Biography
Ruben Pla is an American actor, producer and director. He was raised in the Washington Heights neighbourhood of New York City and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre from Florida International University. He later studied Method acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory in Manhattan and attended an Actors Studio workshop led by Elia Kazan.
Pla began working in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway theatre before moving into television and film. His credits include the role of Dr. Sercarz in Insidious (2010), Officer Rubin in Malignant (2021), Yusuf Amar in the series 24 (2007) and Alberto Gutierrez in How to Get Away with Murder (2014). He has also appeared in episodes of Weeds, CSI: Miami, Everybody Loves Raymond and other series.
Behind the camera, Pla directed and produced the documentary The Horror Crowd (2020), which received several festival awards including a Jury Award for Best Director at the Santa Fe Film Festival.
