José Zúñiga (actor)

For the Mexican painter, see José Zúñiga (artist). For the Mexican boxer, see José Alfredo Zúñiga. For the 18th century Spanish soldier, see José de Züñiga.

José Zúñiga (born April 1, 1965) is a Honduran American actor.^[1]

José Zúñiga
Born	(1965-04-01) April 1, 1965 (age 60) Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Laura Levine ​ ​ (m. 1991)​
Children	1

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Alive	Fraga the Mechanic
	The Good Policeman	Dariel Cortez	TV movie
1994	Fresh Kill	Miguel Flores
	Fresh	Lieutenant Perez
	Crooklyn	Tommy 'La-La'
	The Cowboy Way	Carlos
	Nadja	Bartender
1995	Smoke	Jerry, OTB Man
	Blue in the Face	Jerry
	Stonewall	Randy
	Flirt	Cab Driver
	Money Train	Victor
1996	For Which He Stands	Jose
	Striptease	Chris Rojo
	Ransom	David Torres
	Day of the Warrior	Mexican Cop
1997	Hurricane Streets	Kramer
	Con Air	DEA Agent Willie Sims
1998	Next Stop Wonderland	Andre De Silva
2000	Happy Accidents	Jose
	Gun Shy	Fidel Vaillar
	The Opportunists	Jesus Del Toro
	The Crew	Escobar
	For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story	Paquito D'Rivera	TV movie
2001	Snow White: The Fairest of Them All	Hector	TV movie
2003	The Hunted	FBI Agent Bobby Moret
2005	Constantine	Detective Weiss
2006	The Alibi	Officer Sykes
	Mission: Impossible III	IMF Agent Pete
	Undoing	Randall
2007	Tortilla Heaven	Isidor
	Next	Security Chief Roybal
2008	The Tree	Spano	Short
	Twilight	Mr. Molina
2010	Smell the Coffee	Ricky	Short
2011	The Chaperone	Carlos
2012	Eye of the Hurricane	Roberto Cruz
	The Forger	Mr. Weathers
2013	The Call	Marco
	The Alter Life	Boss	Short
2014	Mary Loss of Soul	Victor Solis
2015	Diablo	Guillermo
	Victor	Manuel Torres
2016	The Duel	General Calderon
	Todos Bailaban	Mr. Martinez	Short
2017	The Most Hated Woman in America	Detective Campos
	A Place in the Caribbean	Gael Castillo
	The Dark Tower	Dr. Hotchkiss
2018	Baja	Luis Bolanos
2019	Against the Clock	Ah Puch
2020	Half Brothers	Evaristo
2021	Reefa	Israel Sr.
	Electro Magnetic	Tomas	Short
2023	Sound of Freedom	Roberto
2025	The Life List	Samuel
	Rosario	Oscar

