by Rhiannon Sawyer

FILMINK speaks to the Star Trek and Capote star about the rise of his career.

One of Filmink’s favourite character actors, Clifton Collins Jr., is currently on screens in Star Trek and Sunshine Cleaning. Appearing in movies since the early ‘90s, Collins Jr.’s impressive acting chops can be found in everything from Traffic to The Rules of Attraction and The Last Castle, plus TV shows such as The Shield and Alias.

Grandson to Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, who starred alongside John Wayne in the classic Western Rio Bravo, Clifton Collins Jr. had an experienced mentor to help nurture his way into Hollywood. “He was my only sounding board, and who else better to go to?” Collins Jr. asks. “Mel Blanc loved my grandfather’s accent so much that he wrote him in to… READ MORE