Anthony Ruivivar

Anthony Ruivivar
Ruivivar at the 2013 SDCC
Born	Hawaii, U.S.
Citizenship	United States Philippines
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Yvonne Jung ​ (m. 1998)​
Children	3, including Levi Ruivivar

Anthony Michael Ruivivar is an American actor. He is known for playing Carlos Nieto on Third Watch and Alex Longshadow on Banshee . He also voiced Batman on Beware the Batman .

Career

Ruivivar's early appearances include the films Race the Sun (1996) and a minor character in Starship Troopers (1997). His breakthrough role came in 1999 as Carlos Nieto, a paramedic in the action/drama series Third Watch (1999–2005), which centers on the life of police officers, paramedics, and firemen of a fictional precinct and fire station in New York City. In the show, Carlos was a Hawaiian-born Filipino-American who was abandoned by his family and spent his youth in various foster homes.

After Third Watch , Ruivivar remained in the drama genre, usually playing a police officer, detective or FBI agent in shows such as Traveler , Quantico , Numb3rs , Criminal Minds , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (all 2007), and Lie to Me (2009).

In 2010, he had a main role in ABC's The Whole Truth as Alejo Salazar. He also had recurring roles as Alex Longshadow in Banshee and Bruce Wayne / Batman in Beware the Batman .

Personal life

Ruivivar is of half Filipino descent and his other half is German and Irish.

In January 1998, he married actress Yvonne Jung, who would later appear in seasons 5 and 6 (2003–05) of Third Watch as FDNY EMS Paramedic Holly Levine. In the show, Ruivivar and Jung's characters became a couple and got married in the series finale. They have three children; two sons, Kainoa and Kale, and a daughter, Levi, who is a member of the Philippines Women's Gymnastics national team. ^{[1] [2]}

Ruivivar is fluent in Spanish and has incorporated this in Third Watch. ^[3] He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Boston University.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	White Fang 2	Peter
1996	Race the Sun	Eduardo Braz
1997	Starship Troopers	Shujumi
1998	High Art	Xander
1999	Simply Irresistible	Ramos
2004	Poster Boy	Daniel
2008	Tropic Thunder	Platoon Sergeant
2009	A Perfect Getaway	Chronic
2011	The Adjustment Bureau	McCrady
2012	Junction	Tai
2015	Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant	Flight School Administrator
2017	Lost Cat Corona	Guillermo
2021	Mad God	Witch (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Law & Order	Raymond Cartena	Episode: "Mad Dog"
1997	All My Children	Enrique "Ricky"	2 episodes
1999–05	Third Watch	Carlos Nieto	131 episodes
2005	Medical Investigation		Episode: "Half Life"
2006	Close to Home	Detective Vega	Episode: "Escape"
2007	Numbers	Agent Cordero	Episode: "Finders Keepers"
2007	Criminal Minds	Lt. Ricardo Vega	Episode: "Ashes and Dust"
2007	Traveler	Agent Guillermo Borjes	8 episodes
2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Det. Ruben Bejarano	Episode: "Who and What"
2007	Chuck	Tommy Delgado	2 episodes
2009	Lie to Me	FBI Agent Dardis	Episode: "A Perfect Score"
2010–11	The Whole Truth	Alejo Salazar	13 episodes
2011	The Good Wife	Captain Moyer	Episode: "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot"
2011	American Horror Story: Murder House	Miguel Ramos	Episode: "Afterbirth"
2012	Burn Notice	Rafael Montero	Episode: "Mixed Messages"
2012	Major Crimes	D.D.A. Ozzy Michaels	3 episodes
2012	The Mentalist	Victor Phipps	Episode: "Black Cherry"
2013	Southland	Officer Hank Lucero	7 episodes
2013	Castle	Barrett Hawke	Episode: "A Murder Is Forever"
2013–14	Revolution	General Bill Carver	4 episodes
2013–14	Beware the Batman	Bruce Wayne / Batman, Thomas Wayne (voices)	26 episodes
2013–15	Banshee	Alex Longshadow	17 episodes
2014	Beauty & the Beast	Agent Henry Knox	4 episodes
2014	Hawaii Five-0	Marco Reyes	4 episodes
2014	Nashville	Brett Rivers	Episode: "I'm Coming Home to You"
2014–15	Avengers Assemble	Nighthawk (voice)	7 episodes
2015	Quantico	Agent Jimenez	Episode: "Run"
2015–16	American Horror Story: Hotel	Richard Ramirez	2 episodes
2015	NCIS: Los Angeles	Mark Ruiz	Episode: "Unspoken"
2015–16	Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street	Adam Hernandez	5 episodes
2016	Scream	Sheriff Miguel Acosta	12 episodes
2016–17	Frequency	Captain Stan Moreno	9 episodes
2017	Blue Bloods	Det. Tommy Jordan	Episode: "The Thin Blue Line"
2018	The Haunting of Hill House	Kevin Harris	8 episodes
2021	Turner & Hooch	James Mendez	12 episodes
2021	NCIS: Hawaiʻi	Daniel Tennant	7 episodes

References

1. Levi Jung-Ruivivar, usagym.org; accessed March 20, 2021.
2. Anthony Ruivivar's Instagram, instagram.com; accessed March 20, 2021.
3. "History of the World". Third Watch. Season 1. Episode 8. November 21, 1999.

External links

• Anthony Ruivivar at IMDb