Crystal Mantecon

Acting

Crystal Mantecon

Born 1981-12-29 · Dallas, Texas, USA

She acted in classic Iraqi Arabic and in English with an Iraqi accent in The Waiter (2010). She is a National Merit Scholar and received a Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus in International Business and Marketing from the University of Oklahoma on a full scholarship. She was treasurer of the OU Film Society and liaison for the Women's Outreach Center, and is also an alumnus of the Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity and Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity. She attended Booker T. Washington High School for Performing and Visual Arts (Dallas Arts Magnet) majoring in music majoring in vocal performance. She is of Cuban and Mexican descent and is fluent in English and Spanish.

Acting credits

The Tree of Life poster
6.7

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

The Tree of Life

2011

Dragon Eyes poster
5.3

In St. Jude, drug dealers and corrupt cops have destroyed an urban neighborhood. But newcomer, Hong, has the fighting skills and moral vision to save this town from itself.

Dragon Eyes

2012

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay poster
6.3

Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, who's headed for the Netherlands. But the pair must change their plans when Kumar is accused of being a terrorist. Rob Corddry also stars in this wild comedy sequel that follows the hapless stoners' misadventures as they try to avoid being captured by the Department of Homeland Security.

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

2008

Road House 2: Last Call poster
5.3

Shane Tanner, the son of a legendary cooler named Dalton, learns that his uncle Nate got beat up by a group of men because he doesn't want to sell his bar, The Black Pelican, to a bunch of drug dealers. To help out his uncle, Shane teams up with local school teacher Beau Hampton, who is a regular at the Black Pelican, and takes down the baddies.

Road House 2: Last Call

2006

Saving Jessica Lynch poster
4.4

Based on the true story of the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, by the United States army, in Iraq.

Saving Jessica Lynch

2003

The Waiter poster
NR

A man travels through corporate corruption and his own sin to find his soul.

The Waiter

2010

In the Deathrom poster
NR

Fletcher, a reporter from The New York Times, has been captured by members of a South American dictatorship and brought into a "deathroom" for interrogation. Based on the short story by Stephen King.

In the Deathrom

2020