Benito Martinez (actor)

Benito Martinez
Born (1971-06-28) June 28, 1971 (age 53)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1988–present

Benito Martinez (born June 28, 1971)[1] is an American actor, best known for his role as LAPD Captain David Aceveda in the FX police drama The Shield, Luis Torres in Sons of Anarchy (2011–2012), Todd Denver in How to Get Away with Murder (2016–2018), Sheriff Diaz in 13 Reasons Why (2019–2020), and for his film roles in the movie My Family (1995) and Kill Your Darlings (2006).

Early life

Martinez was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[2] He attended Hollywood High School Performing Arts Center, along with Anthony Anderson.[2] After graduating high school, he went to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where his sister also studied. Besides Martinez, Kim Cattrall, Donald Sutherland and Chiwetel Ejiofor also studied there.[2]

Career

He returned to the United States and moved to Los Angeles, where he appeared as Fernandez in an episode of The Bronx Zoo, "The Gospel Truth".

He has worked in films such as Saw, Million Dollar Baby, End Game and The Dry Land.[3] From 2015 to 2017, Martinez appeared as three different characters, Alonzo Gutierrez, Dominic Calderone and Luis Salazar in the crime drama television series American Crime for 17 episodes.[4][5]

In animation and video games, he voices Lonestar in ¡Mucha Lucha!, Horatio Hidalgo in What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Coyote Smith in Killer7, Manuel Noriega in Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Captain Julian Dawes in Battlefield Hardline.

In 2017, Martinez played José Menendez in the Lifetime original movie Menendez: Blood Brothers,[6] and appeared as James Rangel in the autobiographical drama film American Made, featuring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jayma Mays, Jesse Plemons and Alejandro Edda.

In 2021, Martinez played Texas Ranger Major Gabriel Reyes in the FOX TV show 9-1-1: Lone Star. His character is the father of Austin Police Officer Carlos Reyes.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Sunset Grill Guillermo
1995 Outbreak Dr. Julio Ruiz
1995 My Family Young Paco Sánchez
2003 Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico El Curandero/Man No. 2 Voice, direct-to-video
2004 Saw Brett
2004 ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico Lonestar, Don Reyes Voice, direct-to-video
2004 Million Dollar Baby Billie's Manager
2006 End Game Ramsey
2006 Kill Your Darlings Officer Jones
2009 Not Forgotten Detective Sanchez
2010 The Dry Land David Valdez
2010 Unthinkable Alvarez
2010 Takers Officer in Charge
2013 Bless Me, Ultima Gabriel Márez
2014 Beyond the Lights Jesse Soria
2017 American Made James Rangel
2019 Queen & Slim Sheriff Edgar
2023 Fool's Paradise Mayor Raposa

