Kirk Acevedo

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Kirk Acevedo
State University of New York, Purchase (BFA
)
Years active1994–present
Spouse
​
(m. 2005)​
Children2, including stepdaughter Misti Traya[2]

Kirk M. Acevedo (born November 27, 1971)

Ricardo Diaz / The Dragon on The CW's Arrow
(2017–2019).

Early life

Acevedo's parents were born in New York City and lived in the Bronx,[4] where both their sons, Richard and Kirk Acevedo, were born and raised.[5] Since childhood, Acevedo has shown an interest in acting; he performed before his family in improvised shows. Acevedo was a drama major in high school.

After graduating from

Miguel Alvarez
.

Career

After landing the role of Miguel Alvarez on

Joe Toye
.

He had guest starring roles on well known television shows such as NYPD Blue and 24. He had a notable recurring role on the television show The Black Donnellys.

Some of his most well known movies and

comic book
.

In 2008, he landed a supporting role on the

season two, Acevedo was no longer credited as a main cast member due to the shapeshifter's death in the previous episode. Though he is credited as a main cast member for a standalone episode filmed at the end of the first season titled "Unearthed
" that was broadcast as the eleventh episode of the second season. His character's reappearance in the episode after being killed off has led to confusion among viewers of the series.

Acevedo officially returned as a guest star in Fringe for the

third season.[7]

In 2011, he joined the main cast of the short-lived U.S remake of

fourth season
.

He has starred in the

season seven.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Kirk and Kerry Kirk Short film
1998 Arresting Gena Caller
1998 The Thin Red Line Pvt. Vincent Tella
2000 Boiler Room Broker
2000 In the Weeds Kurt
2000 The Visit Prospective Parolee
2000 Bait Ramundo
2000 Dinner Rush Duncan
2005 The New World Sentry
2006 5up 2down Santo
2006 Invincible Tommy
2011 Collision Earth Dr. James Preston
2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Carver
2018 Insidious: The Last Key Ted Garza

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1994 New York Undercover Joey Claudio Episode: "Tasha"
1995 New York Undercover Ramon Episode: "Tag, You're Dead"
1996 The Sunshine Boys TV film
1996 Swift Justice Mark Episode: "Stones"
1996 Law & Order Richie Morales "
Corruption
"
1997 New York Undercover Bernard Episode: "The Promised Land"
1997–2003 Oz
Miguel Alvarez
 Recurring role (season 1); Main role (seasons 2–6), 46 episodes
1998 Witness to the Mob Nicholas Scibetta TV film
1999 The Sentinel Ray Aldo Episode: "Dead End on Blank Street"
2001 Third Watch Paulie Fuentes Episodes: "Requiem for a Bantamweight", "Unfinished Business"
2001 Band of Brothers Joe Toye TV miniseries, 6 episodes
2003 Fastlane Nick McKussick Episode: "Iced"
2004 Paradise Manny Marquez TV film
2004 NYPD Blue Scott Grafton Episode: "
Take My Wife, Please
"
2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
DA Investigator Hector Salazar
 Episode: "
Night
"
2005–2006 Law & Order: Trial by Jury
DA Investigator Hector Salazar
 Main role, 13 episodes
2006 Numb3rs Gino McGinty Episode: "
The Running Man
"
2006 24 George Avila Episode: "
Day 5: 2:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m.
"
2007 Cold Case Dylan Noakes Episode: "
Thrill Kill
"
2007 The Black Donnellys Nicky Cottero Main role, 13 episodes
2008–2011 Fringe
Charlie Francis/alt-Charlie
 Main role (seasons 1–2); Recurring role (season 3), 36 episodes
2009 White Collar Ruiz Episode: "Book of Hours"
2011–2012
Prime Suspect
 Det. Luisito Calderon Main role, 13 episodes
2012 The Mentalist Christian Dos Santos Episode: "
Red Dawn
"
2013 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation James Boyd Episode: "
In Vino Veritas
"
2013
CSI: New York
 James Boyd Episode: "
Seth and Apep
"
2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Eddie Garcia Episode: "
October Surprise
"
2013 Person of Interest Timothy Sloan Episode: "Mors Praematura"
2013 The Walking Dead Mitch Dolgen Episodes: "Dead Weight", "Too Far Gone"
2014 Grimm Ron Hurd Episode: "The Good Soldier"
2014 Legends Kyle Dobson Episodes: "Rogue", "Gauntlet"
2013–2014 Blue Bloods Javi "Tic-Tac" Baez Episodes: "
Partners
"
2015 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent
Tomas Calderon
 Episodes: "Love in the Time of Hydra", "One Door Closes"
2015–2018 12 Monkeys Jose Ramse Main role (seasons 1–3); Recurring role (season 4), 31 episodes
2017
Kingdom
 Dominick Ramos Recurring role (Season 3), 8 episodes
2017 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Det. Ray Lopez Episodes: "
Sanctuary
"
2017–2019 Arrow
Ricardo Diaz / The Dragon
 Recurring role (
season 7
), 25 episodes
2022 The Offer Special Agent Hale Miniseries
2023 Star Trek: Picard Krinn Episode: "Imposters"

Video games

Year Title Role
2007 The Darkness Jackie Estacado

Accolades

In 1999, Acevedo won an ALMA Award for his role in The Thin Red Line. He was nominated in the "Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play" category in 1997 for the Drama Desk Award for Tooth of Crime. He was nominated for a total of four ALMA Awards for his role in Oz for the following years 1997, 1998, 2000, and 2001.[11] He co-founded the theater company, The Rorschach Group, with Shea Whigham.

See also

References

  1. ^ "They can't even get where I was born and raised right. ▲". Twitter.com.
  2. ^ "Kirk Acevedo | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  3. ^ Chad Holloway (July 4, 2014). "Actor Kirk Acevedo on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Walking Dead & Playing Poker". pokernews.
  4. ^ "They can't even get where I was born and raised right". Twitter.com.
  5. ^ "Actor Kirk Acevedo strongly suggests discrimination after being locked out of Vancouver Coach store". The Georgia Straight. August 2, 2018.
  6. ^ Birss, Tyler (February 7, 2016). "'Oz' Characters Examined Part 12 – Miguel Alvarez". hardwoodandhollywood.com. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  7. ^ Edward (May 22, 2008). "Kirk Acevedo". Fringetelevision.com. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  8. ^ a b Lee Hernandez (June 23, 2011). "EXCLUSIVE: Kirk Acevedo on 'Fringe': "They Want Me for a Few Episodes"". Latina. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  9. ^ Nellie Andreeva; Denise Petski (August 15, 2017). "'Arrow': Kirk Acevedo Cast As Ricardo Diaz (Richard Dragon) In Season 6". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  10. ^ Byrne, Craig (October 11, 2018). "'Arrow': Kirk Acevedo Set As Series Regular In Season 7". greenarrowtv. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  11. ^ "Kirk Acevedo". TVGuide.com. Retrieved October 25, 2017.

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