Kevin Alejandro

Kevin Alejandro
Alejandro at WonderCon 2017
Born	Kevin Michael Alejandro (1976-04-07)April 7, 1976 San Antonio,Texas,U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Leslie de Jesus ​ (m.2004)​
Children	1

Kevin Michael Alejandro(born April 7, 1976) is an American actor and film director.He is known for his roles as Nate Moretta in theTNTcrime dramaSouthland,Forklift Mike in theNBCseriesParenthood,Jesús Velázquez in theHBOsupernatural thrillerTrue Blood,Sebastian Blood / Brother BloodinThe CWsuperhero seriesArrowand as detectiveDaniel Espinózain theFox/Netflixsupernatural comedy-crime dramaLucifer.

Career

Alejandro was born inSan Antonio,TexastoMexicanparents ofSpanishandEnglishdescent. He was featured on theABCseriesUgly Betty,playing Santos, the father ofJustin Suarezand love interest of Hilda. At the time of the season 1 finale episode's filming, he had just become a series regular on theFox network's newly introducedDrive,since cancelled. He was a featured player in the second season of theShowtimeoriginal seriesSleeper Cell,playingBenito Velasquez,and also played Dominic Hughes inThe Young and the Restless.

In 2006, he appeared in theNCISepisode "Driven" as character Jamie Jones. He made an appearance, along with fellowUgly BettyactorEric Mabius,in theCSI: Miamiepisode "One of Our Own", and another as a gay hustler inHBO'sBig Love.He appeared on an episode ofCharmedseason 7 as Malvock, a cunning demon. He also appeared in the first few episodes of24's fourth season, as a terrorist henchman, in which he also stars with Tony Plana, fellowUgly Bettyactor.Alejandro was a regular on the now defunct dramaSharkas Deputy District Attorney Danny Reyes.and had a small role onThe Cleaner,anA&Etelevision series.

Alejandro appeared in the movieCrossing Over,which was released in February 2009, alongsideHarrison Ford.He played Detective Nate Moretta inSouthland,produced by Emmy Award winnerJohn Wells.Southlandwas 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 networkTNT.Alejandro appeared in the TV seriesThe MentalistSeason 2, Episode 17 as Victor Bandino.

He had a role inWeeds,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 ofSons of Anarchyas one of the Mayan MC members, son of Marcus, the MC's president. Alejandro stars in the third and fourth seasons of thevampireseriesTrue Bloodas Jesús Velázquez.

In 2011, he appeared in the movieRed State,oppositeJohn Goodmanand directed byKevin Smith,as well a horror filmCassadaga.He also played Tony Arroyo, a homicide detective in the 2013 television showGolden Boy.Alejandro portrayed Sheriff Tommy Solano in the ABC / A&E seriesThe Returned.

In 2013, Alejandro joined theCWseriesArrowasSebastian Blood/Brother Blood,recurring throughout the show's second season. In January 2016, he began his role on theFoxTV seriesLuciferasLAPDHomicide Detective Daniel Espinoza.Luciferran 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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Purgatory Flats	Owen Mecklin
2003	Graduation Night	Fishman
2008	Creature of Darkness	Emillio
2009	Wake	Detective Daniels
2009	Crossing Over	Gutierrez
2011	The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy	August Edwards
2011	Red State	Harry
2011	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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Crossing Jordan	Connor Marshall	Episode: "Fire and Ice"
2003	Las Vegas	Ray Duran	Episode: "Pros and Cons"
2004	Dr. Vegas	Raul Ortiz	Episode: "Advantage Play"
2004	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
2005	JAG	Corporal Jude Dominick	Episode: "Fit for Duty"
2005	Alias	Cesar Martinez	Episode: "The Orphan"
2005	CSI: New York	Tom Martin	Episode: "Crime and Misdemeanor"
2005	Threshold	Marcus	Episode: "Pulse"
2005	Medium	Jason Morrow	Episode: "Still Life"
2006	E-Ring	Miguel Carrera	Episode: "The General"
2006	Without a Trace	Casey Miller	Episode: "The Road Home"
2006	Big Love	The Hustler	Episode: "Eviction"
2006	CSI: Miami	Carlos Santigo	Episode: "One of Our Own"
2006	NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service	Jaime Jones	Episode: "Driven"
2006	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"
2008	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"
2009	Heroes	Agent Jenkins	"Chapter Eight 'Into Asylum'"
2009	Drop Dead Diva	Michael Fernandez	Episode: "Lost and Found"
2009	Melrose Place	Anton V.	Episode: "Shoreline"
2009–11	Southland	Nate Moretta	14 episodes
2010	The Deep End	Connor Smith	Episode: "White Lies, Black Ties"
2010	The Mentalist	Victor Bandino	Episode: "The Red Box"
2010	Psych	Dane Northcutt	Episode: "Ferry Tale"
2010	Parenthood	Mike	3 episodes
2010	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"
2011	Hide	Det. Bobby Dodge	Television film
2012	Breakout Kings	Benny Cruz	Episode: "Cruz Control"
2012	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
2015	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–present	Arcane	Jayce (voice)	9 episodes
2022–present	Fire Country	Captain Manny Perez	Main Cast

Web

Year	Series	Role
2008	Gemini Division	Amasso

External links

• Kevin AlejandroatIMDb