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Ramos – “A Star Is Born” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – Shrine Auditorium, 665 W Jefferson Boulevard – Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2018 – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Anthony Paul Ramos Martinez
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 1, 1991
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican [African, Spanish, Indigenous, distant Guanche Canary Islander]
Anthony Ramos is an American actor and singer. He was part of the original stage production of Hamilton , and its Disney filmed recording. His roles also include the films White Girl , Monsters and Men , Summer Days, Summer Nights ; A Star Is Born (2018), Godzilla: King of the Monsters , Trolls World Tour , Honest Thief , In the Heights (2021), The Bad Guys , Transformers: Rise of the Beasts , and Dumb Money , and television’s She’s Gotta Have It , In Treatment , and Blindspotting .
He is the son of Mildred Ramos and Mario Martínez. He is of Puerto Rican descent.
A DNA test whose results were displayed on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2024) stated that Anthony’s genetic ancestry consists of:
*34% Sub-Saharan African *19% Indigenous *19% Spain *14% Portugal *5% Basque *4% England & Northwestern Europe *3% Ireland *2% Jewish Peoples of Europe
*34% Sub-Saharan African *19% Indigenous *19% Spain *14% Portugal *5% Basque *4% England & Northwestern Europe *3% Ireland *2% Jewish Peoples of Europe
Anthony’s paternal grandfather was Mario Ramón Martínez Cedeño (the son of Eugenio Martínez and Ramona Cedeño Cesareo). Mario was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
Anthony’s paternal grandmother was Ada Irma Otero Rey (the daughter of Herminio Otero Torres and Demetria Rey Reyes). Ada was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Some of her roots were in the Canary Islands; Anthony’s Canarian ancestors include Guanche Indigenous, some of whom were enslaved by the Spanish, as well as a king of the Indigenous people of the island. Anthony’s great-grandfather Herminio was the son of Juan de Dios Otero Herra and Praxedes Torres Bracero.
Anthony’s maternal grandfather was Rogelio Ramos (the son of Juan Ramos Rivera and Alejandrina Ramos Ronan).
Anthony’s maternal grandmother was named Ana Maria Santana García (the daughter of Francisco Santana).