramon
- 2010Down for Life — Exiting bar patron
- 2010The A-Team — Stunts
- 2009Brüno — Mexican Gardener #4
- 2008Iron Man — Utility Stunts
- 2008Superhero Movie — Bandit in Alley (uncredited), Stunts
- 2007Delta Farce — Bandito Guard
- 2007No Country for Old Men — Stunts
- 2007Ocean's Thirteen — Stunts
- 2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End — Stunts
- 2007The Death and Life of Bobby Z — Huertero Thug
- 2006Bottoms Up — Crazy Town Mexican, Stunts
- 2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest — Stunts
- 2006Running Scared — Julio
- 2006The Guardian — Cargo Crew
- 2006Unknown — Ponytail
- 2005The Legend of Zorro — Stunts
- 2005The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada — Stunts
- 2004Collateral — Ramon Ayala, Stunts
- 2003Chasing Papi — Stunt Coordinator
- 2003Hulk — Rebel Militant (uncredited), Stunts
- NCIS — Pedro Hernandez
- 2003Once Upon a Time in Mexico — Bartender with Gun (uncredited)
- 2003Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl — Stunts
- Reno 911! — Rosales Brother
- 2002Analyze That — Coyote
- 2002Men in Black II — Subway Passenger (uncredited)
- 2002Slackers — Stunts
- 2002Stealing Harvard — Loach's Bandit
- 2002xXx — Stunts
- 2001Double Bang — First Cop
- 2001Ocean's Eleven — Security Guard at Boxing Fight (uncredited)
- 2001Planet of the Apes — Stunts
- 2001Tomcats — Gang Member (uncredited), Stunts
- 2000Across the Line — Boss
- 2000All the Pretty Horses — Stunts
- 2000Bedazzled — Stunts
- 2000Brother — First Mexican Mafia Boss, Stunts
- 2000Shadow Hours — The Downey Destroyer
- 2000Submerged — Stunts
- 2000The Crew — Ventana’s Gangster in the ship
- 2000The President's Man — Drug Soldier (uncredited)
- 2000Traffic — Tackled Man #2
- Angel — Manny the Pig
- 1999Foolish — Goon
- 1999Judgment Day — Payne's Man (uncredited)
- 1999The Base — Driver
- 1998Blade Squad — Mist Dealer
- 1998City of Angels — Stunts
- 1998Deadly Ransom — Torturer
- 1998Deep Impact — Refugee (uncredited)
- 1998Hard Time — Stunts
- 1998In God's Hands — Stunts
- 1998Lethal Weapon 4 — Stunts
- 1998Letters from a Killer — Headbanging Inmate
- 1998Music from Another Room — Jose
- 1998Out of Sight — Stunts
- 1998T.N.T. — Stunts
- 1998The Assault — Stunts
- 1998The Mask of Zorro — Stunts
- 1998The Replacement Killers — Gangster
- 1998U.S. Marshals — 727 Prisoner
- V.I.P. — Soldier
- 1998Vampires — Ortega
- 19978 Heads in a Duffel Bag — Bandito (uncredited), Stunts
- 1997Buddy — Utility Stunts
- 1997Con Air — Cindino Gunman (Stunts)
- 1997Executive Target — Stunts
- 1997Face/Off — Prisoner (uncredited), Stunts
- 1997L.A. Confidential — First Mexican
- Mike Hammer, Private Eye
- 1997The Beautician and the Beast — Stunts
- 1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park — Carter, Stunts
- 1997The Underground — Stunts
- 1996Blackout — Hispanic Prisoner
- 1996Escape from L.A. — Gang Member (uncredited), Stunts
- 1996Last Man Standing — Ramirez Bodyguard, Stunts
- 1996Mars Attacks! — Stunts
- 1996The Crow: City of Angels — Stunts
- 1996The Sunchaser — Stunts
- 1996Tremors 2: Aftershocks — Oil Worker, Stunts
- 1996Up Close & Personal — Stunts
- 19953 Ninjas Knuckle Up — Thug Fighting Grandpa at Indian Ceremony (uncredited), Stunts
- 1995Cover Me — Stunts
- 1995Heat — Armored Truck Driver, Stunts
- 1995Hologram Man — Stunts
- 1995Rough Magic — Tough, Stunts
- 1995See Jane Run — Driver
- 1995The Tie That Binds — Detective #2
- Unhappily Ever After — Pablo
- 1995Vampire in Brooklyn — Stunts
- 1994A Low Down Dirty Shame — Hood Who Fails Mendoza (uncredited), Stunts
- Babylon 5 — Panicked Man
- 1994Bad Blood — Stunts
- 1994Beverly Hills Cop III — Car Mechanic (uncredited)
- 1994CyberTracker — Man with Gun in Club
- 1994Deconstructing Sarah — Stunts
- ER — Orderly Enriquez
- 1994In the Army Now — Stunts
- 1994Jimmy Hollywood — Tough Guy
