Jon Huertas

Birth Name:

Jon William Scott Huertas

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Soundtrack

He has won and been nominated for a number of American Latino Media Arts Awards
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 performed in New Edition and KISS tribute bands
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․'""
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․""
In his youth, he would break dance in front of his local grocery store

2000ALMA Award - Emerging Actor in a Drama Series:Nominated
2012ALMA Award - Favorite TV Actor-Supporting Role in a Drama:Winner
2012Prism Award - Performance in a Drama Episode:Winner
2013Imagen Award - Best Actor/Television:Winner
2014People's Choice Award - Favorite TV Bromance:Nominated
2015Festival Prize - Best Supporting Actor:Winner
2018Gold Derby TV Award - Ensemble of the Year:Nominated
2019Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:Winner
2021Imagen Award - Best Director - Television:Nominated
2022HCA Award - Best Directing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama:Nominated
2022HCA Award - Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama:Nominated
2022Imagen Award - Best Supporting Actor - Drama (Television):Nominated
2024Astra TV Award - Best Directing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series:Nominated
2024CinEuphoria - Merit - Honorary Award:Winner

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