Yancey Arias

Yancey Arias
Yancey Arias
	Arias in 2010
Born	June 27, 1971 (age 52); New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film, television, stage actor
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Anna Alvim (m. 2002)
Website	http://www.yanceyarias.com

Yancey Arias (born June 27, 1971) is an American actor. He played Miguel Cadena in the NBC series Kingpin and Gabriel Williams in the FX series Thief.^[1]

Life and career

Born and raised in

St. John's Preparatory School before studying theater at Carnegie Mellon University

.

His first big break came in the Broadway production of Miss Saigon in 1992, which he worked on in different capacities for several years. In addition to television roles, he also continued to work on stage, including a starring role in The Wild Party in 2000.

In 2001, he moved to Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife, actress Anna Alvim. He was on the show Knight Rider for the first half season. In 2004, he played little DeeDee's (actress Essence Atkins) love interest on the sitcom Half & Half.

In July 2013, it was announced that Arias would play Carl Villante, the head of an elite investigative unit, in the ABC series Castle.^[2] He appears in the film Cesar Chavez.

In 2017, Arias plays Colonel Cortez in USA's hit series Queen of the South.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1992	Innocent Blood	Coroner's Assistant
1997	Dead Men Can't Dance	Sixkiller
1997	Destination Unknown	Rico
1998	Crossfire	Hernandez
2001	Home Invaders	Angel
2002	The Time Machine	Toren
2007	Live Free or Die Hard	Agent Johnson
2008	Hotel California	Hector
2009	Street Dreams	Tim Cabrera
2010	Legion	Estevez
2010	Undocumented	Alberto Fuentes
2011	America	Correa
2015	Tag	Edmund
2015	The Outfield	Charles
2016	Hands of Stone	Benny Huertas
2016	Restored Me	Roger Escalante
2017	Secrets of Deception	Detective Reyes
2018	Canal Street	DJ Wado
2018	Bella's Story	Marco
2018	God's Eye	Marcos
2019	Bottom of the 9th	Billy
2019	100 Days to Live	Jack Byers
2021	Switched Before Birth	Gabe Ramirez
2021	13 Minutes	Carlos
2022	North of the 10	David