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baitoa , santiago , dominican republic 150px 5 may 1969 1993 & ndash ; present manuel pérez batista manny perez cropped.jpg manny pérez
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manny pérez

manuel `` manny '' pérez batista -lrb- born may 5 , 1969 -rrb- is a dominican american actor , who has appeared in the television series `` third watch '' and in the film `` washington heights '' .
he is the cousin of pulitzer prize-winning author junot diaz .
