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| yearsactive = 1995–present |
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| notable_works = [[Angel Batista]] on ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'' <br> Enrique Morales on ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'' <br> [[Sal Maroni]] on ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'' |
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'''David Zayas''' |
'''David Zayas''' (born August 15, 1962<ref>[https://www.tomatazos.com/celebridades/79730/David-Zayas David Zayas, en Tomatazos.] Tomatazos.com Accessed 18 October 2020.</ref>) is a [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] actor. He is best known for his roles as [[Angel Batista]] on the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] series ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'' and Enrique Morales on the [[HBO]] prison drama series ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]''.<ref name="npr.org"/> |
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==Early life== |
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Zayas was born in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico]],<ref>[https://decine21.com/biografias/david-zayas-30322 ''David Zayas.''] Decline21:.com Accessed 18 October 2020.</ref> and raised in [[The Bronx, New York]].<ref name="npr.org"/> |
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Born in [[Puerto Rico]], but raised in the [[Bronx]] borough of [[New York City]],<ref>[http://www.hollywoodpoker.com/green-room/celebrity-poker/biographies/david-zayas.html HollywoodPoker.com:David Zayas]</ref> Zayas joined the [[United States Air Force]] early in life where he was able to develop skills that would lead him to become a [[New York City Police Department|New York Police]] officer after he was discharged from service. As a police officer, Zayas developed the personality that would allow him to develop as a character actor, and which led to a series of acting jobs on television and film mainly playing law enforcement officers.<ref>[http://www.buddytv.com/articles/dexter/profile/david-zayas.aspx BuddyTV: David Zayas]</ref> However, working in law enforcement also provided Zayas with the ability to play characters on the other side of the law, like [[Enrique Morales]], one of the most memorable inmates of [[HBO]]'s long-running prison-drama ''[[OZ (TV series)|OZ]]''. In a total number of 28 episodes from 2002-2003, Zayas's character became one of the most ruthless inmates featured in that series. |
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==Career== |
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Zayas is also a talented musician, having performed percussions with artists including [[Jason Mraz]]. A member of the ''LAByrinth Theatre Company'' since 1992,<ref>[http://www.labtheater.org/companymembers/member77.html LAByrinth Theatre Company]</ref> a New York City-base traveling actors group, Zayas has branched out into television and film projects, which has diversified his résumé with guest roles in such popular television series such as ''[[New York Undercover]]'' and ''NYPD''. It was at LAByrinth where he met his future wife, actress [[Liza Colón-Zayas]].{{Fact|date=March 2009}} They presently reside in [[Los Angeles]] where Zayas plays homicide detective [[List of Dexter characters#Det./Sgt. Angelo "Angel" Batista|Angel Batista]] in the [[Showtime]] drama ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]''. |
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Zayas joined the [[United States Air Force]] at age 19<ref name="npr.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/03/29/395982990/for-dexter-star-david-zayas-acting-was-a-long-shot-away|title=For 'Dexter' Star David Zayas, Acting Was A Long Shot Away|date=29 March 2015|work=[[NPR.org]]|access-date=28 December 2015}}</ref> and was a police officer with the [[New York City Police Department]] for almost 15 years.<ref name="npr.org"/> His experience as a police officer allowed him to develop as a [[character actor]], leading to a series of acting jobs on television and film, mainly playing law enforcement officers, but playing characters on the other side of the law, as well, such as Enrique Morales on [[HBO]]'s long-running prison-drama ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]''.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} Zayas was a main cast member of ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'' for all of its eight seasons.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} |