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Law & Order	Rudy Amendariz	Episode: "Wedded Bliss"
1994	NYPD Blue	Bobby Ruiz	Episode: "You Bet Your Life"
1995	The Cosby Mysteries	Espinosa Spinoza	Recurring Cast
1994–96	New York Undercover	Jimmy Torres	Recurring Cast: Season 1–2
1996–97	Mad About You	Arturo the Hairdresser	Guest Cast: Season 1–2
1997	Prince Street	-	Episode: "Pilot"
1997–98	Nothing Sacred	Juan Alberto "J.A." Ortiz	Main Cast
1998	Sins of the City	Freddie Corillo	Recurring Cast
	Law & Order	Detective Mark Rivera	Episode: "Bait"
2000	Get Real	Dr. Carroll	Episode: "Waiting"
2001–02	That's Life	Ray Orozco	Recurring Cast: Season 2
2001–04	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	TARU Technician Miguel Cruz	Guest: Season 3, Recurring: Season 5
2002	Crossing Jordan	George Cortinez	Episode: "Blood Relatives"
	Touched by an Angel	Oscar	Episode: "The Christmas Watch"
2003	Dragnet	Review Board Investigator #2	Episode: "The Little Guy"
	Karen Sisco	Julio	Episode: "Dear Derwood"
	CSI: Miami	Carl Galaz	Episode: "Simple Man"
2004	Century City	Attorney Randall Purgaman	Recurring Cast
	ER	Eduardo Lopez	Guest Cast: Season 10–11
	Law & Order	Christoff	Episode: "Cry Wolf"
2004–10	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Chris Cavaliere	Guest: Seasons 4, 6, 10; Recurring: Seasons 5, 9
2005	Alias	Roberto Fox	Episode: "The Orphan"
	The Shield	Gino	Recurring Cast: Season 4
	Bones	Mickey Santana	Recurring Cast: Season 1
2006	24	Joseph Malina	Episode: "Day 5: 4:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m."
	Dexter	Jorge Castillo	Episode: "Love American Style"
	Law & Order	Detective Borough Investigator	Episode: "In Vino Veritas"
	Prison Break	Coyote	Recurring Cast: Season 2
2006–07	The O.C.	Jason Spitz	Guest: Season 3, Recurring Cast: Season 4
2007	Numb3rs	Bernardo Infante	Episode: "Take Out"
	Justice	Detective Mendoza	Episode: "False Confession"
	NCIS	Dr. Adrian De La Casa	Episode: "Corporal Punishment"
	Saving Grace	Ronnie	Recurring Cast: Season 1
2008	CSI: Miami	Juan Ortega	Guest Cast: Season 6–7
2008–10	Ghost Whisperer	Officer Reed Simonds/Luis Simon	Guest: Season 3, Recurring: Season 5
2009	Grey's Anatomy	Anthony Merlot	Episode: "Sweet Surrender"
	Medium	Oswaldo Castillo	Episode: "Bring Me the Head of Oswaldo Castillo"
	Dark Blue	Agent Boyle	Episode: "Pilot"
	Lie to Me	Detective Molina	Episode: "Control Factor"
	Nip/Tuck	Detective Cyrus	Episode: "Abigail Sullivan"
2010	Castle	Alfredo Quintana	Episode: "Suicide Squeeze"
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Senator Victor Caldera	Episode: "True Legacy"
	Childrens Hospital	Gang Boss	Episode: "The Coffee Machine Paid for Itself"
2011	Off the Map	Julio	Recurring Cast
	The Chicago Code	Daniel Romero	Episode: "Black Hand and the Shotgun Man"
	Suits	Harry the Cab Driver	Episode: "Bail Out"
	The Event	Carlos Geller	Recurring Cast
	A Gifted Man	Richard Flores	Episode: "In Case of Memory Loss"
2012	Person of Interest	Vargas	Episode: "Blue Code"
	House	Nate Weinmann	Episode: "Man of the House"
	Desperate Housewives	Detective Heredia	Recurring Cast: Season 8
	Scandal	General Benicio Florez	Episode: "Enemy of the State"
	Harry's Law	Attorney Hector Walsh	Episode: "And the Band Played On"
	666 Park Avenue	Commissioner Pike	Episode: "Hero Complex"
	Burn Notice	Vasquez	Episode: "Desperate Measures"
2013	Body of Proof	Roberto Franco	Episode: "Dark City"
2014	Taxi Brooklyn	Detective Eddie Esposito	Main Cast
	The Last Ship	El Toro	Episode: "El Toro"
	Scorpion	Lou Rake	Episode: "Shorthanded"
2015	How to Get Away with Murder	Jorge Castillo	Episode: "Best Christmas Ever"
	The Night Shift	Frank	Episode: "Parenthood"
	Criminal Minds	Al Eisenmund	Episode: "The Job"
	The Player	The Secretary of ...	Episode: "Ante Up"
	Code Black	Chef Holder	Episode: "Sometimes It's a Zebra"
2016	From Dusk till Dawn: The Series	Emilio	Episode: "Head Games"
	Better Things	Henry	Recurring Cast: Season 1
	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Eli Morrow	Recurring Cast: Season 4
	Notorious	Raul Mora	Episode: "Taken"
2016–17	Shooter	Simon Porter	Episode: "Sometimes It's a Zebra"
2016–19	Madam Secretary	Vice President Carlos Morejon	Guest: Season 2, Recurring: Seasons 4–6
2017	Snowfall	Ramiro	Recurring Cast: Season 1
2018	The Assassination of Gianni Versace	Detective George Navarro	Recurring Cast
	The Blacklist	Gonzalez	Episode: "Lawrence Dane Devlin (No. 26)"
	New Amsterdam	Louis 'Lou' Navarro	Episode: "Cavitation"
	The Rookie	Nestor Garcia	Episode: "The Switch"
2019	For the People	Randy Stanton	Episode: "You Belong Here"
	Hawaii Five-0	Flores	Episode: "Hewa ka lima"
2020–21	The Expanse	Carlos "Bull" de Baca	Recurring Cast: Season 5
2021	Narcos: Mexico	Jesus Gutierrez Rebollo	Recurring Cast: Season 3
2022	Chicago P.D.	Javier Escano	Recurring Cast: Season 9
	Westworld	Vice President	Episode: "Well Enough Alone"
	Quantum Leap	Commander Jim Reynolds	Episode: "Atlantis"
2023	True Lies	General Hernan Alvaro Ochoa	Episode: "Friendly Enemies"
	Physical	Carlos	Recurring Cast: Season 3
2024	Griselda	Amilcar	Recurring Cast
	Accused	Detective Serrano	Episode: "Lorraine's Story"