Miguel, was born on February 7, 1955. He was followed by Maria, 1956; Gabriel, 1957; Monsita, 1958; Rafael, 1960. His dad Jose was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico in 1909 (died January 26, 1992) and Rosemary was born in Maysville, Kentucky on May 23, 1928 (died June 29, 2002) and was of Irish decent.

At age eight he got interested in playing drums from watching little Ricky on I Love Lucy.  At age 17 he started playing drums with the Rochester Symphony with his mom.  In his 20s he played with Ringo Star, Leon Russell and John Sebastian, but it was Bing Crosby that he hooked up with.  After Bing passed away he was left unsure of what path to take.

Miguel decided to work on some live theatre and joined up with the Beverly Hills Playhouse.  He auditioned and got a role as a drummer on the Sunshine television series. His television path kept going on with appearances on Hill Street Blues, Magnum PI and Miami Vice.  He became very recognizable, the face everyone knew, but what was his name?

Television still is in his career strong today with one of the leads on NBC's Crossing Jordan.  People surely know his name now with appearances and leading roles on a long list of movies both on TV and in the theatre.  A list of his filmography can be found on a link below.

Miguel also pens comic books for Marvel Comics such as The Comet Man, The Dreamweaver and Trypto the Acid Dog which was released under Dark Horse Comics.

At the (1999) 41st Grammy Awards Miguel was nominated for Best Spoken Word Album for Children in Disney's The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Read-Along. When he is not making movies he is a voiceover actor for commercials and TV advertisement voiceovers.