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on leadership and veterans issues, and an actor and military adviser on HBOs Generation Kill. Early years Reyes was born in 1971 to a United States Marine father. Rudy Reyes served three tours of duty with the Marines.

#RUDY REYES GENERATION KILL TV#

You’ll never find another Marine like him…. He is best known for portraying himself in the HBO TV miniseries Generation Kill.

Eric Kocher, who served with Reyes in First Recon and served as military adviser on “Generation Kill,” adds, “I was in Afghanistan with him, and he truly is one of a kind. I said, `I think Rudy should play himself.’ It was very risky, but we would bring actors in and it became apparent no one could play Rudy other than Rudy. 1. White, who affectionately calls Reyes “a sushi-eating Buddhist marine,” recalls, “He was extraordinary. Former United States Marine Sergeant who portrayed himself in both Generation Kill and Apocalypse Man. As with other veterans of the most elite unit of the Marines whose exploits are.

#RUDY REYES GENERATION KILL SERIES#

He is best known for portraying himself in the HBO TV series Generation Kill. Lush said having Kocher on set, along with fellow First Recon Marines Jeffrey Carisalez and Rudy Reyes, was very helpful. In fact, Reyes is so unique that those working on “Generation Kill,” from cast members to director Susanna White to Evan Wright, who wrote the book upon which the series is based and also contributed to the scripts, all insist no one else could have played him. Rudy Reyes, formerly of First Recon Battalion, is the lone Marine to play himself in Generation Kill. Rodolfo 'Rudy' Reyes (born Decemin Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American conservationist, former United States Marine, martial arts instructor, and actor. Rudy Reyes, formerly of First Recon Battalion, is the lone Marine to play himself in “Generation Kill.”Īs with other veterans of the most elite unit of the Marines whose exploits are chronicled in the acclaimed HBO miniseries, Reyes has many harrowing combat stories of his time in Iraq at the beginning of the war.

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