| Ricardo Gutierrez | |
| Birth Date: | 28 September 1955 |
| Education: | Illinois State University |
Ricardo Gutierrez is a Mexican American actor, director, and teacher. He had a recurring role as Alderman Mata on the first season of the Starz Network drama series Boss.
Gutierrez studied at Illinois State University.
Gutierrez has acted in performances at The Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Lookingglass Theatre Company, and Denver Center Theater.[1] He is the former artistic director of Glass Onion Theater,[2] Nosotros Theatre Company in Los Angeles and the Canterbury Theatre in Indiana.[3] He was the co-artistic director of Teatro Vista, a Latino theater company in Chicago, from August 2012 (a transition period for retiring founder Edward Torres),[3] then sole artistic director from March 2013[4] to September 2020.[5]
His directorial projects include How Long Will I Cry?: Voices of Youth Violence at Steppenwolf Theater, Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes's The Happiest Song Plays Last at the Goodman Theatre, and Kenny D'Aquila's Unorganized Crime at the Teatro Vista.[6]
Gutierrez has appeared in various television shows including Hill Street Blues, Knots Landing, Max Headroom, Hunter, and Wiseguy. In 2012 he starred as Alderman Lalo Mata on the Starz Network original drama series Boss.
Gutierrez was previously married to actress Judith Ivey.[7]
| 1986 | Running Scared | Sergeant Garcia | ||
| 1988 | The Boost | Valet | ||
| 1989 | Shocker | Guard Sergeant | ||
| 2006 | Stranger than Fiction | Bus Company Manager | ||
| TBA | Anita | Bento |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Lady Blue | Harvey | 4 episodes | |
| 1986 | Knots Landing | Police Officer | Episode: "Touch and Go" | |
| 1987 | Hunter | Patrolman | Episode: "Bad Company" | |
| 1987 | Max Headroom | Martinez | 4 episodes | |
| 1987 | Hill Street Blues | Pepe | Episode: "A Pound of Flesh" | |
| 1987 | Wiseguy | Joe | Episode: "Last Rites for Lucci" | |
| 1988 | Sonny Spoon | Tull | Episode: "Who's Got Tonsillitis?" | |
| 1988 | Beverly Hills Buntz | Worker | Episode: "El Norte by Norte West" | |
| 1989 | The Famous Teddy Z | Slate Man | Episode: "A Case of Murder" | |
| 1991 | The New Adam 12 | Operation Estafadores Officer | Episode: "Operation Estafadores" | |
| 1992 | Nightmare in the Daylight | Priest | Television film | |
| 1999 | Early Edition | Priest | Episode: "Fate" | |
| 2011 | The Chicago Code | Chief Hanley | Episode: "The Gold Coin Kid" | |
| 2011 | Boss | Alderman Lalo Mata | 4 episodes | |
| 2014 | Sirens | Father Julio | Episode: "Shotgun Wedding" | |
| 2015, 2018 | Chicago P.D. | Marco Rivera / Bob Kirchen | 2 episodes | |
| 2019 | Chicago Fire | George Pineda | Episode: "Badlands" | |
| 2021 | Chicago Med | Ruben Esquivel | Episode: "Do You Know the Way Home?" |