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William Ruiz

American actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ8017831 ↗
Source-derived summary

William Ruiz is a playwright, poet, and actor from the Bronx. Born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, William (a.k.a. Ninja) is a core member of the theater ensemble Universes.

Theater Credits Include

Ti-Jean Blues

Waiting for Gordo

Slanguage

Ameriville

Party People

UniSon

Awards/Affiliations

2008 Jazz at Lincoln Center Rhythm Road Tour;

Bard College, BA ’98.

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The public source identifies “William Ruiz” as american actor. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around William, Ruiz and American.

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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8017831. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from “William Ruiz” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.