Ricardo Gutierrez

Ricardo Gutierrez
Born	(1955-09-28) September 28, 1955 (age 69)
Education	Illinois State University

Ricardo Gutierrez (born September 28, 1955) is a Mexican American actor, director, and teacher. He had a recurring role as Alderman Mata on the first season of the Starz Network drama series Boss.

Education

Gutierrez studied at Illinois State University.^[1]

Career

Theater

Gutierrez has acted in performances at The Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Lookingglass Theatre Company, and Denver Center Theater.^[2] He is the former artistic director of Glass Onion Theater,^[3] Nosotros Theatre Company in Los Angeles and the Canterbury Theatre in Indiana.^[4] He was the co-artistic director of Teatro Vista, a Latino theater company in Chicago, from August 2012 (a transition period for retiring founder Edward Torres),^[4] then sole artistic director from March 2013^[5] to September 2020.^[6]

His directorial projects include How Long Will I Cry?: Voices of Youth Violence at Steppenwolf Theater, Quiara Alegría Hudes's The Happiest Song Plays Last at the Goodman Theatre, and Kenny D'Aquila's Unorganized Crime at the Teatro Vista.^[7]

Television

Gutierrez has appeared in various television shows including Hill Street Blues, Knots Landing, Max Headroom, Hunter, and Wiseguy. In 2012 he starred as Alderman Lalo Mata on the Starz Network original drama series Boss.

Personal life

Gutierrez was previously married to actress Judith Ivey.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1986	Running Scared	Sergeant Garcia
1988	The Boost	Valet
1989	Shocker	Guard Sergeant
2006	Stranger than Fiction	Bus Company Manager
TBA	Anita	Bento

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Lady Blue	Harvey	4 episodes
1986	Knots Landing	Police Officer	Episode: "Touch and Go"
1987	Hunter	Patrolman	Episode: "Bad Company"
1987	Max Headroom	Martinez	4 episodes
1987	Hill Street Blues	Pepe	Episode: "A Pound of Flesh"
1987	Wiseguy	Joe	Episode: "Last Rites for Lucci"
1988	Sonny Spoon	Tull	Episode: "Who's Got Tonsillitis?"
1988	Beverly Hills Buntz	Worker	Episode: "El Norte by Norte West"
1989	The Famous Teddy Z	Slate Man	Episode: "A Case of Murder"
1991	The New Adam 12	Operation Estafadores Officer	Episode: "Operation Estafadores"
1992	Nightmare in the Daylight	Priest	Television film
1999	Early Edition	Priest	Episode: "Fate"
2011	The Chicago Code	Chief Hanley	Episode: "The Gold Coin Kid"
2011	Boss	Alderman Lalo Mata	4 episodes
2014	Sirens	Father Julio	Episode: "Shotgun Wedding"
2015, 2018	Chicago P.D.	Marco Rivera / Bob Kirchen	2 episodes
2019	Chicago Fire	George Pineda	Episode: "Badlands"
2021	Chicago Med	Ruben Esquivel	Episode: "Do You Know the Way Home?"

References

1. Chambers, Andrea (1984-08-13). "Broadway's Bare Market Is Bullish on Hurlyburly Star Judith Ivey". People. Vol. 22, no. 7. Archived from the original on 2011-01-10. Retrieved 2012-09-17. In 1978 Ivey put her belongings in a U-Haul and headed for Broadway. By that time she had married and divorced an Illinois State graduate student, Ricardo Gutierrez...
2. "Members of the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee". Jeff Awards. 2012-03-01. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
3. "Artist Bios | Ricardo Gutierrez". The Goodman Theatre. 2012-03-01. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. He is the artistic director of Glass Onion Theatre and an ensemble member of Teatro Vista.
4. Bolanos, Sal (2012-08-13). "Ricardo Gutierrez : Teatro Vista's New Artistic Director". Nosotros Us Magazine. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
5. Jones, Chris (2012-07-08). "Teatro Vista announces new artistic director". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
6. Jones, Chris (2020-09-25). "Teatro Vista artistic director Ricardo Gutierrez retires: 'I want to move on'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
7. Weiss, Hedy. "Ricardo Gutierrez new artistic director at Teatro Vista". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-17.

External links

• Ricardo Gutierrez at IMDb 
• Ricardo Gutierrez at the Turner Classics Movie Database