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Kevin Alejandro
Alejandro at WonderCon 2017
Born
Kevin Michael Alejandro

(1976-04-07) April 7, 1976 (age 48)
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, film director
Years active2002–present
Spouse
Leslie de Jesus
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(m. 2004)​
Children1

Kevin Michael Alejandro (born April 7, 1976) is an American actor and film director.[1] He is known for his roles as Nate Moretta in the TNT crime drama Southland, Forklift Mike in the NBC series Parenthood, Jesús Velázquez in the HBO supernatural thriller True Blood, Sebastian Blood / Brother Blood in The CW superhero series Arrow and as detective Daniel Espinóza in the Fox/Netflix supernatural comedy-crime drama Lucifer.

Career

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Alejandro was born in San Antonio, Texas, to Mexican parents of Spanish and English descent. He was featured on the ABC series Ugly Betty, playing Santos, the father of Justin Suarez and love interest of Hilda. At the time of the season 1 finale episode's filming, he had just become a series regular on the Fox network's newly introduced Drive, since cancelled. He was a featured player in the second season of the Showtime original series Sleeper Cell, playing Benito Velasquez, and also played Dominic Hughes in The Young and the Restless.

In 2006, he appeared in the NCIS episode "Driven" as character Jamie Jones. He made an appearance, along with fellow Ugly Betty actor Eric Mabius, in the CSI: Miami episode "One of Our Own", and another as a gay hustler in HBO's Big Love. He appeared on an episode of Charmed season 7 as Malvock, a cunning demon. He also appeared in the first few episodes of 24's fourth season, as a terrorist henchman, in which he also stars with Tony Plana, fellow Ugly Betty actor.[2] Alejandro was a regular on the now defunct drama Shark as Deputy District Attorney Danny Reyes.[3] and had a small role on The Cleaner, an A&E television series.

Alejandro appeared in the movie Crossing Over, which was released in February 2009, alongside Harrison Ford. He played Detective Nate Moretta in Southland, produced by Emmy Award winner John Wells.[4] Southland was canceled by NBC Broadcasting just two weeks prior to the première of the show's sophomore run, but was then picked up by the cable network TNT. Alejandro appeared in the TV series The Mentalist Season 2, Episode 17 as Victor Bandino.

He had a role in Weeds, seasons 4 and 5. Drop Dead Diva's Season 1 Episode 5 also features Alejandro as the wrongfully convicted Michael Fernandez. He appeared on Season 1 of Sons of Anarchy as one of the Mayan MC members, son of Marcus, the MC's president. Alejandro stars in the third and fourth seasons of the vampire series True Blood as Jesús Velázquez.[5]

In 2011, he appeared in the movie Red State, opposite John Goodman and directed by Kevin Smith, as well a horror film Cassadaga.[6] He also played Tony Arroyo, a homicide detective in the 2013 television show Golden Boy. Alejandro portrayed Sheriff Tommy Solano in the ABC / A&E series The Returned.[7]

In 2013, Alejandro joined the CW series Arrow as Sebastian Blood/Brother Blood, recurring throughout the show's second season. In January 2016, he began his role on the Fox TV series Lucifer as LAPD Homicide Detective Daniel Espinoza. Lucifer ran for three seasons before being canceled by Fox and subsequently picked up by Netflix for a fourth, fifth and sixth season.

Alejandro directed several episodes in the later seasons of the show. The episode "Once Upon a Time" (an alternate reality film noir black and white stylised episode) which was intended to be aired in the series' fourth season but instead aired as a bonus episode on May 28, 2018 after the third season had concluded. He also directed the season 5 episode "Spoiler Alert", and in an interview with Tell-Tale TV, he confirmed he directed the season 6 premiere.[1]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Purgatory Flats Owen Mecklin
2003 Graduation Night Fishman
2008 Creature of Darkness Emillio
2009 Wake Detective Daniels
Crossing Over Gutierrez
2011 The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy August Edwards
Red State Harry
Cassadaga Mike
2013 Medeas Noah
2015 Safelight
2016 Take Me Home — Director; short film
2018 Bedtime Story — Director; short film
2020 The Lost Husband Danny
2022 Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Sam Quintana

