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Collins, Jr. in 2011, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Clifton Craig Collins, Jr.
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: June 16, 1970
Ethnicity: * father – German, possibly other * mother – Mexican
Clifton Collins, Jr. is an American actor.
He is the son of Rosario and Clifton Collins. Clifton is able to speak Spanish. He is sometimes credited as Clifton Gonzalez-Gonzalez to honour his maternal grandfather.
Clifton’s maternal grandfather was Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez (born Ramiro Gonzalez-Gonzalez, the son of Jose Gonzalez and Micaela Huerta Gonzalez). Pedro was born in Texas, and was an actor. He was a pioneer, as one of the first Mexican-American actors to break through into mainstream American films. Clifton’s great-grandfather Jose was born in Texas, of Mexican descent. Clifton’s great-grandmother Micaela was born in Mexico.
Clifton’s maternal grandmother was named Leandra Aguirre.
Source: Clifton’s maternal grandfather, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez (then Ramiro Gonzalez-Gonzalez), on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org