Raoul N. Rizik was born in 1947 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He was an actor and producer, known for Broadcast News (1987), Blow (2001) and Alias (2001). He was married to Barbary. He died on October 3, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
In 1960, himself and his family moved to Washington DC, where he attended high school and first developed his interest of acting. Later he studied at the University of Maryland and earned a Masters in Spanish which lead him to be a translator.