Kamar de los Reyes of One Life to Live fame dies of cancer, had recently filmed for Marvel series Daredevil

According to family, Kamar de los Reyes was filming for All American and had recently shot for Marvel’s series and Hulu’s Washington Black.

Kamar de los Reyes, a television, movie and voice actor best known for playing a gang member-turned-cop in the soap One Life to Live and a villain in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II, has died in Los Angeles at 56, the family announced.

Kamar de los Reyes in a still from One Life to Live.

De los Reyes died Sunday following a brief battle with cancer, according to a statement from Lisa Goldberg, a publicist for de los Reyes’ wife, Sherri Saum.

In One Life to Live, de los Reyes starred as Antonio Vega, a former gang member who became a lawyer and then a cop, alongside Saum. In the popular video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II, he played the villain Raul Menendez. He also had roles in Fox’s Sleepy Hollow, ABC’s The Rookie and CW's All American.

The family statement said that at the time of his death, de los Reyes was filming All American — and had recently shot roles in Marvel’s upcoming Daredevil series and Hulu’s yet to be released Washington Black, starring Sterling K. Brown.

Kamar de los Reyes's journey in films, shows

On the big screen, de los Reyes appeared in Oliver Stone’s Nixon, playing Watergate burglar Eugenio Martinez, as a secret service agent in Salt, with Angelina Jolie, and in The Cell with Jennifer Lopez.

“De los Reyes lived in Los Angeles, however, his heart never left Puerto Rico,” the family statement said, adding that the actor had been active in the recovery efforts after Hurricane Maria in 2017. The actor is survived by wife Saum and three sons, Caylen, 26, and twins Michael and John, age 9.

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