Vyto Ruginis is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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 known for playing a vampire

Vampire

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, Russell Winters, in the cult TV series Angel

Angel (TV series)

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in its first episode, "City Of", as well as for his appearances in CSI, House MD

House (TV series)

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, The X-Files

The X-Files

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, ER

ER (TV series)

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, Law & Order

Law & Order

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and other television

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 programs.

Vyto has appeared in such films as "Devils Advocate" w/ Al Pacino & Keanu Reeves, "Cliffhanger" w/ Sylvester Stallone, "Broken Arrow" w/ John Travolta & Christian Slater, "Jumpin' Jack Flash" w/ Whoopi Goldberg, "The Fast & The Furious", "Auto Focus", & many more

The son of Lithuanian immigrants, Ruginis grew up in Chicago

Chicago

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, Illinois

Illinois

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.

Filmography

• Jumpin' Jack Flash
  Jumpin' Jack Flash (film)
  Jumpin' Jack Flash is a 1986 spy comedy film starring Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Carol Kane, John Wood, Annie Potts, and Jonathan Pryce...
  
  - Carl
• The Devil's Advocate
  The Devil's Advocate (film)
  The Devil's Advocate is a 1997 American horror film directed by Taylor Hackford starring Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino and Charlize Theron, and based on a novel by Andrew Neiderman....
  
  − Mitch Wheaver, Justice dept.
• Cliffhanger
  Cliffhanger (film)
  Cliffhanger is a 1993 American action film directed by Renny Harlin and starring Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow. Stallone plays a mountain climber, who becomes embroiled in a failed heist set in a U.S. Treasury plane flying through the Rocky Mountains...
  
  - FBI agent Mathesen

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