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Zayas has been a member of the [[LAByrinth Theater Company]] since 1992,{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} a New York City-based traveling actors group. He branched out into television and film projects, and has diversified with guest roles in such popular television series such as ''[[New York Undercover]]'', ''[[Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest]]'', [[FBI (TV series)|''FBI'']] (playing Mexican drug lord Antonio Vargas), and ''[[NYPD Blue]]''.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} At LAByrinth, he met his future wife, actress [[Liza Colón-Zayas|Liza Colón]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} |
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He plays the main villain - evil dictator General Garza in the upcoming [[Sylvester Stallone]] film ''[[The Expendables (2010 film)|The Expendables]]''. |
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[[File:DexterBenzZayasHallLee.jpg|thumb|right|(L-R): [[Julie Benz]], David Zayas, [[Michael C. Hall]] and [[C.S. Lee]] at the [[Paley Center for Media]] Gala Honoring [[Showtime Networks]] in 2008]] |
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Zayas played a corrupt police officer in ''[[16 Blocks]]'' (2006) and an NYPD officer in ''[[Michael Clayton (film)|Michael Clayton]]'' (2007).{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} He is featured in the [[independent film]] ''[[Shadowboxing (2010 film)|Shadowboxing]]'' (2010), which appeared on the [[film festival]] circuit. He appears in [[Sylvester Stallone]]'s feature film ''[[The Expendables (2010 film)|The Expendables]]'' (2010) and [[Brothers Strause|The Brothers Strause]]'s film ''[[Skyline (2010 film)|Skyline]]'' (2010). In 2012, Zayas played Ernie Trask, a hotel super, in the twelfth episode of season 1 of ''[[Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest]]''. In the 2013 he portrayed Detective Esteban Flores in ''[[Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret]]'', a television movie about the [[murder of Travis Alexander]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2013/05/16/lifetime-original-movie-jodi-arias-dirty-little-secret-starring-tania-raymonde-and-jesse-lee-soffer-to-make-its-world-premiere-saturday-june-22-504514/20130516lifetime01/|title=Breaking News - Lifetime Original Movie "Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret," Starring Tania Raymonde and Jesse Lee Soffer, to Make Its World Premiere Saturday, June 22 | TheFutonCritic.com|website=thefutoncritic.com|access-date=2020-10-11|archive-date=2013-06-16|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616023959/http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2013/05/16/lifetime-original-movie-jodi-arias-dirty-little-secret-starring-tania-raymonde-and-jesse-lee-soffer-to-make-its-world-premiere-saturday-june-22-504514/20130516lifetime01/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Zayas portrays mob boss [[Sal Maroni|Don Salvatore Maroni]]<ref>[http://screenrant.com/gotham-sal-maroni-david-zayas Profile], screenrant.com; accessed November 9, 2014.</ref> in the [[Batman]] prequel, ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'', which premiered on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] on September 22, 2014. Shortly thereafter, he appeared in ''[[Annie (2014 film)|Annie]]'' (2014) as Lou, a gregarious bodega owner who helps [[Cameron Diaz]]'s Hannigan learn to love herself. |
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==Filmography== |
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===Film=== |
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| 1997 || ''Lena's Dreams'' || Jorge || |
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| 1998 || ''[[OK Garage]]'' || Omar || |
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| 1998 || ''[[Scar City]]'' || Cop #1 || |
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| 1998 || ''[[Return to Paradise (1998 film)|Return to Paradise]]'' || Construction Foreman || |
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| 1998 || ''[[Rounders (film)|Rounders]]'' || Trooper Osborne || |
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| 1998 || ''Bleach'' || Lieutenant Ballard || Short film |
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| 1999 || ''[[Bringing Out the Dead]]'' || Cop In Elevator || |
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| 1999 || ''Kingdom Come'' || Unknown || |
