Kamar de los Reyes, ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘Call of Duty’ Star, Dies at 56
A native of Puerto Rico, he also stood out in ‘Love & Suicide’ and appeared on ‘Sleepy Hollow,’ ‘The Rookie’ and ‘All American.’
He was not on the list.
Kamar de los Reyes, the compelling Puerto Rican actor who portrayed the troubled cop Antonio Vega on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live and the villain Raul Menendez in Call of Duty video games, has died. He was 56.
De los Reyes died on Christmas Eve in Los Angeles after a brief battle with cancer, a family spokesperson announced.
De los Reyes also appeared as Watergate burglar Eugenio Martínez in Oliver Stone’s Nixon (1995) and starred as Tomas in Lisa France’s Love & Suicide (2005), a feature shot clandestinely in Cuba while the principals were attending the Havana International Film Festival.
Most recently, he had recurring roles as Jobe on Fox’s Sleepy Hollow in 2017, as a detective on ABC’s The Rookie in 2021 and as a college football coach on the CW’s All American since 2022.
On One Life to Live, de los Reyes first showed up in Llanview as Antonio in 1995. His character was a former gang member who had unjustly served time in prison for a murder done in self-defense, then became a lawyer and a cop.
De los Reyes left the daytime drama in 1998 but would return in 2000 and remain until the soap’s demise in 2013.
He played the vicious Menendez, a Nicaraguan arms dealer and terrorist who had an extreme hatred for America, in 2012’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II, 2018’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, 2019’s Call of Duty: Mobile and 2021’s Call of Duty: Vanguard.
“I walked away from this experience knowing that I had just finished work on one of the most amazing projects I’ve ever been a part of,” he said in a 2012 interview.
One of five kids and the youngest of three sons, de los Reyes was born on Nov. 8, 1967, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and raised in Las Vegas. His father is famed Cuban percussionist Walfredo de los Reyes.
He came to Los Angeles and landed work as a dancer in the Boaz Davidson-directed Salsa (1988).
In Public Theater productions directed by George C. Wolfe, he played the Irish-Mexican boxer Pedro “Roadman” Quinn in 1994’s Blade to the Heat and Ferdinand alongside Patrick Stewart as Prospero in 1995’s The Tempest.
He starred on the syndicated series Valley of the Dolls in 1994 and was named to People magazine’s “Fabulous 50” list in 1997, then romanced Toni Braxton in her 2000 music video for “Spanish Guitar.”
His résumé also included the films The Cell (2000), Mambo Café (2000), Cayo (2005) and Salt (2010) and guest-starring stints on ER, New York Undercover, Touched by an Angel, Early Edition, Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Blue Bloods and Castle.
After the devastation of Hurricane Maria in 2017, he led recovery efforts in his beloved home.
At the time of his death, de los Reyes was at work on All American and had recently shot a role for Hulu’s not-yet-released Washington Black, starring Sterling K. Brown. He also has a significant part in Marvel’s upcoming Daredevil series.
In addition to his father and mother, Matilde, survivors include his wife, The Fosters actress Sherri Saum, whom he married in 2007 (they worked together on One Life to Live, and their characters were romantically involved); their 9-year-old fraternal twin sons, John and Michael; another son, Caylen; his brothers, percussionists Walfredo Reyes Jr. and Daniel de los Reyes; and his sisters, Lily and Ilde.
