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Castillo in 2016, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Raúl Castillo Humberto, Jr.
Place of Birth: McAllen, Hidalgo, Texas, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 30, 1977
Ethnicity: Mexican
Raúl Castillo is an American actor and playwright. He is known for his roles in the films Amexicano , Cold Weather , Special Correspondents , We the Animals , Unsane , El Chicano , Little Fish (2020), Wrath of Man , Army of the Dead , The Same Storm , Night Teeth , Mother/Android , Cha Cha Real Smooth , The Inspection (2022), Cassandro , Breathe , Push (2024), Smile 2 , and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025); on the shows Looking , Atypical , Seven Seconds , Vida , Class of ’09 , American Horror Stories , and Task ; and in many works on stage.
His parents are from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He was raised in McAllen, an almost entirely Mexican-American town. He was raised Catholic.