Antonio Muñoz (actor)

Antonio Munoz (born Jose Rafael Antonio Munoz, 2 January 1966, Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan actor and three times national Motocross champion.
He started racing motor cross when he was eleven. During his third year of racing, he suffered a major accident, leaving him with major facial fractures and permanent loss of taste and smell.
Munoz competed for twenty years as a motor-cross racer and held three national titles.
In July 2000, he arrived to the US with $125 and a one-way ticket in his pocket. In 2002, he decided to pursue a career in acting, although he had no previous experience and within days he became a member of the Screen Actors Guild.
Antonio had his first break only six months after he started his acting pursuits. Desmond Gumbs, a director on Straight Out (2003) (his first film) took a great risk on Antonio's raw talent and cast him in a major plot-driver role. His desire for intense competition and speed quickly translated into an unstoppable and unconditional commitment to his work as an actor and to collaborating with other artists.
Since then he has worked on the top-rated shows, as well as in the feature films, Straight Out (2003), The Rundown (2003) and Spanglish (2004) with Adam Sandler and London (2005).
He has been in television and editorial commercials nationwide including Bank of America, Nissan Altima and Infinity Insurance.
In December 2008, he moved to Miami, Florida to pursue an acting career in the Hispanic-Latin market. He quickly landed a feature role in the Telemundo production, El Rostro de Analia as one of the hitmen for Ricky Montona (Gabriel Porras).
In March 2009, he landed a controversial role as a pedofile priest in the play, En Pecado Mortal, working alongside Mexican actor and producer, Paulo Cesar Quevedo. The play is expected to be released June 2009.
In June 2010 Antonio is back in his country Guatemala and is working now with Dr Richard D. Hansen, providing all the logistic and helicopters for the exploration of the biggest Mayan Ruins in the world (El Mirador).