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| 2000 || ''[[The Yards]]'' || Officer Jerry Rifkin || |
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| 2001 || ''[[Sam the Man]]'' || Officer Billy || |
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| 2002 || ''[[Washington Heights (film)|Washington Heights]]'' || David || |
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| 2002 || ''[[A Gentleman's Game]]'' || Alfred D'Angelo || |
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| 2003 || ''[[Anne B. Real]]'' || Cynthia's Dad || |
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| 2004 || ''Mimmo & Paulie'' || Paulie || Short film |
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| 2004 || ''[[Jailbait (2004 film)|Jailbait]]'' || Guard || |
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| 2004 || ''[[Brooklyn Bound]]'' || Popo || |
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| 2005 || ''[[The Interpreter (2005 film)|The Interpreter]]'' || Secret Service Agent Charlie Russell || |
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| 2005 || ''Sangre/Blood'' || Nestor || Short film |
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| 2005 || ''[[The Feast of the Goat (film)|The Feast of the Goat]]'' || Antonio De La Maza || |
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| 2006 || ''[[16 Blocks]]'' || Detective Bobby Torres || |
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| 2006 || ''[[The Path to 9/11]]'' || Lou Napoli || |
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| 2006 || ''[[Bristol Boys]]'' || Detective Benson || |
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| 2007 || ''[[Michael Clayton (film)|Michael Clayton]]'' || Detective Dalberto || |
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| 2007 || ''[[The Savages (film)|The Savages]]'' || Eduardo || |
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| 2009 || ''Burning Mussolini'' || Hector || |
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| 2009 || ''[[Wake (2009 film)|Wake]]'' || Detective Grayson || |
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| 2009 || ''[[Flying By]]'' || Tony || |
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| 2010 || ''[[13 (2010 film)|13]]'' || Detective Larry Mullane || |
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| 2010 || ''[[Shadowboxing (2010 film)|Shadowboxing]]'' || Bill || |
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| 2010 || ''[[The Expendables (2010 film)|The Expendables]]'' || General Garza || |
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| 2010 || ''[[Skyline (2010 film)|Skyline]]'' || Oliver || |
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| 2013 || ''Samuel Bleak'' || Ruben Ramirez || |
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| 2014 || ''[[Ride (2014 film)|Ride]]'' || Ramon || |
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| 2014 || ''[[Annie (2014 film)|Annie]]'' || Lou || |
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| 2015 || ''[[The Wannabe]]'' || Pablo Guzman || |
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| 2016 || ''[[Tallulah (film)|Tallulah]]'' || Detective Richards || |
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| 2017 || ''[[Teen Titans: The Judas Contract]]'' || Alberto Reyes (voice) || Direct-to-video |
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| 2017 || ''Shine'' || Ramon || |
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| 2020 || ''[[Body Cam (film)|Body Cam]]'' || Sergeant Kesper || |
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| 2020 || ''[[Force of Nature (2020 film)|Force of Nature]]'' || John The Baptist || |
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| 2021 || ''[[R and J|R#J]]'' || Fernando Capulet || |
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===Television=== |
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| 1995 || ''[[Law & Order]]'' || McGinty || Episode: "[[List of Law & Order episodes|Savages]]" |
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| 1996 || ''[[New York Undercover]]'' || Paco Martinez || Episode: "The Enforcers" |
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| 1996 || ''[[Law & Order]]'' || Raoul Cervantes || Episode: "[[List of Law & Order episodes|Causa Mortis]]" |
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| 1997 || ''[[Feds (TV series)|Feds]]'' || Unknown || Episode: "Somebody's Lyin'" |
