- Birth nameReynaldo Verdugo
- Sgt. Rey Verdugo is an actual homicide investigator from the L.A. Sheriff's Department.
- Among the famous cases he worked on, Verdugo closed the Night Stalker and The Hillside Strangler cases.
- James Ellroy gave him a quick and funny profile in his book "Crime Wave".
- Worked closely with Michael Mann about the police procedures accuracy in Heat, in which Verdugo plays also a Las Vegas P.D. Detective.
- Verdugo is 34 year LASD veteran. He worked almost every assignements within the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department: Patrol, Homicide, Narcotics, Gang Enforcement and Special Enforcement.
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