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Jan 6, 2022 · Deep into production on Clint Bentley’s feature directorial debut “Jockey,” star Clifton Collins Jr. reached an impasse: His agent kept calling him up with what the actor referred to as...
Clifton Craig Collins Jr. (born June 16, 1970) is an American actor. After starting in 1990 with small roles in film and television, Collins gained attention for his performance as Cpl. Ramon Aguilar, a prisoner "serving" under an imprisoned general played by Robert Redford in the 2001 film The Last Castle .
Dec 15, 2021 · Clifton Collins Jr. plays aging jockey Jackson Silva who is nearing the end of his career. Sony Pictures Classics. DEADLINE: Was it a big commitment? COLLINS: It was. My closer friends all knew...
An acting chameleon who can easily lose himself in the life of his film and television characters, Clifton Collins Jr. is a native Angeleno who grew up destined to become a part of the Latino entertainment industry.
- June 16, 1970
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I had started auditioning, and I had no clue what I was doing. So it’s really trial and error. Two months in, I got an audition for a “Say No to Drugs” commercial, and I got it. It was a month before my 18th birthday. So I got Taft-Hartley on that. And that’s when you gotta be the guy even though you’re not union. So that’s the thing all actors wan...
When I first started this, a dear friend of mine, who was like a big brother and a mentor since I was a teenager, asked me if I’d seen “Sid and Nancy.” And I was like, “Sid and Nancy? Who are they? Are they like Bonnie and Clyde?” I didn’t know about Sid Vicious. I was into gangsta rap, you know? So we watched Gary Oldman play Sid Vicious, and I ha...
Wow, this is so funny. You normalize these wild things so they’re not so wild anymore. Whether it’s lying about an audition, or you’re seeing some friends signing in on a call sheet for a different audition that you couldn’t get in on, so you sneak over there and just write your name on it and just play super dumb. I’ve done everything. Like, they’...
I fought really hard to get into this room. I don’t know what the agent said to set it up, but it was not set up properly. So clearly, they did not want to see me. I felt completely unwanted. I felt like they’re just ready to chop my head off before I even walk in the door. And I studied so hard. I’m like, I got a shot! They cracked the door just o...
Study harder, which is the same advice my grandfather gave me. He gave it to me in different stages of my career. One day I was working on “Thief,” the Andre Braugher FX TV show. My grandfather was fighting cancer. I was in New Orleans filming, and I called him. He sounded pretty bad, but immediately, he asked, “Are you doing good work?” And I said...
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Dec 28, 2021 · Clifton Collins Jr. in Jockey. Debuting to strong word at this year’s Sundance (our review here), Jockey stars Collins as Jackson Silva, a late-in-his-career jockey trying to make one last push for glory when Ruth (Molly Parker), a trainer and Jackson’s longtime friend, acquires a mighty impressive new horse. At the same time, Jackson’s ...
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Dec 23, 2021 · We’re sure Clifton Collins, Jr. would enjoy all of those things, but he’s clearly not driven by it. And that’s one reason it’s gratifying to see him earn an Independent Spirit Award for his performance as a legendary horse rider in Clint Bentley’s “Jockey.”
