Victor Rasuk (born January 15, 1984) is an American actor.Rasuk was
born in New York City, to Dominican parents. His mother worked as a
seamstress, and his father at an auto shop. He has one brother, actor
Silvestre Rasuk, with whom he starred in Raising Victor Vargas. Rasuk
attended performing arts school as a teenager, and began acting at
14.Rasuk landed his first film role in the Peter Sollett-directed
short film Five Feet High and Rising. Two years later, Sollett
suggested expanding the short film into a feature-length film, Raising
Victor Vargas, which earned Rasuk a nomination for Best Debut
Performance at the 19th Independent Spirit Awards. In his next film,
Rock Steady, he played a character named Roc. Two years later, he took
a leading role in Haven.Rasuk portrayed skateboarder Tony Alva in the
2005 biographical drama film Lords of Dogtown. The part included
surfing and performing skateboarding tricks. Although the more
complicated maneuvers were performed by stuntmen, Rasuk is a method
actor and worked on remaining in character both on and off screen.
Believing he had mastered skating a huge ramp in only his second week
of training, he fractured one of his orbital bones. He says that the
accident likely earned him more respect from serious skaters within
the cast and crew.
born in New York City, to Dominican parents. His mother worked as a
seamstress, and his father at an auto shop. He has one brother, actor
Silvestre Rasuk, with whom he starred in Raising Victor Vargas. Rasuk
attended performing arts school as a teenager, and began acting at
14.Rasuk landed his first film role in the Peter Sollett-directed
short film Five Feet High and Rising. Two years later, Sollett
suggested expanding the short film into a feature-length film, Raising
Victor Vargas, which earned Rasuk a nomination for Best Debut
Performance at the 19th Independent Spirit Awards. In his next film,
Rock Steady, he played a character named Roc. Two years later, he took
a leading role in Haven.Rasuk portrayed skateboarder Tony Alva in the
2005 biographical drama film Lords of Dogtown. The part included
surfing and performing skateboarding tricks. Although the more
complicated maneuvers were performed by stuntmen, Rasuk is a method
actor and worked on remaining in character both on and off screen.
Believing he had mastered skating a huge ramp in only his second week
of training, he fractured one of his orbital bones. He says that the
accident likely earned him more respect from serious skaters within
the cast and crew.
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