Studied at Incarnate Word College before graduating from the Juilliard School
Got started as a stage actor in New York and also began appearing in small roles in film and television
Made his screen acting debut in the 1988 film "Me and Him․"
Quote: "(On his early years in the San Antonio barrio): "There's a very poetic beauty in that, in that kind of urban war zone Americana that is not really known, not really talked about, not really seen, and yet it is part of the spine of America․""
Quote: "We all immigrate and we all migrate whether we leave the places we were born at or not․ We all subconsciously are immigrating to search for the truth - whether we know it or not․"
Best known for his role as Senor Gutierrez in "Disturbia" and as Aris Rodriguez in "Bordertown․"
Is the subject of the one-man play "The King of the Desert," a story about his life as a Mexican-American making his way in the world of acting written by his wife, Stacey Martino
Awards
2018Imagen Award-Best Supporting Actor - Television:nominated