Robert LaSardo

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Robert LaSardo
Born	Robert LoSardo September 20, 1963 (1963-09-20) (age 44) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Robert LaSardo (born September 20, 1963) is an American actor.

He was born Robert LoSardo in Brooklyn, New York. He appears in movies and television shows, with one of his most notable television portrayals being Escobar Gallardo from the first and fourth season of the TV series Nip/Tuck. Starting in 2005, LaSardo portrayed the evil Manny Ruiz on the U.S. soap opera General Hospital until July 4, 2006 when his character was killed off by being thrown off the roof of General Hospital. LaSardo has extensive chest, neck, and arm tattoos. He is reluctant to discuss his extensive tattoos (he calls them illustrations) but to reveal he has a sense of fun he will show the tattoo of Betty Boop on his inner forearm.^{[citation needed]} He is an Italian American, although he is most often cast as a Latino or Latin-American character, and usually a criminal or gang member.

[edit] Television filmography

Bubble Boy (2001) as biker
Nip/Tuck as Escobar Gallardo (Season 1: 2003) and (Season 4: 2006)
Dirty (film) as Roland (2005)
Ghost Whisperer as Julian Borgia (2005)
General Hospital as Manny Ruiz (September 2005 - July 4th, 2006) / Mateo Ruiz (December 18th, 2006 - )
Mind of Mencia as Paulie Serrano (2006)
CSI Miami as Memmo Fierro a member of the Mala Noche Gang May 15, 2006 and May 22, 2006

(2006)

Cold Case as Jesus Torres (2005)
Bones as Miguel Villeda (2006)
Tiger Heart (movie)
Leon He played a drug dealer that Leon shoots when teaching Mathilda how to be a cleaner. However, the scene was cut from the final movie and can only be seen in the full version of the film. Unfortunately, the full version is not sold in the UK due to censorship over the portrayal of Leon's and Mathilda's relationship in the cut scenes.