Wilson Cruz

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|birth name = Wilson Echevarría
|gender     = Male
|birthday   = {{d|27|December|1973}}
|birthplace = Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
|awards     = [[Saturn Award]] nomination
|roles      = [[:Category:Performers|Guest star]]
|characters = [[Doctor]] [[Hugh Culber]]
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'''Wilson Cruz''' {{born|27|December|1973}} is the American actor who portrays [[Doctor]] [[Hugh Culber]], rank of lieutenant commander, in {{s|DIS}}. [http://twitter.com/wcruz73/status/913178080880889861] His character is a [[medical officer]] of the {{USS|Discovery}} and the love interest of Lieutenant Commander [[Paul Stamets]], the character played by [[Anthony Rapp]]. [http://trekcore.com/blog/2017/08/stlv-interview-sam-vartholomeos-and-wilson-cruz-join-starfleet-for-star-trek-discovery/] He shared a dance with a pre-teen [[Mary Chieffo]] at a wedding, since he is a good friend of Chieffo's mother Beth. ([[Episode 9 (After Trek)]])

Cruz was the featured studio guest in the [[Episode 4 (The Ready Room)|fourth episode]] of {{s|TRR}}, discussing his character's resurrection from the grave in [[DIS Season 2|season two]] of the series.

== Career ==
Born in New York City with Puerto Rican heritage, he started his acting career by starring in the TV series ''My So-Called Life'' in 1994-1995. Cruz made his film debut in the 1995 biopic ''Nixon'', surrounded by fellow alumni [[Robert Beltran]], [[Bill Bolender]], [[Richard Fancy]], [[Annette Helde]], [[Michelle Krusiec]], [[Saul Rubinek]], and [[Paul Sorvino]]. Cruz followed with the 1996 telefilm ''On Seventh Avenue'', with [[Stephen Collins]], [[Ronald Guttman]], [[Josh Pais]], and [[Anthony Zerbe]]. That year Cruz costarred in the sex comedy ''Johns'', with [[Tony Epper]]. In 2005, Cruz appeared in ''Bam Bam & Celeste'' with [[John Cho]]. 2006 had Cruz in the comedy ''Coffee Date'', costarring [[Leigh Taylor-Young]]. None of Cruz's later films made as much of a dent in the box office like his debut, but then Cruz was cast in the hit 2009 film ''He's Just Not That Into You'', joined by [[Googy Gress]] and [[Cristine Rose]]. 

More recently, he appeared in episodes of ''Shameless'' (2016), ''13 Reasons Why'', and ''Doubt'' (both 2017). That year, he also produced and appeared in a short movie called ''Billy's Blowjobs''.

==''Star Trek'' appearances==
Cruz appeared as Culber in
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**{{e|The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry}} {{small|(First appearance)}}
**{{e|Choose Your Pain}}
**{{e|Lethe}}
**{{e|Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad}}
**{{e|Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum}}
**{{e|Into the Forest I Go}}
**{{e|Despite Yourself}}
**{{e|The Wolf Inside}}
**{{e|Vaulting Ambition}}
**{{e|What's Past Is Prologue}} {{small|(archive footage)}}
**{{e|Brother}}
**{{e|Saints of Imperfection}}
**{{e|The Sound of Thunder}}
**{{e|If Memory Serves}}
**{{e|The Red Angel}}
**{{e|Perpetual Infinity}}
**{{e|Through the Valley of Shadows}}
**{{e|Such Sweet Sorrow}}
**{{e|Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2}}
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picture in waiting|holographic recording Hugh Culber<br>({{e|Brother}})
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===Additional appearances===
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*{{AT}}
**[[Episode 6 (After Trek)|Episode 6]] {{small|(First appearance)}}
**[[Episode 9 (After Trek)|Episode 9]]
*{{TRR}}
**[[Episode 4 (The Ready Room)|Episode 4]]
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{{DIS regular cast}}

== External links ==
* {{Wikipedia}}
* {{imdb|name/nm0190497||external}}
* {{startrek.com|cruz|Wilson Cruz}}

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