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| 1998 || ''[[Trinity (American TV series)|Trinity]]'' || Uniform Cop #1 || Episode: "...To Forgive, Divine" |
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| 1998 || ''[[Law & Order]]'' || Carlos || Episode: "[[List of Law & Order episodes|Flight]]" |
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| 1999 || ''[[Third Watch]]'' || Motorman || Episode: "Welcome to Camelot" |
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| 2000 || ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' || Joaquin Enriquez || Episode: "These Shoots Are Made for Joaquin" |
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| 2000 || ''[[The Beat (TV series)|The Beat]]'' || Rei Morales || 12 episodes |
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| 2000 || ''[[All My Children]]'' || Unknown || Episode: "13 December 2000" |
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| 2000–2003 || ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'' || Enrique Morales || 26 episodes |
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| 2001 || ''[[Wit (film)|Wit]]'' || Code Team Blue Head || Television movie |
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| 2002 || ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' || Detective Milton || Episode: "Protection" |
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| 2002 || ''[[UC: Undercover]]'' || Jorge Gonzales || Episode: "Manhunt" |
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| 2002 || ''[[Guiding Light]]'' || Prison Guard || Episode: "22 October 2002" |
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| 2003 || ''[[Law & Order]]'' || John Mireles || Episode: "[[List of Law & Order episodes|Smoke]]" |
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| 2003 || ''[[Angels in America (miniseries)|Angels in America]]'' || Super || 3 episodes |
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| 2003 || ''[[Undefeated (2003 film)|Undefeated]]'' || Paulie || Television movie |
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| 2005 || ''[[Angel Rodriguez (film)|Angel]]'' || Angel's Father || Television movie |
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| 2006–2013 || ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'' || [[Angel Batista]]|| 96 episodes<br>[[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]]<br>Nominated—[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]] <small>(2009–12)</small> |
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| 2006 || ''[[Numbers_(TV_series)|Numb3rs]]'' || Carlos Costavo || Episode: "Brutus" |
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| 2006 || ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' || Fire Marshall || Episode: "On Fire" |
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| 2007 || ''[[Without a Trace]]'' || Gabriel Molina || Episode: "Crash and Burn" |
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| 2007 || ''[[Shark (American TV series)|Shark]]'' || Alvarez || Episode: "Strange Bedfellows" |
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| 2007 || ''[[The Closer]]'' || Brian || Episode: "Grave Doubts" |
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| 2007 || ''[[Burn Notice]]'' || Javier || Episode: "[[Pilot (Burn Notice)|Pilot]]" |
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| 2008 || ''[[Law & Order]]'' || Detective Justin Cabrera || Episode: "Submission" |
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| 2009 || ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' || Ben Porterson || Episode: "Wolfe in Sheep's Clothing" |
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| 2009 || ''[[In Plain Sight]]'' || Harrison Locke || Episode: "Rubble with a Cause" |
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| 2010 || ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' || Lt. Stanley Maas || Season 9: 2 episodes |
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| 2012 || ''[[Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest]]'' || Ernie Trask || Episode: "[[Super (Person of Interest)|Super]]" |
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| 2012 || ''[[Grimm (TV series)|Grimm]]'' || Salvadore Butrell || Episode: "[[Leave It to Beavers]]" |
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| 2013 || ''[[The Following]]'' || Tyson Hernandez || Episode: "Guilt" |
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| 2013 || ''[[Deception (2013 American TV series)|Deception]]'' || Frank || Episode: "Pilot" |
