Born in the South Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, Santiago honed his craft at New York’s Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for the Arts, graduating in 2002. He entered film early, portraying Tiny Guzman, the brother of Michelle Rodriguez’s character in the 2000 drama Girlfight, and later appeared as Jorge Villalobos in the comedy Meet the Fockers (2004). Supporting turns followed in Dirty Deeds (20…
