Camar de los Reyes, a television, film and voice actor, has played a mobster-turned-cop in the soap opera „One Life to Live” and a villain in the video game „Call of Duty: Black Ops II.” Died in Los Angeles at age 56, family announced.
De Los Reyes died Sunday following a brief battle with cancer, according to a statement obtained by CBS News from Lisa Goldberg, the publicist for De Los Reyes' wife, actress Sherry Sam.
In „One Life to Live,” De Los Reyes played Antonio Vega, a former gang member who became a lawyer and later a policeman. In the popular video game „Call of Duty: Black Ops II”, he played the villain Raul Menendez. He also had roles on Fox's „Sleepy Hollow,” ABC's „The Rookie” and The CW's „All American.”
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At the time of his death, de los Reyes was filming „All American” — and most recently starring in Marvel's upcoming „Daredevil” series and Hulu's yet-to-be-released „Washington Block” with Sterling K. played by Brown. .
De Las Reyes was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Las Vegas. According to a biography provided by the family, he caught the acting bug when he came to Los Angeles in the late '80s. Early roles included Pedro Quinn in the 1994 Off-Broadway play, „Blade to the Heat” and directed by George C. Ferdinand starred in Wolfe's „The Tempest” in The Park.
On the big screen, de los Reyes appeared in Oliver Stone's „Nixon,” as Watergate burglar Eugenio Martinez, in „Salt” with Angelina Jolie, and as a Secret Service agent in „The Cell” with Jennifer Lopez.
„De Los Reyes lived in Los Angeles, however, his heart never left Puerto Rico,” the family statement said, adding that the actor was active in recovery efforts after Hurricane Maria in 2017.
The actor has wife Sam and three sons, Kaylen, 26, and twins Michael and John, 9.