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| 2013 || ''[[Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret]]'' || Detective Esteban Flores || Television movie |
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| 2013–2023 || ''[[The Blacklist]]'' || Manny Soto || 4 episodes |
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| 2014 || ''[[Saint George (TV series)|Saint George]]'' || Junior || 6 episodes |
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| 2014–2015 || ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'' || [[Sal Maroni]] || 8 episodes |
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| 2015 || ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]'' || Juan 'El Gato' Murillo || Episode: "The Past Is Parent" |
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| 2016 || ''[[Bloodline (TV series)|Bloodline]]'' || Sheriff Aguirre || 7 episodes |
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| 2016–2017 || ''[[Shut Eye]]'' || Eduardo Bernal || 20 episodes |
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| 2017–2021 || ''[[Blue Bloods (TV series)|Blue Bloods]]'' || [[Governor of New York]] Martin Mendez || 6 episodes |
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| 2018 || ''[[Seven Seconds (TV series)|Seven Seconds]]'' || Captain Carlos Medina || Episodes: "Of Gods and Men", "Until It Do" |
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| 2018 || ''[[Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Chicago P.D.]]'' || Carlos Mendoza || Episode: "Endings" |
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| 2018 || ''[[Quantico (TV series)|Quantico]]'' || Charlie || Episode: "Hell's Gate" |
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| 2019 || ''[[Deadly Class (TV series)|Deadly Class]]'' || El Alma del Diablo || 5 episodes |
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| 2020 || ''[[Next (2020 TV series)|Next]]'' || Ignacio || 3 episodes |
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| 2020–2021 || ''[[FBI (TV series)|FBI]]'' || Antonio Vargas || 3 episodes |
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| 2021 || ''[[Pose (TV series)|Pose]]'' || Carlos || Episode: "Something Old, Something New" |
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| 2021–2022 || ''[[Dexter: New Blood]]'' || [[Angel Batista]] || Episodes: "[[Runaway (Dexter: New Blood)|Runaway]]" & "[[Sins of the Father (Dexter: New Blood)|Sins of the Father]]" |
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| 2024 || ''[[Diarra from Detroit]]'' || Marshall || Recurring role |
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| 2024 || ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'' || Bubble Master (voice) || Episode: "Jade in the Shade" |
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| 2024 || ''[[The Bear (TV series)|The Bear]]'' || David Marrero || 2 episodes |
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===Theatre=== |
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| 2000 || ''[[Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train]]''|| Valdez||[[East 13th Street Theatre]] |
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| 2003 || ''Our Lady of 121st Street'' || Edwin||[[Union Square Theatre]] |
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| 2003 || ''[[Anna in the Tropics]] || Cheché||[[Royale Theatre]] |
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| 2008 || ''The Little Flower of East Orange'' || Espinosa / Surgeon 2||[[The Public Theater|Joseph Papp Public Theater/Martinson Hall]] |
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| 2022 || ''[[Cost of Living (play)|Cost of Living]]'' || Eddie|| [[Samuel J. Friedman Theatre]]<br>Nominated—[[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play]] |
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| 2024 || ''[[Brooklyn Laundry]]'' || Owen|| [[New York City Center Stage I]]<br> |
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* [http://www.mediavillage.com/jmentr/2006/12/13/Jacki-Dexter-12-13-06/?ref=drama Interview with David Zayas (Angel Batista) of Dexter] |
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David Zayas | |
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Years active | 1995–present |
Notable work | Angel Batista on Dexter Enrique Morales on Oz Sal Maroni on Gotham |
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David Zayas (born August 15, 1962[2]) is a Puerto Rican actor. He is best known for his roles as Angel Batista on the Showtime series Dexter and Enrique Morales on the HBO prison drama series Oz.[3]
