Birth Name:
Clifton Craig Collins, Jr.
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth:
June 16, 1970
What Race or Ethnicity?:
Mexican, Anglo
The American actor is half Mexican and half Anglo-American. He is able to speak Spanish. Collins changed his name to Clifton Gonzalez-Gonzalez to honor his grandfather, Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez who was a pioneer as one of the first Mexican actors to break through into the mainstream American film spotlight.
Source:
http://www.gilmarc.com/cliffc/venice.html
Celebrities sharing the same heritage:
great actor i always thought he was full mexican until i read that interview a while ago ahaha he changed hes name back to Clifton Collins Jr after his father commited suicide so he wanted to respect his father so yer