Rosie Perez
Rosa María Perez (born September 6, 1964) is an American actress, community activist, talk show host, author, dancer, and choreographer. Her film breakthrough performance was her portrayal of Tina in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989), which she followed with White Men Can't Jump (1992). Among many honors, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Fearless (1993) as well as three Emmy Awards for her work as a choreographer on In Living Color (1990–1994). Perez has also performed in stage plays on Broadway, such as The Ritz, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, and Fish in the Dark. In addition, she was a co-host on the ABC talk show The View during the series' 18th season.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 21.558 |
| Birthday | 1964-09-06 |
| Place of Birth | Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As |
1991
Night on Earth
7.5/840
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
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Night on Earth
1989
Do the Right Thing
7.759/1666
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzer...
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Do the Right Thing
1992
White Men Can't Jump
6.622/1279
Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.
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White Men Can't Jump
2008
Pineapple Express
6.629/3632
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
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Pineapple Express
1993
Fearless
6.9/292
After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike an...
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Fearless
2000
The Road to El Dorado
7.256/3588
After a failed swindle, two con-men end up with a map to El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold," and an unintended trip to the New World. Much to their...
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The Road to El Dorado
1994
It Could Happen to You
6.467/687
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winni...
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It Could Happen to You
2005
All the Invisible Children
7.1/64
Seven short films - each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist.
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All the Invisible Children
1993
Untamed Heart
6.9/215
Caroline, a young waitress who seems to have bad taste in men, is on her way home one night when thugs attempt to rape her. Adam, the mysterious busbo...
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Untamed Heart
2009
Big Pun: The Legacy
4.9/6
His rhymes caught the attention of millions. His flow is un-matched by any. His story is captivating and triumphant. "Big Pun: The Legacy" chronicles...
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Big Pun: The Legacy
1997
Dance with the Devil
6.551/186
She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sl...
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Dance with the Devil
1994
Somebody to Love
5.2/12
Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She's involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in lo...
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Somebody to Love
2007
The Take
5.5/44
After he's shot during a heist in East L.A., an armored truck driver wrestles with rehabilitation and tracking down the man who committed the crime.
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The Take
2010
Pete Smalls Is Dead
4.7/26
Two old pals attend an old friends funeral and find there is more to his death than him being dead.
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Pete Smalls Is Dead
2012
Small Apartments
5.926/142
When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lus...
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Small Apartments
2012
Brooklyn Boheme
6.8/7
Brooklyn Boheme is a love letter to a vibrant African American artistic community who resided in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill Brooklyn during the 80's...
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Brooklyn Boheme
2000
King of the Jungle
5.2/5
Seymore is a young man with the mind of a child. He loves three things in life: basketball, sneaking out for cigarettes, and his mother. But all life'...
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King of the Jungle
2013
The Counselor
5.272/1788
A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
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The Counselor
1999
The 24 Hour Woman
3/2
Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both.
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The 24 Hour Woman
2005
Lackawanna Blues
6.2/22
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he liv...
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Lackawanna Blues
2013
Gods Behaving Badly
4/1
Greek gods living in modern-day New York intervene in the lives of a young couple.
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Gods Behaving Badly
1990
Criminal Justice
6.6/5
A knife-scarred victim must identify her assailant beyond a reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the accused is offered a deal if he pleads guilty. Is he as in...
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Criminal Justice
2015
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
8/24
Exploring the social impact of what The Source Magazine in 1998 voted, "The Best Hip Hop Radio Show Of All-Time." The documentary film is the story of...
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Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2003
From the 104th Floor
5/1
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From the 104th Floor
2008
Go Diego Go!: Moonlight Rescue
0/0
"Moonlight Rescue" is Diego’s all- new DVD Premiere Movie! In this release, newly hatched baby sea turtles need moonlight to find their way back to th...
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Go Diego Go!: Moonlight Rescue
2002
Widows
6.5/4
The widows of three men killed while trying to steal a famous painting, join forces to find their husband's killers and finish off the job of stealing...
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Widows
2014
Fugly!
4.5/10
Fame proves elusive for comic Jesse Sanchez, who reflects on life from the bottom of a bathtub in this film based on John Leguizamo's one-man show. Th...
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Fugly!
2001
Human Nature
6/234
A philosophical burlesque, Human Nature follows the ups and downs of an obsessive scientist, a female naturalist, and the man they discover, born and...
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Human Nature
2014
The Hero of Color City
5.3/24
An imaginative tale chronicling the adventures of a diverse band of crayons as they strive to protect not only their magical multihued homeland but th...
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The Hero of Color City
2012
Won't Back Down
6/108
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission t...
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Won't Back Down
2015
Puerto Ricans in Paris
5.8/37
NYPD detectives Luis and Eddie visit Paris to help gorgeous French designer Colette catch the black market thief who's ripped off her new handbag desi...
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Puerto Ricans in Paris
2015
Pitch Perfect 2
6.9/5187
The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America,...
