Elvis Nolasco

Elvis Nolasco
Born	(1968-12-19) December 19, 1968 (age 56) New York, New York, U.S.

Elvis Nolasco (December 19, 1968) is an American actor, best known for his roles in the MGM+ crime drama Godfather of Harlem and the ABC anthology series American Crime .

Biography

Nolasco was born and raised in New York City and is of Dominican descent. ^[1]

Nolasco has made appearances in a number of Spike Lee films including Clockers, Oldboy, and Da Sweet Blood of Jesus . ^[2]

In 2015, Nolasco portrayed Carter Nix in the first season of American Crime. ^{[3] [4]} He returned for the second season to play Chris Dixon, a public school principal. ^[5]

His latest production work includes the 2022 short fantasy film, Ro & the Stardust, which received noteworthy awards during the 2022 DTLA Film Festival and the Philadelphia Film Festival . In 2018, Nolasco successfully made his directorial debut at the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) in Los Angeles for his short film, Time 2 Surrender, of which he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in. The film was purchased by FOX Soul TV.

Nolasco can also be seen starring in bilingual films including the 2021 crime drama, Sinaliento, where he was awarded "Best Actor" for his lead role at the 10th Annual Dominican Film Festival In New York.

In 2023, viewers have seen Nolasco playing Nat Pettigrew in Season 3 of Godfather of Harlem, and Jorge Ramirez, a Bakersfield, CA man who was wrongfully killed during a 2013 officer-involved shooting, in docuseries, Killing County.

Filmography

Film and TV performances
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	I Like It Like That	Tito
1995	New York Undercover	Oscar	Episode: "Olde Tyme Religion"
	Clockers	Horace
	Law & Order	Dennis	Episode: "Hot Pursuit"
1996	Dance of the Quantum Cats	Miguel
	I'm Not Rappaport	Driver
1997	Prime Time	Moody
	NYPD Blue	Trevor Botsford	Episode: "The Truth Is Out There"
2000	Third Watch	Hard Brother	Episode: "Four Days"
2002	Rock Steady	Sunshine
2004	Law & Order: SVU	Andre	Episode: "Mean"
	107 Street	Richard
2005	Miracle's Boys	Abe	3 episodes
	Secuestro	Jefe
2006	The Wannabe	Crime Stoppers Caller #1
2008	Che	Partygoer #4
2011	Da Brick	The Real
	Futurestates	Bato	Episode: "White"
2012	Mango Bajito	Jefe	And associate producer
2013	Oldboy	Cortez
2014	Suddenly	Census Pollster
	Da Sweet Blood of Jesus	Lafayette Hightower
2015–2016	American Crime	Carter Nix (season 1) Chris Dixon (season 2)	Series regular (seasons 1 and 2)
2017	Roxanne Roxanne	Ray
	Claws	Detective Chip Lauderdale	Recurring role
	She's Gotta Have It	Papo "Da Mayor"	Recurring role
2018	All American	J.P. Keating	Recurring role
2019	David Makes Man	Tio-Teo	Recurring role
	Godfather of Harlem	Nat Pettigrew	Recurring role
2024	Mr. Crocket	Mr. Crocket	Lead role
	CARVED	A.J
2025	Task	Freddy Frias	Upcoming miniseries [6]

References

1. Medina, Jessica (November 22, 2012). "'DOMINICAN ACTOR ELVIS NOLASCO WORKS WITH HOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR SPIKE LEE AGAIN IN THE FILM 'OLDBOY". www.uptowncollective.com. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
2. Simon, Rachel (March 12, 2015). "'American Crime' Star Elvis Nolasco On Working With Spike Lee & 'Da Sweet Blood of Jesus'". www.bustle.com. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
3. Writer, Ilana Rapp; NYCastings; fanatic, V (March 6, 2015). "Elvis Nolasco Plays an Addict in ABC's American Crime | Huffington Post". The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
4. "Carter Nix played by Elvis Nolasco".
5. D'Alessandro, Anthony (June 23, 2015). "Elvis Nolasco, Richard Cabral Returning For 'American Crime' Season 2" . Retrieved September 18, 2016.
6. Grobar, Matt (March 12, 2024). "HBO's Task Force Drama From Brad Ingelsby Adds Raphael Sbarge, Mickey Sumner, Elvis Nolasco & More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

External links

• Elvis Nolasco at IMDb