- 1994Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult — Prisoner #2 (uncredited), Stunts
- 1994Speed — Vince
- 1994Stargate — Stunts
- 1994The Crow — Sanchez
- 1994The Hard Truth — Stunts
- 1993Bound by Honor — Prisoner (uncredited), Stunts
- 1993Demolition Man — Stunts
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — Cowboy #2
- 1993Extreme Justice — Chavez, Stunts
- 1993Falling Down — Stunts
- 1993Last Action Hero — Vivaldi Henchman (uncredited)
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Thug
- 1993Man's Best Friend — Mugger
- 1993Menace II Society — Stunts
- 1993Nowhere to Run — Prisoner
- Walker, Texas Ranger — Mexican Guard (uncredited), Robber, Mendoza's Goon (uncredited), Chico Valdes, Drug-Dealer
- 1993Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger — Robber (uncredited)
- 1992Bram Stoker's Dracula — Stunts
- 1992Class Act — Stunts
- 1992Deep Cover — Stunts
- 1992Honeymoon in Vegas — Stunts
- 1992Memoirs of an Invisible Man — Stunts
- Red Shoe Diaries — Thug
- Renegade — Rico
- 1992Trancers III — Scumbag
- 1992Universal Soldier — Wagner
- 1991Alligator 2: The Mutation — Victor
- 1991Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man — Bar Fighter (uncredited)
- 1991One Good Cop — Beniamino Associate #3
- 1991Ricochet — Drug-Dealer (uncredited)
- 1991Rush — Wino
- 1991The Owl — Morito
- 1991The Perfect Weapon — Man in Alley
- 1990Death Warrant — Punk
- 1990Impulse — Columbian Drug Dealer
- 1990Kindergarten Cop — Street Tough #4 (uncredited)
- 1990Predator 2 — El Scorpio Gang Member (uncredited), Stunts
- 1990RoboCop 2 — Chet
- 1990The Rookie — Bar Patron (uncredited), Stunts
- 1989Bail Out — Casper 'Bean' Garcia
- Family Matters — Pirate
- 1989K-9 — Stunts
- 1989One Man Force — Stunts
- 1989The Heist — Stunts
- 1989Weekend at Bernie's — Stunts
- 1988Deadly Stranger — Juan (as Tommy Rosales)
- 1988Midnight Run — Stunts
- 1988They Live — Stunts
- 1988Traxx — Stunts
- 1988Two Moon Junction — Stunts
- 1987*batteries not included — Stunt Coordinator
- Beauty and the Beast — Carlos
- 1987Cherry 2000 — Stunts
- 1987Extreme Prejudice — Scarza (uncredited), Stunts
- Jake and the Fatman — Carlos
- 1987La Bamba — Man at Party
- 1987The Bedroom Window — Stunt Coordinator
- 1987The Running Man — Chico
- 19868 Million Ways to Die — Stunts
- 1986Eye of the Tiger — Jamie's Relative
- 1986No Mercy — Man #4
- 1986Omega Syndrome — Fredo
- 1986Out of Bounds — Cop (uncredited), Stunts
- 1986Raw Deal — Jesus
- 1986¡Three Amigos! — Stunts
- 1985Commando — Young Guerrilla, Stunts
- 1985Fright Night — Stunts
- MacGyver — LaFond
- 1985Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment — Stunts
- 1985Stand Alone — Cocaine Cowboy #3
- 1985Stick — Nestor's Hood
- Airwolf — Morales
- 1984Bad Manners — Stunts
- 1984Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo — Stunts
- 1984Cannonball Run II — Stunts
- 1984Red Dawn — Stunts
- 1984The Lost Empire — Terrorist Gang Leader
- 1983Blue Thunder — Thug #1
- 1983Max Dugan Returns — Robber
- 1983Scarface — Stunts
- The A-Team — Walker
- 1983Uncommon Valor — Stunts
- Zorro and Son
- 1982The Sword and the Sorcerer — Kabal
- 1982They Call Me Bruce? — Gunman
- Bret Maverick
- 1981Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen — Stunts
- 1981Nighthawks — Ripper
- Simon & Simon
- The Fall Guy
- 1980Detour to Terror — Larry
- 1980Die Laughing — Stunts
- 1980Getting Wasted — Carlos
- 1980The Hunter — Anthony "Tony" Bernardo, Stunts
- 1980The Island — Stunts
- 1979Boulevard Nights — Stunts
- 1979Sunnyside — Tommy
- 1979The Concorde... Airport '79 — Stunts
- 1978Every Which Way but Loose — Young Trucker (uncredited), Stunts
- 1978FM — Stunts
- 1978The Norseman — Stunts
- 1977Airport '77 — Stunts
- 1977Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid — Student at School
- 1975Lucky Lady — Stunts
- 1974The Towering Inferno — Stunts
- 1973Battle for the Planet of the Apes — Stunts
- Emergency!