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Pitch Perfect 2
2016
Five Nights in Maine
5.1/36
A young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his estranged mother-in-law, who i...
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Five Nights in Maine
2016
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
6.9/72
Director Spike Lee chronicles Michael Jackson's early rise to fame.
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Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
2001
Riding in Cars with Boys
6.8/426
In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.
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Riding in Cars with Boys
2006
¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!
10/1
Actress Rosie Perez makes a stunning directorial debut in this heartfelt tribute to Puerto Rican pride. She takes an in-depth look at the complex and...
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¡Yo soy Boricua, pa' que tú lo sepas!
2017
Active Adults
0/0
Malcolm and Lily try to start their lives as they watch Malcolm's grandparents' fall apart.
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Active Adults
1997
A Brother's Kiss
8/4
Two brothers, Lex and younger Mick, are living in Harlem. Mick is a policeman, and Lex, who spent youth years in reformatory because of injustice afte...
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A Brother's Kiss
1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
6.7/6
The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.
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Making 'Do the Right Thing'
2016
De Puerto Rico para el mundo
1.5/2
On the Puerto Rican diaspora, which includes renowned artists who have converted New York, Florida, Chicago, Hawaii, Santa Cruz and Dominican Republic...
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De Puerto Rico para el mundo
2010
The Other Guys
6.306/3983
Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seeming...
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The Other Guys
2006
Just Like the Son
3.8/3
A petty thief's mentoring of an apparent orphan takes a profound turn when he kidnaps the boy from a foster home and drives him cross-country to his s...
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Just Like the Son
2020
The Last Thing He Wanted
4.9/495
At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts he...
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The Last Thing He Wanted
2019
The Dead Don't Die
5.433/2396
In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert mus...
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The Dead Don't Die
2020
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
6.9/9944
Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare di...
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2016
Muhammad Ali: A Life
6/1
Muhammad Ali: A Life takes a look back at the life and career of the world champion boxer and activist. No athlete has ever contributed more to his co...
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Muhammad Ali: A Life
2009
Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
7/3
In this documentary directed by Spike Lee, he interviews the cast and crew of his 1989 film DO THE RIGHT THING. It also includes footage from a twenti...
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Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
2020
Inside the Rain
5.4/10
Facing expulsion from college over a misunderstanding, a bipolar student indulges his misery at a strip club where he befriends a gorgeous, intelligen...
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Inside the Rain
1997
Subway Stories
5.8/10
An anthology of 10 stories depicting real-life incidents of subway riders in New York City, which range from compassion and love to violence and loss.
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Subway Stories
2020
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
6.7/159
Celebrities recall their most mind-bending trips via animations, reenactments and more in this comedic documentary exploring the story of psychedelics...
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Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
2006
Home
8.6/5
Young Irish immigrant, Alan Cooke contemplates the great metropolis New York City, and the very meaning of home itself. A vivid moving and poetic port...
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Home
2005
Jesus Children of America
0/0
A Brooklyn teen learns she was born HIV-positive.
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Jesus Children of America
2013
Picasso Baby
9/2
Jay Z performs Picasso Baby at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
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Picasso Baby
2021
Clifford the Big Red Dog
7.196/1669
As Emily struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. When Clifford magically...
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Clifford the Big Red Dog
2002
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
10/1
Featuring inverviews from: Afrika Bambaataa, Ashford & Simpson, Jackson Browne, Kim Burell, Taylor Dayne, Carmen Electra, Faith Evans, Roberta Flack,...
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The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2021
Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days
6.3/3
For more than a half-century, Sesame Street has addressed and explained diversity, equity, and inclusion around the globe by using the universal tools...
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Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days
2021
With/In Volume 1
5.5/2
Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directo...
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With/In Volume 1
2020
For NYC
0/0
Noel Ashman and Damon Dash direct a collection of favorite quotes from high profile artists, recorded on their smart phones, in their homes during qua...
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For NYC
2009
Celebrity Habla
0/0
See what celebrated Latino actors, newsmakers and a musical legend have to say about being Latino in the U.S. in this sixth installment in the award-w...
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Celebrity Habla
2003
What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison
7.2/4
A look at playwright Eve Ensler's writing workshop inside Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women.
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What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison
2022
With/In Volume 2
7.4/5
An anthology film that centres around relationships, love and family. A man misses his flight and instead finds love in quarantine, a lonely therapist...
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With/In Volume 2
2004
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2/1
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Oscar Wilde's birth, 150 leading artists of the stage, screen and music worlds deliver 150 of the Irish scribe...
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Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde
2003
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
8/2
Spike Lee's filmmaking career is examined in this partial making-of for the film 25th Hour (2002). Interviews with cast members from this film and his...
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The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
2010
Lies in Plain Sight
6/5
“Lies in Plain Sight” tells the story of Eva and her blind cousin Sofia (Martha Higareda), who were inseparable as children, with Eva the loyal compan...
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