Louie Cruz Beltran
Louie Cruz Beltran is a Latin jazz musician born in Bakersfield, California, US.Biography
Beltran is the son of first generation Mexican-American parents. Among his seven brothers and two sisters is the former actor Robert Beltran.
Beltran began his formal music education while attending Bakersfield College in the early 1970s. He played with the Bakersfield Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Doc Woods and later worked as a percussionist on "The Writer's Album" as a member of the Cal State Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Charles Argersinger.
In 2005, Louie Cruz played Manny Gonzalez in the film Mexican Werewolf in Texas.
