---
name: "Trinidad Silva"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/trinidad-silva"
fi1m_id: "trinidad-silva"
imdb_id: "nm0798534"
tmdb_id: 146798
wikidata_id: "Q2403184"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 January 1950"
died: "31 July 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T01:05:12.624826+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."
---

# Trinidad Silva

## Identity

Trinidad Silva

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/trinidad-silva
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** trinidad-silva
- **IMDb ID:** nm0798534
- **TMDB ID:** 146798
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2403184
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_Silva, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2403184, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798534/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/146798

Actor. Born 30 January 1950 in Mission, Texas, USA. Died 31 July 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 January 1950, Mission, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 31 July 1988
- **Active:** 1979–1983
- **Also known as:** Trinidad Silva Jr.
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 77 (1), 1980s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_Silva, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2403184, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798534/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/146798

## Biography

Trinidad Silva Jr. (also credited as Trinidad Silva) was an American character actor. Born in Mission, Texas, on 30 January 1950, he moved to Los Angeles in his mid-20s and made his screen debut in an episode of the television series *Baretta* in 1977.

He appeared in films including *Alambrista!* (1977), *The Jerk* (1979), *El Norte* (1983) as Monte, *Colors* (1988) as Frog, and *UHF* (1989) as Raul Hernandez. On television he played Jesus Martinez across 28 episodes of *Hill Street Blues* (1981–1987). Silva died on 31 July 1988 in Whittier, California, after his pickup truck was struck by a drunk driver; *UHF* was dedicated to his memory.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *El Norte* (1983), Fi1m 72, as Monte — [page](https://film.one/film/el-norte.md)
- *The Jerk* (1979), Fi1m 77, as Punk — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jerk.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *UHF* (1989), as Raul Hernandez · In Memory Of
- *Home Free* (1988), as Eddie Fuentes
- *Colors* (1988), as Frog
- *The Night Before* (1988), as Tito
- *The Milagro Beanfield War* (1988), as Milagro Townsperson
- *Stones for Ibarra* (1988), as Basilio Garcia
- *The Running Man* (1987), as Cheering Game Show Patron (uncredited)
- *Jocks* (1986), as Chito
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Hector Rivas
- *Crackers* (1984), as Ramon
- *El Norte* (1983), as Monte — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/el-norte.md)
- *Second Thoughts* (1983), Actor
- *National Lampoon's Movie Madness* (1982), as Carlos ("Growing Yourself")
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, as Ramon Cruz
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Monte
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *The Jerk* (1979), as Punk — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jerk.md)
- *Walk Proud* (1979), as Dagger
- *The White Shadow* (1978), series, as Julio
- *Alambrista!* (1977), as Joe
- *Barney Miller* (1975), series, as Puente
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Basilio Garcia

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