Ruben Santiago-Hudson is a Tony Award winning American theatre actor, director, and playwright who has worked in Chicago, New York, and London. He is currently a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He is also the Artistic Director of the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson is an American actor who has appeared in numerous Broadway productions, including roles in the musicals Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1998), Jelly’s Last Jam (2002), and Shuffle Along (2016). He is known for his portrayal of Frank Reagan on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless (2007-present).
Ruben Santiago-Hudson is an American actor, director and playwright. The actor was born on the 24th. November 1956 and is best known for his role as Captain Roy in the ABC series Castle. His other roles include the Broadway play Stick Fly by Lydia R. Diamond and the role of a police officer in the play Low Winter Sun.
Age, first life, parents
He was born in 1956 in Lackawanna, NY the son of Alean Hudson and Ruben Santiago. His mother worked for the railroad. His father was Puerto Rican and his mother African-American. He also added his mother’s last name.
Training Details
He attended Lackawanna High School, received his bachelor’s degree from Binghamton University and completed his master’s degree from Wayne State University. He has also received honorary doctorates from Buffalo State College and Wayne State University.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Career
Talk about a career in film: He first appeared on Broadway in Jelly’s Last Jam (1992). He also won a Tony in 1996 for his performance in August Wilson’s Seven Guitars.
In 2013, he became a reader of the 13. The volume of Memoirs Unleashed: A reading from Slave Tales, an HBO movie. He also wrote Lackawanna Blues, an autobiographical play performed at the Joseph Papp Theatre in New York in 2001. The play won a Humanitas Award and was nominated for an Emmy and a Writers Guild of America Award.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Distinctions and merits
In 2013. Santiago-Hudson received the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Direction and also received a special honorable mention from the Obie Awards in 2016.
Relationships and marriage
Santiago-Hudson is married to Jeannie Brittan and has four children: Broderick and Reuben from a previous marriage and Trey and Lily from Ginny.
When he arrived in New York, he was known as Ruben Santiago. He once tried to participate in the Puerto Rican traveling theater, which was rejected because of his name. So he added his mother’s last name, Hudson, and got a part in A Soldier’s Play at the Ensemble Company.
Size
The actor is 1.80 metres tall and weighs 80 kg.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson Hobbies
He is a fan of actor Will Smith and loves gyoza. His favorite destination is Goa, India.
The shooting artist comes from Buddy Bolden and has 7 wins and 21 nominations. It was also nominated for an Emmy Award. After receiving the Tony Award in 1996, he was honored with the NAACP Lifetime Achievement Theatre Award at the NAACP Theatre Awards in Los Angeles. He played the role of Joe Starks in Their Eyes Were Watching God.
In his interview with BWW, he said he had snuck into the backyard theater during intermission. He was completely taken aback by the work of the theatre, its familiarity and integrity, and so decided to become part of the Lloyd Richards and August Wilson Theatre. But it was quite difficult for him because he was new to dialogue and work. So it was hard to choose between those who had already decided.
He is very interested in music and describes it as a means of expression and an integral part of our lives. He is self-taught, plays the harmonica and has worked as a disc jockey for eight years.
Santiago Hudson admits that he has made this particular style his own and that as a writer he has become passionate about observing these unique and diverse lives.
In response to a question about himself, he said.
I am a very studious actor, I love theatre and research. I had wonderful people from whom I learned what it means to be a conductor, what the traditions are, what the status is. We brought in several band directors from Atlanta and several from southern universities. Everyone gave me gems and jewels, and I picked up a lot of them.
His net worth has increased significantly in 2018-19. His net income in 2024 was $1 million to $5 million. The movie Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom has a rating of 7.1 on IMDb. Santiago Hudson is responsible for the excellent script. The film starred famous actor Chadwick Boseman, who passed away in 2024. Santiago Hudson’s script, his last film, was highly rated.
Social media presence
He is very active on Twitter and introduces himself as follows.
Just a cat from Lackawanna doing his thing.
He has about 16,200 subscribers here. He doesn’t use Instagram.