Early life
Zayas was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico,[4] and raised in The Bronx, New York.[3]
Career
Zayas joined the United States Air Force at age 19[3] and was a police officer with the New York City Police Department for almost 15 years.[3] His experience as a police officer allowed him to develop as a character actor, leading to a series of acting jobs on television and film, mainly playing law enforcement officers, but playing characters on the other side of the law, as well, such as Enrique Morales on HBO's long-running prison-drama Oz.[citation needed] Zayas was a main cast member of Dexter for all of its eight seasons.[citation needed]
Zayas has been a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company since 1992,[citation needed] a New York City-based traveling actors group. He branched out into television and film projects, and has diversified with guest roles in such popular television series such as New York Undercover, Person of Interest, FBI (playing Mexican drug lord Antonio Vargas), and NYPD Blue.[citation needed] At LAByrinth, he met his future wife, actress Liza Colón.[citation needed]
Zayas played a corrupt police officer in 16 Blocks (2006) and an NYPD officer in Michael Clayton (2007).[citation needed] He is featured in the independent film Shadowboxing (2010), which appeared on the film festival circuit. He appears in Sylvester Stallone's feature film The Expendables (2010) and The Brothers Strause's film Skyline (2010). In 2012, Zayas played Ernie Trask, a hotel super, in the twelfth episode of season 1 of Person of Interest. In the 2013 he portrayed Detective Esteban Flores in Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret, a television movie about the murder of Travis Alexander.[5]
Zayas portrays mob boss Don Salvatore Maroni[6] in the Batman prequel, Gotham, which premiered on Fox on September 22, 2014. Shortly thereafter, he appeared in Annie (2014) as Lou, a gregarious bodega owner who helps Cameron Diaz's Hannigan learn to love herself.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Lena's Dreams | Jorge | |
1998 | OK Garage | Omar | |
1998 | Scar City | Cop #1 | |
1998 | Return to Paradise | Construction Foreman | |
1998 | Rounders | Trooper Osborne | |
1998 | Bleach | Lieutenant Ballard | Short film |
1999 | Bringing Out the Dead | Cop In Elevator | |
1999 | Kingdom Come | Unknown | |
2000 | The Yards | Officer Jerry Rifkin | |
2001 | Sam the Man | Officer Billy | |
2002 | Washington Heights | David | |
2002 | A Gentleman's Game | Alfred D'Angelo | |
2003 | Anne B. Real | Cynthia's Dad | |
2004 | Mimmo & Paulie | Paulie | Short film |
2004 | Jailbait | Guard | |
2004 | Brooklyn Bound | Popo | |
2005 | The Interpreter | Secret Service Agent Charlie Russell | |
2005 | Sangre/Blood | Nestor | Short film |
2005 | The Feast of the Goat | Antonio De La Maza | |
2006 | 16 Blocks | Detective Bobby Torres | |
2006 | The Path to 9/11 | Lou Napoli | |
2006 | Bristol Boys | Detective Benson | |
2007 | Michael Clayton | Detective Dalberto | |
2007 | The Savages | Eduardo | |
2009 | Burning Mussolini | Hector | |
2009 | Wake | Detective Grayson | |
2009 | Flying By | Tony | |
2010 | 13 | Detective Larry Mullane | |
2010 | Shadowboxing | Bill | |
2010 | The Expendables | General Garza | |
2010 | Skyline | Oliver | |
2013 | Samuel Bleak | Ruben Ramirez | |
2014 | Ride | Ramon | |
2014 | Annie | Lou | |
2015 | The Wannabe | Pablo Guzman | |
2016 | Tallulah | Detective Richards | |
2017 | Teen Titans: The Judas Contract | Alberto Reyes (voice) | Direct-to-video |
2017 | Shine | Ramon | |
2020 | Body Cam | Sergeant Kesper | |
2020 | Force of Nature | John The Baptist | |
2021 | R#J | Fernando Capulet |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Law & Order | McGinty | Episode: "Savages" |
1996 | New York Undercover | Paco Martinez | Episode: "The Enforcers" |
1996 | Law & Order | Raoul Cervantes | Episode: "Causa Mortis" |
1997 | Feds | Unknown | Episode: "Somebody's Lyin'" |
1998 | Trinity | Uniform Cop #1 | Episode: "...To Forgive, Divine" |
1998 | Law & Order | Carlos | Episode: "Flight" |
1999 | Third Watch | Motorman | Episode: "Welcome to Camelot" |
2000 | NYPD Blue | Joaquin Enriquez | Episode: "These Shoots Are Made for Joaquin" |
2000 | The Beat | Rei Morales | 12 episodes |
2000 | All My Children | Unknown | Episode: "13 December 2000" |
2000–2003 | Oz | Enrique Morales | 26 episodes |
2001 | Wit | Code Team Blue Head | Television movie |
