Clifton Collins Jr.

Actor Clifton Collins Jr. stepped on stage at the 33rd annual Vision Awards on June 24, 2006, in Beverly Hills. Collins is nominated for an Emmy for his role as Jack "Bump" Hill in the FX drama "Thief."

Clifton Collins Jr., left, and Johnathon Schaech arrive at a party during the CineVegas film festival in Las Vegas in June 2006. The pair worked together in the 2006 film "Little Chenier."

Movie producer Ash R. Shah, actor Cuba Gooding Jr, actor Clifton Collins Jr., and writer-director Chris Fisher, left to right, attend an after party following the Hollywood premiere of the film "Dirty" on Feb. 22, 2006. Collins played a police officer in the drama that starred Gooding.

Clifton Collins Jr., Catherine Keener and Philip Seymour Hoffman attend the photocall for "Capote" as part of the Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 17, 2006. In the movie, Collins played a killer who is befriended by Hoffman's character.

Actors Zach Braff, left, and Clifton Collins Jr., at a pre-Golden Globe party at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Jan. 13, 2006. Collins played a cop in the 2006 movie "Babel," which also starred Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.

Actors Shannon Elizabeth and Clifton Collins Jr. at the premiere of "Runaway Jury" in Los Angeles on Oct. 9, 2003. In 2003, Collins guest-starred in three episodes of the ABC drama "Alias."

Clifton Collins Jr. snowboards while at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah in January 2003. Collins' grandfather was the well-known character actor Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez.

Clifton Collins Jr. attends the premiere of Ashton Kutcher's comedy "Dude, Where's My Car?" in Los Angeles on Dec. 10, 2000. That year, Collins played a gay Mexican hitman in the hit movie "Traffic."

In 2000, Clifton Collins Jr. played Jimmy Ortega in the sports drama "Price of Glory." Jimmy Smits, center, and Jon Seda, right, also starred in the film about a father who trains his three boys to become prize-winning boxers.