Actors/Celebrities You May Not Realize Have Hispanic or Latino Ancestry

Father is Spanish, Cuban, and Italian; mother is English and Irish; birth name was Robert John Gonzalez

Paternal grandfather was Mexican and Italian; paternal grandmother was Mexican and Irish

Former mayor of Los Angeles, CA; is the son of Gil Garcetti, the former District Attorney of Los Angeles

Father was Spanish; mother was Irish and Swedish

DIED August 9, 1995, age 53, of a heart attack

Father was Chilean; mother was Mexican and Spanish; birth name was Juan Vincent Apablasa Jr.

His stepfather adopted him and changed his name to John Anthony Golenor Pablos, which Gavin then changed when he became an actor

DIED February 9, 2018, age 86, of leukemia

Mother is Spanish; father is Russian Jewish

Maternal grandmother was Mexican

Mother is Mexican; father is Native American (some sources say his mother is Spanish)

Maternal grandmother was Spanish and Sephardic Jewish from Algeria

Mother is Puerto Rican; father is White with Ashkenazi Jewish, Italian, and Swedish ancestry

Mother was Mexican and Nicaraguan; father was Irish

Mother is Colombian; father is Scottish

Mother is Mexican; father has English, German, Irish, and Scottish ancestry

Mother is Mexican; father is Italian

Mother is Puerto Rican; father is Irish

Mother is Mexican; father is Austrian and Dutch; birth name was Laura Elena Herring Martinez

Was the first Latina Miss USA

Mother is African and Dominican; father is Michael Harkavy, who is Russian and Hungarian and a former executive at Warner Brothers

Father was Spanish dancer Eduardo Cansino; mother was Irish; birth name was Margarita Carmen Cansino

DIED May 14, 1987, age 68, of Alzheimer's Disease

Maternal grandmother is Mexican

Is Cuban; birth name was Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr

Paternal grandfather was half Spanish and half French

Mother is Puerto Rican; father was African-American

Mother is Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish; father was Native American and Irish

Father was Argentinian singer Andres Osuna, also known as Osvaldo Ribo; birth name was Olivia Osuna; Hussey was her mother's maiden name

Mother of actress India Eisley and actor Alexander Martin

Mother is Mexican; father is African-American; is married to actress Susan Matus

Is Basque, Puerto Rican, Italian, and Ukrainian

Father is Cuban; mother is Guatemalan; birth name was Oscar Isaac Hernandez Estrada

Father is Puerto Rican and Mexican

Mother is Cuban; father is American with English, German, and French-Canadian ancestry

Maternal grandmother is Mexican

Maternal grandfather was half Mexican; maternal grandmother is Chilean

Mother is Puerto Rican; father has Irish, English, French, and German ancestry

Mother is Peruvian; father is Ashkenazi Jewish; birth name was Joshua Luis Wiener

Mother is Colombian; birth name was Andrew Keegan Ocampo

Mother is Spanish and Native American; father was African-American and French; birth name was Kehlani Ashley Parrish

Mother is Puerto Rican and Chinese

Father is Argentinian; mother is Peruvian; birth name was Nathalie Jessica Morales Perez

Father is Puerto Rican and Afro-Jamaican; mother is German and Irish

Father is Mexican; birth name was Joanna Crussie DeVarona; sister is Olympic swimming champion Donna DeVarona

Father is Peruvian; mother is Swiss-German and Swiss French; was born in Germany

Mother was Panamanian and West Indian (Antiguan); father was African from Cameroon

Mother is Puerto Rican; father is Irish

Mother is Cuban and Ecuadorean

Mother was actress Lupita Tovar, who was half Mexican and half Irish; father was Austrian and Hungarian; is the mother of director Chris Weitz

Father is Catalan and French; mother is Icelandic

Mother is Puerto Rican

Was French, Spanish, Irish, and possibly Creole

DIED September 22, 1996, age 81, of natural causes

Mother is Mexican and Spanish

Mother is Mexican and Spanish; father is Danish and Persian; birth name was Samuel Peter Acosta Larsen

Paternal grandfather was Spanish; birth name was Virginie Fernandez; Ledoyen was her grandmother's maiden name

Maternal grandfather is Mexican; maternal grandmother is half-Mexican; father has German, English, and Irish ancestry

