Jon Huertas Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for Best Actor in Television at the Imagen Foundation Awards for his work on the series "Castle․"
• Won a Prism Award in 2012 for Performance in a Drama Episode for his work on "Castle․"
• He has won and been nominated for a number of American Latino Media Arts Awards
• He has performed in New Edition and KISS tribute bands
• Quote: "(On leaving the music industry) "I kind of got a bad taste in my mouth for the music business, and decided to focus primarily on acting․""
• Quote: "(On his earliest performance in which he saw a nun cry during his solo) "I feel like she was taken aback by the performance․ That's the moment where I said, 'Hey, I can to this․ I wan to affect people with performance․'""
• In his youth, he would break dance in front of his local grocery store