Vyto Ruginis
Vyto Ruginis ( born 1956 in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom) is an American actor.
Life
Ruginis was born in 1956, the son of Lithuanian immigrants in British Wolverhampton. As Ruginis was four years old, his family moved to the United States and settled in Chicago, where Ruginis also grew up. He attended the St. Ignatius College Prep.
After graduating, he took over from 1982 minor roles in television series such as Ryan's Hope. He took up his first major role in 1985 in the mini - series Kane & Abel on the side of Peter Strauss and Sam Neill. From the mid- 1980s, then Ruginis appeared in such films as 8 million ways to die, Jumpin 'Jack Flash and Casualties of War in major supporting roles.
1991 Ruginis worked together in a commercial for Taylor's White Diamonds Perfume by Elizabeth Taylor. On the side of Sylvester Stallone and Rex Linn, he joined in 1993 action film Cliffhanger - Only the strong survive as an FBI agent on Matheson.
In addition to his film roles Ruginis is regularly seen in guest roles well-known television series. He has appeared, among others, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Nash Bridges, New York Cops - NYPD Blue, Ally McBeal, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The X-Files - The Files, Judging Amy, Crossing Jordan - pathologist with Profile, the West Wing - the West Wing, JAG - the Call of Duty, Boston Legal, House MD, Numbers - the logic of the crime and NCIS: Los Angeles on. To a wider audience in 1999 he was for his role as vampire Russell Winters in the first episode of the television series Angel - known hunter of darkness.