Biography
Raúl Castillo is an American actor and playwright. Born on 30 August 1977 in McAllen, Texas, he graduated from Boston University with a BFA and began his career in theatre, later moving into film and television.
He is known for his role as Richie Donado Ventura in the HBO series Looking (2014–2015) and its follow-up film, and for his performance as Paps in We the Animals (2018), which earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Male. Other credits include Knives Out (2019), Army of the Dead (2021), Smile 2 (2024) as Darius, and the series Task (2025) as Cliff Broward.
Castillo has also written plays associated with the LAByrinth Theater Company and the Atlantic Theater Company.
