---
name: "Renoly Santiago"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/renoly-santiago"
fi1m_id: "renoly-santiago"
imdb_id: "nm0763632"
tmdb_id: 28863
wikidata_id: "Q3328206"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 March 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 57
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T00:17:49.822755+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Renoly Santiago

## Identity

Renoly Santiago

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/renoly-santiago
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** renoly-santiago
- **IMDb ID:** nm0763632
- **TMDB ID:** 28863
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3328206
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renoly_Santiago, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3328206, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0763632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28863

Actor. Born 15 March 1974 in Lajas, Puerto Rico.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 March 1974, Lajas, Puerto Rico
- **Active:** 1995–1997
- **Average Fi1m score:** 57, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $563m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renoly_Santiago, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3328206, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0763632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28863

## Biography

Renoly Santiago is a Puerto Rican actor, singer and writer. He was born on 15 March 1974 in Lajas, Puerto Rico, and raised in Union City, New Jersey. He received a dance scholarship to the Ballet Hispanico and attended the Professional Children's School in New York. At age 17 he played Tito and co-wrote the Emmy-nominated pilot of the television series *CityKids* (1993).

Santiago made his film debut as Raúl Sanchero in *Dangerous Minds* (1995). He played Ramón Sánchez, also known as the Phantom Phreak, in *Hackers* (1995), Mikey in *Daylight* (1996), and Ramón Martínez, nicknamed Sally-Can't Dance, in *Con Air* (1997). His television credits include episodes of *Touched by an Angel* (2001) and *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001).

On stage, Santiago appeared in the Broadway musical *The Capeman* (1998) as Tony Hernández, earning a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical. He has also recorded as a singer with artists including Marc Anthony and Paul Simon, and lives in New York City.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Con Air* (1997), Fi1m 74, as "Sally-Can't Dance" — [page](https://film.one/film/con-air.md)
- *Daylight* (1996), Fi1m 54, as Mikey — [page](https://film.one/film/daylight.md)
- *Dangerous Minds* (1995), Fi1m 42, as Raul Sanchero — [page](https://film.one/film/dangerous-minds.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Night Of* (2016), series, as Tombs Junkie — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-of.md)
- *Difficult People* (2015), series, as Fringe Festival Man
- *Grand Street* (2014), as Hernan
- *Lavoe* (2011), as Johnny Pacheco
- *Just Another Romantic Wrestling Comedy* (2007), as Scorpio
- *The Street King* (2002), as Cesar Rojas
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Chiggy Rios
- *Punks* (2000), as Dante
- *Con Air* (1997), as "Sally-Can't Dance" — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/con-air.md)
- *Daylight* (1996), as Mikey — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/daylight.md)
- *Hackers* (1995), as Ramon Sanchez / 'Phantom Phreak'
- *Dangerous Minds* (1995), as Raul Sanchero — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/dangerous-minds.md)
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Miguel Acosta
- *CityKids* (1993), series, as Tito
- *3 Days Rising*, as Jose

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