Mother is Cuban

Is a 12-time Olymic medalist in swimming; is the second most-decorated swimmer in Olympic history (behind Michael Phelps)

Maternal grandmother was half Cuban

Is Cuban; birth name Langston Faizon Santisima

Paternal grandmother was Spanish; also has Hungarian Jewish, Filipino, and Italian ancestry

Father was Spanish, English, and German; mother was Afro-Caribbean; took the surname of her Italian stepfather

Maternal great-grandmother was Puerto Rican

Father is Spanish and English; mother is Vietnamese and Chinese; birth name was Jane March Horwood

Father is Mexican millionaire Peter Ortiz; mother has French and Italian ancestry; birth name was Sally Vanessa Ortiz

Father is Puerto Rican; mother is African-American

Father is Cuban

Father is half Puerto Rican and half Ashkenazi Jewish with Ukrainian and Hungarian ancestry; mother was Filipino; birth name was Peter Gene Bayot Hernandez

Maternal grandfather was Argentinian singer Andres Osuna, also known as Osvaldo Ribo; paternal grandfather was actor and singer Dean Martin; father was actor Dean Paul Martin

Mother is actress Olivia Hussey; is the half-brother of actress India Eisley

Father is Spanish from Morocco; mother is French; ex-husband of actress Halle Berry

Is Cuban

Father is Nicaraguan; mother is Danish and Irish; married to actor Michael Irby

Father is Puerto Rican; mother is Haitian; birth name was Gerald Maxwell Rivera

Mother is Puerto Rican, Spanish, and German

Paternal grandmother is actress Neile Adams, who is Filipino, Spanish, Basque, Catalan, and Chinese; paternal grandfather was legendary actor Steve McQueen

Father is Mexican; mother is Ukrainian

Is Mexican

Maternal grandfather was Puerto Rican; father is Russian Jewish; birth name was Blake Michael Rabin

Father is Mexican; birth name was Julia Carin Cavazos

Mother was Mexican; father was French

DIED January 18, 2022, age 80, of natural causes

Mother is Argentinian and English; father is Japanese

Mother is Afro-Puerto Rican; father is American actor Matthew Modine, who has English, Swedish, and German ancestry

Is Mexican and Italian

Father was Spanish; mother was Italian

Mother is Peruvian

Father is Chilean and Croatian; mother is Italian; birth name was Daniella Monet Zuvic

Mother is Mexican; father is English, Irish, and Welsh

Was Cuban; birth name Luisa Cira Castro; was often cast as a dumb blonde, but was a graduate of Yale University and an attorney

DIED January 4, 2019, age 82, after a fall

Father is Puerto Rican; mother is Italian and Irish

Father is Mexican; mother had English and German ancestry; she was a former model on "The Price is Right" (some sources say it was "Let's Make a Deal")

Mother was murdered in 1983 by her ex-boyfriend; Dave made a movie about it in 2015 called "Mourning Son"

Mother is Mexican

Father is Mexican; mother is English, German, and Scottish; birth name was Megan Nicole Flores; is married to actor Cooper Green

Maternal grandmother is Puerto Rican and Spanish

Mother was Spanish flamenco dancer Gladys Flores

Mother is Afro-Cuban; father is Irish and Scottish from Australia

Is Mexican and Italian

Father was Spanish and Irish born in Puerto Rico; mother was English; Jennifer was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mother is Mexican; father is Dutch; is married to actress Amy Smart

Mother was Puerto Rican; father was Greek; birth name was Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis

Father was Spanish; mother had French ancestry; birth name was Anita Evelyn Pomares

Was one of the most popular film stars of the silent movie era

DIED September 6, 2008, age 98, of natural causes

Mother is Puerto Rican; father was Italian

Father is Spanish; mother is Hungarian and Romanian; birth name was Elsa Lafuente Medianu

Is married to Australian actor Chris Hemsworth

Mother is Mexican, Chilean, Dutch, and German; father is Irish, Scottish, and English

Father is Colombian; is married to actor Carlos PenaVega

Mother is Guatemalan; father is Black; was born in London, England and has both American and UK citizenship

DIED 3/30/2024, age 27, in a motorcycle accident

Father is Spanish; mother is German; born in Switzerland

Father is Puerto Rican; mother has Irish and English ancestry