Jon Huertas

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Jon Huertas
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Huertas at the 2012 PaleyFest honoring ABC's Castle
Born
Jonathan William Scott Hofstedt

(1969-10-23) October 23, 1969 (age 55)
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
Spouse
Nicole Bordges
(m. 2014)

Jonathan William Scott Hofstedt (born October 23, 1969) is an American actor. Known professionally as Jon Huertas, he is best known for his role as witch hunter Brad Alcerro in Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Sergeant Antonio 'Poke' Espera in HBO's Generation Kill , Joe Negroni in the film Why Do Fools Fall in Love , homicide detective Javier Esposito in Castle and Miguel Rivas in This Is Us .

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Early life

Huertas was born in New York City to a Puerto Rican father and an American mother. [1] He was raised by his grandparents. By ten years of age, he began taking part in school plays, which was his first inspiration to pursue acting. Huertas graduated John Handley High School in Winchester, Virginia, in 1987 at the age of 17. After spending a year attending college, he enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1987 and served for eight years as an aircraft nuclear/conventional weapons specialist. [2] [3] He participated in Operation Just Cause and Operation Desert Storm. [4]

Career

Huertas's acting career started in 1993 when he played an uncredited part in The Webbers .

In 1998, Huertas portrayed Joe Negroni in the romantic drama Why Do Fools Fall in Love alongside such stars as Halle Berry, Paul Mazursky, and Ben Vereen. In 1999, he appeared in two films: the horror movie Cold Hearts and the action movie Stealth Fighter. In the 2000s, he appeared in many films, but his biggest role was in television in 2008 as Sergeant Espera in HBO's miniseries Generation Kill about the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

From 1998 to 1999, Huertas played the role of Antonio in the television series Moesha . From 1999 to 2000, he played Brad, a witch hunter, in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch . From 2009 to 2016, Huertas starred in the role of Detective Esposito in ABC's police procedural Castle . In 2012, Huertas and his Castle co-star Stana Katic received the award for Performance in a Drama Episode at the 16th Annual PRISM Awards. [5]

Huertas was elected to serve a one-year term, beginning September 25, 2010, as an alternate member of the National Board of Directors and as a member of the Hollywood Division Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild. [6]

Huertas joined the cast of This Is Us in 2016 for the show's first season. In an interview with Tell-Tale TV, Huertas said he didn't know at first that his character Miguel on This Is Us would be aged, or that he would wind up married to Mandy Moore's character, Rebecca. [7]

In October 2019, Huertas appeared on The Rookie . He played Alejandro Mejia/Cesar Ojeda in the episode "The Bet", reuniting with former co-stars from Castle , Nathan Fillion and Seamus Dever, as part of ABC's Cast from the Past Week.

Personal life

Huertas married his long-term girlfriend, Nicole Bordges, in Tulum, Mexico, on May 4, 2014. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Executive Decision Sammy, Terrorist
South Bureau HomicideOfficer #2
1998 Why Do Fools Fall in Love? Joe Negroni
1999 Cold Hearts Darius
Stealth FighterLt. Bradley Elias
2000 Buddy Boy Omar
Auggie Rose Paramedic #1
Picking Up the Pieces PauloCredited as John Huertas
A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales StoryRafael
2001Green Diggity DogTim Porter
2002 Bug Mitchell
Borderline Ciro Ruiz
2003El GusanoDan
2005InductionRico Rodriguez
2006The YardsaleChuy
Right at Your Door Rick
Hot TamaleAlex
2007 The Insatiable Javier
Making it LegalMike Carlton
Believers Victor
2008 The Objective Sergeant Vincent Degetau
2011 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 Alberto
2012 Stash House Ray Jaffe
2014ReparationJerome Keller
2017Altered PerceptionAndrew
2019 Imprisoned Diaz
2020 Initiation Officer Rico Martinez
2022 Prisoner's Daughter Joseph

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 The Webbers Pimp - Uncredited1 episode
1995 Beverly Hills, 90210 Peter Manguson1 episode
1997 JAG Cayuga Helmsman and Ramirez2 episodes
1998 Nash Bridges Hustler1 episode
Moesha Antonio8 episodes
1999St. Michael's Crossing
Undressed Evan6 episodes
Time of Your Life Unknown1 episode
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Brad Alcerro12 episodes
2000 Touched by an Angel Warren1 episode
2001 Resurrection Blvd. Unknown1 episode
2002 NYPD Blue JuanEpisode: "Less is Morte"
The Shield Robbie Villanueva2 episodes
2004 The Division Juan1 episode
The Joe Schmo Show T.J. "The Playah"9 episodes
Crossing Jordan Manuel Rios1 episode
2005 Without a Trace Luis Alvarez1 episode
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Psych Tech Leon Madera1 episode
Cold Case Carlos1 episode
2006 Invasion National Guardsman1 episode
2007 Prison Break DeJesus1 episode
2008 Generation Kill Sergeant Antonio "Poke" EsperaMiniseries; 7 episides
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Trevor1 episode
NCIS Sergeant Jack Kale2 episodes
2009 Dark Blue Chavez1 episode
2009–2016 Castle Javier "Javi" Esposito Main role; 173 episodes
2012 Chelsea Lately Javier Esposito in Castle1 episode
2016–2019 Elementary Halcon3 episodes
2016 Con Man Diego Alfonso2 episodes
2016–2022 This Is Us Miguel RivasRecurring (season 1); Main role (season 2–6)
2019 The Rookie Alejandro Mejia/Cesar Ojeda1 episode "The Bet" (S02E03)

Directing credits

Television
YearTitleNotes
2016–2022 This Is Us 2 episodes
2022–2023 The Rookie 2 episodes
2023 The Rookie: Feds 1 episode
2023 The Company You Keep 1 episode
2024–2025 Tracker 2 episodes
2025 The Irrational 1 episode

See also

References

  1. "Jon Huertas – from Airman to Actor | U S. Veterans Magazine". 13 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. Mike Joseph (May 5, 2012). "Making the jump: Former PJ credits Air Force for successful acting career". www.jbsa.mil. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  3. Castle Panel Comic-Con 2011 Part 3. Event occurs at 9:09. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  4. "Jon Huertas Biography". tvguide.com. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  5. "Glee, Southland, Castle, Parenthood, Shameless, Days of Our Lives, Dr. Drew's Lifechangers, Take Shelter and Warrior take Top Honors at the 16th Annual PRISM Awards". PRWeb. Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  6. "Screen Actors Guild Announces Results of 2010 National Board Elections". Screen Actors Guild . September 23, 2010. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
  7. Sumerel, Ashley Bissette (2021-03-23). "Jon Huertas on 'This Is Us' and When We Could Learn More About Miguel [Video]". telltaletv.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  8. "Actor Jon Huertas is a married man". hollywood.com. May 29, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.