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'''David Zayas''' (born 31 December 1969) is a [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Rican-American]] theatrical, film, and television [[actor]]. He is most known for his roles as Angel Batista on [[Showtime|Showtime's]] series ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'' and as [[Enrique Morales]] on the [[HBO]] prison drama ''[[OZ (TV series)|Oz]]''.
'''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"/>


== Biography ==
==Early life==
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"/>
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 gained skills that would lead him to become a [[New York City Police Department|New York Police]] officer after he was discharged from service. Zayas' career as a police officer in turn allowed him to develop as a character actor, leading 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.


==Career==
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-based 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]]. 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]]''. In January 2010, Zayas became a castmember for the upcoming [[Brothers Strause]] thriller film, tentatively titled ''Skyline''.<ref>[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35554/cast-strause-brothers-skyline-expands-one UPDATED: Cast of the Strause Brothers' Skyline Expands by Two]</ref>
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}}

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}}

[[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]]
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 &#124; 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>

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.

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1997 || ''Lena's Dreams'' || Jorge ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[OK Garage]]'' || Omar ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Scar City]]'' || Cop #1 ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Return to Paradise (1998 film)|Return to Paradise]]'' || Construction Foreman ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Rounders (film)|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 (film)|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 (2004 film)|Jailbait]]'' || Guard ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Brooklyn Bound]]'' || Popo ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[The Interpreter (2005 film)|The Interpreter]]'' || Secret Service Agent Charlie Russell ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Sangre/Blood'' || Nestor || Short film
|-
| 2005 || ''[[The Feast of the Goat (film)|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 (film)|Michael Clayton]]'' || Detective Dalberto ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[The Savages (film)|The Savages]]'' || Eduardo ||
|-
| 2009 || ''Burning Mussolini'' || Hector ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Wake (2009 film)|Wake]]'' || Detective Grayson ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Flying By]]'' || Tony ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[13 (2010 film)|13]]'' || Detective Larry Mullane ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Shadowboxing (2010 film)|Shadowboxing]]'' || Bill ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[The Expendables (2010 film)|The Expendables]]'' || General Garza ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Skyline (2010 film)|Skyline]]'' || Oliver ||
|-
| 2013 || ''Samuel Bleak'' || Ruben Ramirez ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Ride (2014 film)|Ride]]'' || Ramon ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Annie (2014 film)|Annie]]'' || Lou ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[The Wannabe]]'' || Pablo Guzman ||
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Tallulah (film)|Tallulah]]'' || Detective Richards ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Teen Titans: The Judas Contract]]'' || Alberto Reyes (voice) || Direct-to-video
|-
| 2017 || ''Shine'' || Ramon ||
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Body Cam (film)|Body Cam]]'' || Sergeant Kesper ||
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Force of Nature (2020 film)|Force of Nature]]'' || John The Baptist ||
|-
| 2021 || ''[[R and J|R#J]]'' || Fernando Capulet ||
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Law & Order]]'' || McGinty || Episode: "[[List of Law & Order episodes|Savages]]"
|-
| 1996 || ''[[New York Undercover]]'' || Paco Martinez || Episode: "The Enforcers"
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Law & Order]]'' || Raoul Cervantes || Episode: "[[List of Law & Order episodes|Causa Mortis]]"
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Feds (TV series)|Feds]]'' || Unknown || Episode: "Somebody's Lyin'"
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Trinity (American TV series)|Trinity]]'' || Uniform Cop #1 || Episode: "...To Forgive, Divine"
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Law & Order]]'' || Carlos || Episode: "[[List of Law & Order episodes|Flight]]"
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Third Watch]]'' || Motorman || Episode: "Welcome to Camelot"
|-
| 2000 || ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' || Joaquin Enriquez || Episode: "These Shoots Are Made for Joaquin"
|-
| 2000 || ''[[The Beat (TV series)|The Beat]]'' || Rei Morales || 12 episodes
|-
| 2000 || ''[[All My Children]]'' || Unknown || Episode: "13 December 2000"
