One Life to Live Star Kamar de los Reyes Is Dead

Actor, 56, also known for 'Call of Duty' role, had cancer
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Dec 26, 2023 12:01 AM CST
One Life to Live Star Kamar de los Reyes Is Dead
Kamar de los Reyes in 2012.   (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Kamar de los Reyes, an actor best known for playing a gang member-turned-cop in the soap One Life to Live and a villain in the video game "Call of Duty: Black Ops II," has died in Los Angeles at 56, the family announced. De los Reyes died Sunday following a brief battle with cancer, according to a publicist for de los Reyes' widow, actor Sherri Saum. In One Life to Live, de los Reyes starred as Antonio Vega, a former gang member who became a lawyer and then a cop, alongside Saum, per the AP. He was in the role from 1995 to 2009, per People. In the popular video game, he played the villain Raul Menendez. He also had roles in Fox's Sleepy Hollow, ABC's The Rookie, and CW's All American.

At the time of his death, de los Reyes was filming All American—and had recently shot roles in Marvel's upcoming Daredevil series and Hulu's yet to be released Washington Black, starring Sterling K. Brown. De los Reyes was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Las Vegas. According to a biography provided by the family, he started acting after he arrived in Los Angeles in the late '80s. Early roles include playing Pedro Quinn in the 1994 off-Broadway play Blade to the Heat, and Ferdinand in director George C. Wolfe's production of The Tempest for Shakespeare in the Park.

On the big screen, de los Reyes appeared in Oliver Stone's Nixon, playing Watergate burglar Eugenio Martinez; as a secret service agent in Salt, with Angelina Jolie; and 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 had been active in the recovery efforts after Hurricane Maria in 2017. The actor is survived by his wife and three sons, Caylen, 26, and twins Michael and John, age 9. (More obituary stories.)

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