Filmography
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1994 The Corpse Had
a Familiar Face Puerto Rican TV movie
Valley of the Dolls Ray
Ariaz 65 episodes
1995 ER Hernandez Episodes: "Sleepless in Chicago",
"Full Moon, Saturday Night",
& "House of Cards"
1995-2009 One
Life to Live Antonio Vega Regular cast member
1996 New York
Undercover Luis Episodes: "Bad Blood"
& "Fire Show"
Swift Justice Palo
Montega Episode: "No Holds
Barred"
1998 Four Corners Tomas Alvarez —
Blood on Her Hands Gavin
Kendrick TV movie
1998-99 Promised
Land Leon Flores Episodes: "Denver: Welcome
Home",
"Out of Bounds",
"The Visitor",
& "All in the Family"
1999 Total Recall
2070 Jack Brant Episodes: "Paranoid"
& "Restitution"
Touched by an Angel Eddie
Testaverde Episode:
"Godspeed"
Early Edition Ramon
Archiletta Episode: "Take
Me Out to the Ball Game"
2000 The 27th Annual
Daytime Emmy Awards Himself Television special
2001 The 28th Annual
Daytime Emmy Awards Himself Television special
The Way She Moves Nicholas TV movie
2002 The 29th Annual
Daytime Emmy Awards Himself Television special
2003 Undefeated Jose Beveagua HBO TV movie
2004 The 31st Annual
Daytime Emmy Awards Himself Television special
SOAPnet Reveals ABC Soap Secrets Himself TV
movie documentary
2005 The 32nd Annual
Daytime Emmy Awards Himself Television special
Presenter for Outstanding Young Actor in a Drama Series
Law & Order Aberto
Moretti Episode: "Dining
Out"
2006 Wheel of
Fortune Himself - Celebrity
Contestant Episode: "Soap
Stars 1"
The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Himself Television
special
The 2nd Annual Quill Awards Himself Television special
SoapTalk Himself Episodes: dated March 6, 2006
& October 17, 2006
2007 6ABC Boscov's
Thanksgiving Day Parade Himself TV movie
2008 Paula's Party Himself Episode:
dated January 18, 2008
2009 CSI: Miami Jason Molina Episode:
"Collateral Damage"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Teru Episodes:
"The Glory That Was..."
& "Alpha Dog"
2011 The Mentalist Omar Vega Episode: "Pink Tops"
Reed Between the Lines Anthony
Guillory Episodes: "Let's
Talk About Change",
"Let's Talk About Ms. Helen's Son, Part 2",
& "Let's Talk About Game Night"
2013 Blue Bloods Santana Episodes:
"The Bitter End"
& "This Way Out"
Pretty Little Liars Dominic
Russo Episode: "Into the
Deep"
2014 Major Crimes Dr. Enrique Cabrera Episode: "Frozen Assets"
2015 Castle Manuel Villalobos Episode: "Private Eye
Caramba!"
2016 Kingdom Detective Poole Episode: "Take Pills"
Shooter — Episode: "Recon by Fire"
2017 Sleepy Hollow Jobe 13
episodes
Home and Family Himself Episode: "Carla Jimenez/Kamar
de los Reyes/Shirley Chung/King"
2018 MacGyver Captain Delarosa Episode: "Wind + Water"
The Gifted Sebastian
Diaz Episode:
"coMplications"
SEAL Team Comandante
Salas, Priest Episodes:
"Prisoner's Dilemma" and "Santa Muerte"
2019 The Passage Julio Martinez Episode: "You Are Like the
Sun",
"You Are Not That Girl Anymore",
& "Stay in the Light"
2021 The Rookie Ryan Caradine 5
episodes
2022-2023 All
American Coach Montes 7 episodes
Film
Year Film Role Notes
1988 Salsa Featured Dancer credited as Kamar Reyes
1989 Ghetto Blaster Chato —
East L.A. Warriors Paulo credited as Kamar Reyes
1990 Coldfire Nick —
1991 Lethal Ninja Sonny Direct-to-video
1992 The Silencer Kickboxer —
1993 Street Knight Smokey —
Da Vinci's War Latin
Dancer —
Fatherhood Drug
Dealer #2 —
1995 Nixon Eugenio Martinez Watergate Burglar
1996 Daedalus
Is Dead Wilson Ortiz Short film
1997 In Search of a
Dream Marcos —
2000 Mambo Café Manny —
The Cell Officer
Alexander —
2004 One Life to
Live's: Daytime's Greatest Weddings Antonio
Vega / Antinio Vega Video documentary,
Archive footage
2005 Love &
Suicide Tomas —
Cayo Young Ivan —
2010 Salt Secret Service Agent —
2013 Hot Guys with
Guns Producer One —
2014 LA Apocalypse Carlos Dorado —
2016 Abducted:
The Story of Jocelyn Shaker Javier —
2017 Amelia 2.0 Vaughn —
First Strike Butcher Knife — Short film
Videogame
Year Title Role
2012 Call of Duty:
Black Ops II Raul Menendez
2018 Call of Duty:
Black Ops 4
2022 Call of Duty: Vanguard
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