|-
| 2000–2003 || ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'' || Enrique Morales || 26 episodes
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Wit (film)|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: "[[List of Law & Order episodes|Smoke]]"
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Angels in America (miniseries)|Angels in America]]'' || Super || 3 episodes
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Undefeated (2003 film)|Undefeated]]'' || Paulie || Television movie
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Angel Rodriguez (film)|Angel]]'' || Angel's Father || Television movie
|-
| 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>
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Numbers_(TV_series)|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 (American TV series)|Shark]]'' || Alvarez || Episode: "Strange Bedfellows"
|-
| 2007 || ''[[The Closer]]'' || Brian || Episode: "Grave Doubts"
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Burn Notice]]'' || Javier || Episode: "[[Pilot (Burn Notice)|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 (TV series)|Person of Interest]]'' || Ernie Trask || Episode: "[[Super (Person of Interest)|Super]]"
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Grimm (TV series)|Grimm]]'' || Salvadore Butrell || Episode: "[[Leave It to Beavers]]"
|-
| 2013 || ''[[The Following]]'' || Tyson Hernandez || Episode: "Guilt"
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Deception (2013 American TV series)|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 (TV series)|Saint George]]'' || Junior || 6 episodes
|-
| 2014–2015 || ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'' || [[Sal Maroni]] || 8 episodes
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]'' || Juan 'El Gato' Murillo || Episode: "The Past Is Parent"
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Bloodline (TV series)|Bloodline]]'' || Sheriff Aguirre || 7 episodes
|-
| 2016–2017 || ''[[Shut Eye]]'' || Eduardo Bernal || 20 episodes
|-
| 2017–2021 || ''[[Blue Bloods (TV series)|Blue Bloods]]'' || [[Governor of New York]] Martin Mendez || 6 episodes
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Seven Seconds (TV series)|Seven Seconds]]'' || Captain Carlos Medina || Episodes: "Of Gods and Men", "Until It Do"
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Chicago P.D.]]'' || Carlos Mendoza || Episode: "Endings"
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Quantico (TV series)|Quantico]]'' || Charlie || Episode: "Hell's Gate"
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Deadly Class (TV series)|Deadly Class]]'' || El Alma del Diablo || 5 episodes
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Next (2020 TV series)|Next]]'' || Ignacio || 3 episodes
|-
| 2020–2021 || ''[[FBI (TV series)|FBI]]'' || Antonio Vargas || 3 episodes
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Pose (TV series)|Pose]]'' || Carlos || Episode: "Something Old, Something New"
|-
| 2021–2022 || ''[[Dexter: New Blood]]'' || [[Angel Batista]] || Episodes: "[[Runaway (Dexter: New Blood)|Runaway]]" & "[[Sins of the Father (Dexter: New Blood)|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 (TV series)|The Bear]]'' || David Marrero || 2 episodes
|-
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 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||[[The Public Theater|Joseph Papp Public Theater/Martinson Hall]]
|-
| 2022 || ''[[Cost of Living (play)|Cost of Living]]'' || Eddie|| [[Samuel J. Friedman Theatre]]<br>Nominated—[[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play]]
|
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Brooklyn Laundry]]'' || Owen|| [[New York City Center Stage I]]<br>
|}


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David Zayas
Zayas in 2007
Born (1962-08-15) August 15, 1962 (age 62)
Ponce, Puerto Rico[1]
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present
Notable workAngel Batista on Dexter
Enrique Morales on Oz
Sal Maroni on Gotham
Spouse
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(m. 1998)​

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

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Zayas was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico,[4] and raised in The Bronx, New York.[3]

Career

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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]

(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

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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
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

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Year Title Role Notes
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

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Year Title Role Notes
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
2024 Brooklyn Laundry Owen New York City Center Stage I

References

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  1. ^ David Zayas. Decline21:.com Accessed 18 October 2020.
  2. ^ David Zayas, en Tomatazos. Tomatazos.com Accessed 18 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "For 'Dexter' Star David Zayas, Acting Was A Long Shot Away". NPR.org. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  4. ^ David Zayas. Decline21:.com Accessed 18 October 2020.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Profile, screenrant.com; accessed November 9, 2014.
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