Jose Pablo Cantillo

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Jose Pablo Cantillo
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Cantillo at Walker Stalker Con, San Francisco, February 2015
Born1978or1979(age 45–46)
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
SpouseKristi Cantillo
Children1

Jose Pablo Cantillo (born 1978or1979) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Ricky Verona in Crank , Miguel in Cleaner (2007), Pepe in Streets of Blood (2011), Detective Martinez in El Chicano (2018), Hector Salazar in FX's Sons of Anarchy , Caesar Martinez in AMC's The Walking Dead , Duff in Standoff , and Dave in Taken (2017). [1]

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Early life

The son of Costa Rican parents, Roberto Cantillo and Rita Bolaños, Jose Pablo Cantillo (known as "Joey" in his high school days [2] ) grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana and attended Terre Haute South Vigo High School where he was a tennis standout for all four years, leading the Terre Haute South Braves to a State Runner-Up finish in 1996. [3] He graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 2003 with a double major in marketing and finance from the Kelley School of Business. [4] [5]

Career

Cantillo decided to pursue an acting career in New York City after taking some drama classes at IU. In late 2003, he moved to California. [6]

After acting in Off-Broadway plays in New York, Cantillo has landed guest roles on popular television series since early 2000.[ citation needed ] He played a recurring role in The Walking Dead as Caesar Martinez, [7] and roles in two of Neill Blomkamp's films, the science fiction action thriller Elysium (2013) and Chappie (2015). [8] In 2019, he played the role of Detective Martinez in the "Latino superhero movie" El Chicano . [9]

Personal life

In late 2003, Cantillo moved to California with his wife Kristi and their 7-year-old daughter. They live in Santa Clarita, a town that Cantillo described to an interviewer as “kind of reminds us of Terre Haute”, his hometown. [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 The Manchurian Candidate Villalobos
2005 Shackles Gabriel GarciaVideo
2006 The Bondage Spider
Crank Ricky Verona
2007 After Sex Marco
Disturbia Officer Gutierrez
Cleaner Miguel
2008 Redbelt Snowflake
2009 Crank: High Voltage Ricky Verona
Virtuality Manny RodriguezTV movie
Streets of Blood PepeVideo
2012 Talhotblond WilkesTV movie
Girl in Tank-Short
American CitizenYoung Frank RuizShort
2013 Elysium Sandro
2015 Chappie Yankie (Amerika)
Solace Sawyer
Man Down 2nd Lt. Taylor
2016SeedTimShort
2017ZygoteQuinnShort
2018 El Chicano Detective Martinez
No ApologiesIrish JoeTV movie
2019A. I. TalesTim
2021 Cherry Drill Sgt. Deco
Copshop Officer Peña
2022 Ambulance Jesus

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jack MartinezEpisode: "Baggage"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Wilberto 'Wille' AngelEpisode: "Rotten"
2004 ER Juan EnriquezEpisode: "Intern's Guide to the Galaxy"
2005 CSI: Miami Juan FernandezEpisode: "One Night Stand"
Medical Investigation Rick HainEpisode: "Survivor"
Crossing Jordan Danny ArtegaEpisode: "Sanctuary"
Nip/Tuck Marlon RamirezEpisode: "KiKi"
Eyes Francisco LopezEpisode: "Poison"
2006 Bones Jose VargasEpisode: "The Woman in the Garden"
2006–07 Standoff Duff GonzalezMain cast
2007 The Unit RockEpisode: "Binary Explosion"
2008 Monk CarlosEpisode: "Mr. Monk Is on the Run: Part 2"
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation I.A. Officer GalvezEpisode: "The Theory of Everything"
The Shield Amando RiosEpisode: "Genocide" & "Animal Control"
2009 The Closer Enrique SantosEpisode: "Half Load"
Lie To Me Amadeo ValadezEpisode: "Fold Equity"
2010 Hawthorne Manny RodriguezEpisode: "No Excuses"
Dark Blue Raphael GarzaEpisode: "Shelter of the Beast"
Lone Star MattEpisode: "Pilot"
Terriers Felipe PradoEpisode: "Agua Caliente"
Sons of Anarchy Hector Salazar Recurring cast: Season 3
The Good Guys SantoraEpisode: "Cop Killer"
2011 Law & Order: LA Cesar VargasEpisode: "Zuma Canyon"
2012 The River Manny CentenoEpisode: "Peaches" & "Doctor Emmet Cole"
The Finder Luis ObispoEpisode: "Voodoo Undo"
2012–13 The Walking Dead Caesar Martinez Recurring cast: Season 3, guest: Season 4
2013 The Mentalist AngelEpisode: "Wedding in Red"
Twisted Tales RicardoEpisode: "Cached"
2014 Rush –Episode: "We Are Family"
2014–15 Constantine Hugo LopezEpisode: "The Saint of Last Resorts 1 & 2"
2015 Tales of Halloween Dutch [11] Episode: "The Ransom of Rusty Rex"
2016 Damien AlexEpisode: "Seven Curses"
Shooter Justin SingerEpisode: "Killing Zone" & "Danger Close"
2017 Taken DaveMain cast: season 1
2018 The Last Ship OctavioRecurring cast: season 5
2019 The Rookie Franco DeSantisEpisode: "Caught Stealing"
S.W.A.T. Ricardo FuentesEpisode: "Lion's Den"
2021 Coyote Javi LopezEpisode: "Sin of Origin"
Magnum P.I. Mitch DesantoEpisode: "Someone to Watch Over Me"
2021–22 Mayor of Kingstown Carlos JiménezRecurring cast
2022 NCIS DEA Agent Mark SiscoEpisode: "Thick as Thieves"

References

  1. ↑ "Rotten Tomatoes: Movies | TV Shows | Movie Trailers | Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  2. ↑ Bennett, Mark (18 January 2015). "Indiana style helps Jose Pablo Cantillo deliver big-time performances". www.tribstar.com. Terre Haute Tribune Star. Retrieved 6 December 2015. Terre Haute remembers him as Joey, or just Joe, from his days of Dixie Bee Little League baseball and Terre Haute South Vigo High School tennis. Cantillo likes it that way.
  3. ↑ LLoyd, Sarah Anne (22 November 2013). "Jose Pablo Cantillo: 5 Things to Know About the Walking Dead Actor". WetPaint.com. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Brights Lights: Actor invokes Terre Haute experiences in films, TV, theater". Terre Haute Tribune-Star. 31 October 2005. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  5. ↑ BENNETT, MARK. "'Walking Dead' character dies, actor's career thrives". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  6. ↑ "Former Terre Haute South Brave finding success in acting world". Tribune-Star Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04.
  7. ↑ Q&A – Jose Pablo Cantillo (Martinez) - AMC Blogs
  8. ↑ ‘Chappie’s’ Thug Life In Images
  9. ↑ Scheck, Frank (2019-05-01). "'El Chicano': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  10. ↑ "Former Terre Haute South Brave finding success in acting world". Tribune-Star Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04.
  11. ↑ The Ransom of Rusty Rex t stars Sam Witwer (“Being Human”), Jose Cantillo (“The Walking Dead”), John Landis, and Ben Woolf.
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