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 Crossing Jordan Connor Marshall Episode: "Fire and Ice"
Las Vegas Ray Duran Episode: "Pros and Cons"
2004 Dr. Vegas Raul Ortiz Episode: "Advantage Play"
Charmed Malvoc Episode: "There's Something About Leo"
2004–05 The Young and the Restless Dominic Hughes 15 episodes
2005 24 Kevin McCollin 3 episodes
JAG Corporal Jude Dominick Episode: "Fit for Duty"
Alias Cesar Martinez Episode: "The Orphan"
CSI: New York Tom Martin Episode: "Crime and Misdemeanor"
Threshold Marcus Episode: "Pulse"
Medium Jason Morrow Episode: "Still Life"
2006 E-Ring Miguel Carrera Episode: "The General"
Without a Trace Casey Miller Episode: "The Road Home"
Big Love The Hustler Episode: "Eviction"
CSI: Miami Carlos Santigo Episode: "One of Our Own"
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service Jaime Jones Episode: "Driven"
Faceless Lucas Renosa Television film
2006–07 Sleeper Cell Benito "Benny" Velasquez 7 episodes
2006–07 Ugly Betty Santos 8 episodes
2007 Drive Winston Salazar 6 episodes
2007–08 Shark Danny Reyes 16 episodes
2008 Sons of Anarchy Esai Alvarez Episode: "The Pull" & "Hell Followed"
Burn Notice Raul Episode: "Turn and Burn"
2008–09 Weeds Rudolpho Mason 4 episodes
2009 Knight Rider Victor Galt Episode: "I Love the Knight Life"
Heroes Agent Jenkins "Chapter Eight 'Into Asylum'"
Drop Dead Diva Michael Fernandez Episode: "Lost and Found"
Melrose Place Anton V. Episode: "Shoreline"
2009–11 Southland Nate Moretta 14 episodes
2010 The Deep End Connor Smith Episode: "White Lies, Black Ties"
The Mentalist Victor Bandino Episode: "The Red Box"
Psych Dane Northcutt Episode: "Ferry Tale"
Parenthood Mike 3 episodes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Victor Ramos Episode: "Branded"
2010–12 True Blood Jesus Velazquez 22 episodes
2011 Bones Hercules "El Tornado" Maldonado Episode: "The Change in the Game"
Hide Det. Bobby Dodge Television film
2012 Breakout Kings Benny Cruz Episode: "Cruz Control"
GCB Danny Episode: “Adam & Eve's Rib”
2013 Golden Boy Christian Arroyo 13 episodes
2013–14 Arrow Sebastian Blood / Brother Blood 12 episodes
2015 The Returned Sheriff Tommy Solano 10 episodes
Grey's Anatomy Officer Dan Pruitt 3 episodes
2016–21 Lucifer Detective Daniel Espinoza 92 episodes; also director: "Once Upon a Time", "Spoiler Alert" and "Nothing Ever Changes Around Here"
2016 The Catch Nathan Ashmore Episode: "The Package"
2021–2024 Arcane Jayce (voice) 18 episodes
2022–present Fire Country Captain Manny Perez Main Cast

Web

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Year Series Role
2008 Gemini Division Amasso

References

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  1. ^ a b Sumerel, Ashley Bissette (2021-05-28). "Kevin Alejandro Answers a Burning Question About Dan Espinoza and 'Lucifer' Season 6 [Interview]". telltaletv.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  2. ^ Mr Disgusting (January 4, 2010). "Southland star scores reoccurring role in True Blood". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  3. ^ Nellie Andreeva (January 3, 2010). "Southland actor joining True Blood: Kevin Alejandro to play an orderly in HBO's vampire drama". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  4. ^ Steve Barton (January 4, 2010). "Southland star to sample True Blood". Dread Central. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  5. ^ Steve Barton (March 15, 2010). "True Blood season three première date announced". Dread Central. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  6. ^ Samantha Leffler (July 21, 2011). "Kevin Alejandro on Comic Con, True Blood's On-Set Antics and the Insane Season 4 Wrap Party – Exclusive". Wet Paint. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  7. ^ Debi Moore (March 2, 2015). "See the World Created for A&E's The Returned". Dread Central. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
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