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1988 The Bronx Zoo Fernadez Episode: "The Gospel Truth"
1990–92 Zorro José Macias 2 episodes
1992 Reasonable Doubts Savedra Episode: "Silence"
1993 Star Trek: The Next Generation Salazar Episode: "Descent": Part 2
1996 Chicago Hope Orderly Episode: "A Day in the Life"
1996 The X-Files Orderly Episode: "The Beginning"
1998 L.A. Doctors Policeman Episode: "Leap of Faith"
1999 Silk Stalkings Cesar Episode: "Dance of Fever"
2001 NYPD Blue Lieutenant Gomez Episode: "Russelmania"
2001 Touched by an Angel Officer Dave Episode: "The Birthday Present"
2001 Once and Again Raoul Episode: "Chaos Theory"
2002 American Family Police Officer Episode: "Pilot"
2002 For the People Dr. Leonard Bushnell Episode: "Our Own"
2002 What's New, Scooby-Doo? Horatio Hidalgo Voice, episode: "High-Tech House of Horrors"
2002–05 ¡Mucha Lucha! Lone Star Voice, 5 episodes
2002 Firefly Boss Episode: "Our Mrs. Reynolds"
2002–08 The Shield David Aceveda 86 episodes
2003 Karen Sisco Ed Fuentes Episode: "Blown Away"
2006 Monk Foreman – Juror No. 7 Episode: "Mr. Monk Gets Jury Duty"
2006 Numb3rs Arthur Ruiz Episode: "Provenance"
2006 Bones Thomas Vega Episode: "Aliens in a Spaceship"
2007 Standoff Senator Espinosa Episode: "The Kids in the Hall"
2008 Shark Agent Juarez Episode: "Wayne's World 3: Killer Shark"
2008–09 The Unit President-Elect Benjamin Castillo 3 episodes
2009 The Forgotten Police Chief Episode: "Pilot"
2009–10 Saving Grace Ronnie Rodriguez 8 episodes
2010 24 Victor Aruz 2 episodes
2010 Burn Notice David Episode: "Neighbourhood Watch"
2010 Lie to Me Charlie Sheridan Episode: "Pied Piper"
2011 Covert Affairs Jorge Episode: "All the Right Friends"
2011 Torchwood: Miracle Day Captain Santos Episode: "The Blood Line"
2011–12 Supernatural Edgar/Leviathan 5 episodes
2011–12 Sons of Anarchy Luis Torres 16 episodes
2012 Major Crimes Javier Ramirez Episode: "Out of Bounds"
2013 Dallas Officer Episode: "Legacies"
2013 Castle Special Agent Sam Walker Episode: "The Wild Rover"
2013 NCIS: Los Angeles Gonzalo Vargas Episode: "Drive"
2013 Almost Human Captain Alexio Barros Episode: "The Bends"
2014–15 House of Cards Senator Hector Mendoza 7 episodes
2014 Graceland Alfredo Armas Episode: "Connects"
2015 American Crime Alonzo Gutierrez 11 episodes
Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series
2015 Criminal Minds Chief Raul Montoya Episode: "Outlaw"
2016–2019 The Blacklist Robert Diaz 8 episodes
2016 American Crime Dominic Calderone Episode: "Season Two: Episode Ten"
2016–18 How to Get Away with Murder D.A. Todd Denver 18 episodes
2017 American Crime Luis Salazar 5 episodes
Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
2017 The Leftovers Arturo Episode: "It's a Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt World"
2019–20 13 Reasons Why Sheriff Diaz 17 episodes
2019 Jack Ryan Senator Jim Moreno Episode: "Cargo"
2019 Hawaii Five-0 Mateo Dias Episode: "Ka'I' o"
2021–23 9-1-1: Lone Star Gabriel Reyes 10 Episodes
2021 Mr. Mayor Mayor Victor Delgado 2 episodes
2021 On My Block Ricky Galindo 2 episodes
2021–2023 With Love Jorge Diaz Sr.[7] Main role season 1; recurring season 2
2022 S.W.A.T. Miguel Velez Episode: "Survive"
2022 Big Sky Dr. Cowley 2 episodes
2023 The Rookie Judge Rivas Episode: "Death Sentence"
2024 CSI: Vegas Raphael Tarquenio Season 3 Episode 1: "The Reaper"

Television films

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Her Costly Affair Campus Cop
2010 Mandrake Harry Vargas
2016 Home Peter Ochoa
2017 Menendez: Blood Brothers José Menendez
2017 Behind Enemy Lines Mateo Rodriguez
2019 Jane the Novela Raul

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Killer7 Coyote Smith
2005 Age of Empires III Francisco Juan Delgado de Leon / General Simón Bolívar
2010 Vanquish Professor Francois Candide English version[8]
2012 Call of Duty: Black Ops II Manuel Noriega
2013 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Khamsin / Desperado scientist English version
2013 Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel Esteban Bautista
2015 Battlefield Hardline Captain Julian Dawes

References

  1. ^ "Benito Martinez". Allmovie. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Moore, Camille (June 11, 2020). "10 Things You Didn't Know about Benito Martinez". www.tvovermind.com. TV Overmind. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Gomez, Adrian (May 29, 2015). "From Albuquerque to Hollywood: Benito Martinez discovered his love of acting here before making it on screen". www.abqjournal.com. Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  4. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (August 22, 2016). "'American Crime': Benito Martinez To Return For Season 3 Of ABC Series". www.deadline.com. Deadline. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  5. ^ Saraiya, Sonia (April 2, 2017). "'American Crime' Season 3: Benito Martinez on His Character's Stunning Decision in Episode Four". www.variety.com. Variety. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  6. ^ Acken, Lori (June 9, 2017). "Benito Martinez on Portraying Jose Menendez in Lifetime's 'Menendez: Blood Brothers'". www.tvinsider.com. TV Insider. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  7. ^ Petski, Denise (June 11, 2021). "'With Love': Constance Marie, Benito Martinez, Vincent Rodriguez III Join Gloria Calderón Kellett's Amazon Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  8. ^ Kellams, JP (October 25, 2010). "Narrative Design in Vanquish". PlatinumGames Blog. PlatinumGames. Archived from the original on September 5, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.