2002 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Detective Milton | Episode: "Protection" |
2002 | UC: Undercover | Jorge Gonzales | Episode: "Manhunt" |
2002 | Guiding Light | Prison Guard | Episode: "22 October 2002" |
2003 | Law & Order | John Mireles | Episode: "Smoke" |
2003 | Angels in America | Super | 3 episodes |
2003 | Undefeated | Paulie | Television movie |
2005 | Angel | Angel's Father | Television movie |
2006–2013 | Dexter | Angel Batista | 96 episodes Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2009–12) |
2006 | Numb3rs | Carlos Costavo | Episode: "Brutus" |
2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Fire Marshall | Episode: "On Fire" |
2007 | Without a Trace | Gabriel Molina | Episode: "Crash and Burn" |
2007 | Shark | Alvarez | Episode: "Strange Bedfellows" |
2007 | The Closer | Brian | Episode: "Grave Doubts" |
2007 | Burn Notice | Javier | Episode: "Pilot" |
2008 | Law & Order | Detective Justin Cabrera | Episode: "Submission" |
2009 | CSI: Miami | Ben Porterson | Episode: "Wolfe in Sheep's Clothing" |
2009 | In Plain Sight | Harrison Locke | Episode: "Rubble with a Cause" |
2010 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Lt. Stanley Maas | Season 9: 2 episodes |
2012 | Person of Interest | Ernie Trask | Episode: "Super" |
2012 | Grimm | Salvadore Butrell | Episode: "Leave It to Beavers" |
2013 | The Following | Tyson Hernandez | Episode: "Guilt" |
2013 | Deception | Frank | Episode: "Pilot" |
2013 | Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret | Detective Esteban Flores | Television movie |
2013–2023 | The Blacklist | Manny Soto | 4 episodes |
2014 | Saint George | Junior | 6 episodes |
2014–2015 | Gotham | Sal Maroni | 8 episodes |
2015 | Elementary | Juan 'El Gato' Murillo | Episode: "The Past Is Parent" |
2016 | Bloodline | Sheriff Aguirre | 7 episodes |
2016–2017 | Shut Eye | Eduardo Bernal | 20 episodes |
2017–2021 | Blue Bloods | Governor of New York Martin Mendez | 6 episodes |
2018 | Seven Seconds | Captain Carlos Medina | Episodes: "Of Gods and Men", "Until It Do" |
2018 | Chicago P.D. | Carlos Mendoza | Episode: "Endings" |
2018 | Quantico | Charlie | Episode: "Hell's Gate" |
2019 | Deadly Class | El Alma del Diablo | 5 episodes |
2020 | Next | Ignacio | 3 episodes |
2020–2021 | FBI | Antonio Vargas | 3 episodes |
2021 | Pose | Carlos | Episode: "Something Old, Something New" |
2021–2022 | Dexter: New Blood | Angel Batista | Episodes: "Runaway" & "Sins of the Father" |
2024 | Diarra from Detroit | Marshall | Recurring role |
2024 | Bob's Burgers | Bubble Master (voice) | Episode: "Jade in the Shade" |
2024 | The Bear | David Marrero | 2 episodes |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2000 | Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train | Valdez | East 13th Street Theatre | |
2003 | Our Lady of 121st Street | Edwin | Union Square Theatre | |
2003 | Anna in the Tropics | Cheché | Royale Theatre | |
2008 | The Little Flower of East Orange | Espinosa / Surgeon 2 | Joseph Papp Public Theater/Martinson Hall | |
2022 | Cost of Living | Eddie | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre Nominated—Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play |
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2024 | Brooklyn Laundry | Owen | New York City Center Stage I |
References
- ^ David Zayas. Decline21:.com Accessed 18 October 2020.
- ^ David Zayas, en Tomatazos. Tomatazos.com Accessed 18 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d "For 'Dexter' Star David Zayas, Acting Was A Long Shot Away". NPR.org. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ David Zayas. Decline21:.com Accessed 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Breaking News - Lifetime Original Movie "Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret," Starring Tania Raymonde and Jesse Lee Soffer, to Make Its World Premiere Saturday, June 22 | TheFutonCritic.com". thefutoncritic.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
- ^ Profile, screenrant.com; accessed November 9, 2014.
External links
- David Zayas at IMDb
- "One on one with David Zayas". HoboTrashcan.com. July 3, 2008.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- New York City Police Department officers
- Male actors from the Bronx
- Male actors from Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican male film actors
- Puerto Rican male stage actors
- Puerto Rican male television actors
- Puerto Rican United States Air Force personnel
- United States Air Force airmen
- 20th-century Puerto Rican male actors
- 21st-century Puerto Rican male actors