Clifton Collins Jr. earned acclaim for his portrayal of murderer Perry Smith in Bennett Miller's Oscar®-nominated biopic "Capote," also sharing in a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award® nomination for Outstanding Motion Picture cast. Collins earlier won a SAG Award® in the same category for his role in Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic."
Collins co-starred in Guillermo del Toro's sci-fi action adventure "Pacific Rim." Among his additional credits are Taylor Hackford's "Parker"; Jim Sheridan's "Brothers"; Mike Judge's "Extract"; "Crank: High Voltage"; J.J. Abrams' blockbuster "Star Trek," as the Romulan Ayel; "Sunshine Cleaning"; Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Babel"; Michael Avery's "The Rules of Attraction"; "The Last Castle," with Robert Redford; Joel Schumacher's "Tigerland"; Antoine Fuqua's "The Replacement Killers"; John Singleton's "Poetic Justice"; and the Hughes Brothers' films "Dead Presidents" and "Menace II Society."
On television, Collins earned an Emmy nomination for his supporting role in the 2006 miniseries "Thief." In 2011, he starred on the NBC series "The Event." He has also had recurring and guest roles on some of primetime's highest-rated shows, including "CSI: NY," "The Shield" and "Alias," to name only a few.
Behind the camera, Collins directed the video for Zac Brown Band's single "Chicken Fried," which was nominated for two CMT Awards, Group Video of The Year and won the CMT USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year Award. He also directed the videos for the Zac Brown Band's follow-up single, "Whatever It Is," as well as Jamey Johnson's "High Cost of Living."
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