Nestor Serrano

Nestor Serrano
Serrano at the 2014 Alma Awards
Born	(1955-11-05) November 5, 1955 (age 69) The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982–present

Nestor Serrano (born November 5, 1955) is an American film and television actor. He is known for playing Navi Araz in the fourth season of 24 . He also appeared as Emilio Loera in the fourth season of the Cinemax series Banshee .

Early life

Serrano studied at Queens College and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, both in New York City. ^[1]

Career

Serrano began his acting career in off-Broadway plays in the late 1970s. He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law. His first film was the 1986 Tom Hanks comedy The Money Pit . Since then, he has appeared in supporting roles in films such as Lethal Weapon 2 , Bad Boys , The Negotiator , Empire , Secretariat , The Insider , Runaway Jury and The Day After Tomorrow .

He has an extensive television résumé, with appearances in shows such as Burn Notice , Homeland , Alias , Blue Bloods , and Law & Order and its spin-offs: SVU , Trial by Jury , and Criminal Intent .

Serrano is well known for playing Islamic terrorist Navi Araz in 24. He played Bobby's father on an episode of Ugly Betty . ^[2] He played Victor, Adrianna Tate-Duncan's manager, on the CW show 90210 . He made a guest-appearance on the Criminal Minds episode "Poison" as Det. Hanover, and he portrayed drug cartel leader Hector Estrada in Season 7 of the Showtime series Dexter . He played Carlos Solano, leader of the Solano Cartel in the USA show Graceland . ^[3] In 2017, he played the psychiatrist Dr. Saul in the movie thriller Clinical .

Personal life

Serrano is of Puerto Rican descent. ^[4]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1986	The Money Pit	Handyman
1989	Lethal Weapon 2	Eddie Estaban
1991	Hangin' with the Homeboys	Fernando (aka Vinny)
1995	Bad Boys	Detective Sanchez
1996	Daylight	Weller
1998	The Negotiator	Hellman
1999	Bringing Out the Dead	Doctor Hazmat
2000	Ready to Run	Hector Machado	TV Film
2001	After the Storm	Ortega
2002	Empire	Rafael Mendoza
2003	Runaway Jury	Janovich
2004	The Day After Tomorrow	Tom Gomez
2005	Sueño	El Zorro
2008	Definitely, Maybe	Arthur Robredo
2009	Falling Awake	Lazaro
2010	Secretariat	Pancho Martin		[5]
2010	Cielito Lindo	Matador
2012	Act of Valor	Walter Ross		[6]
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Committee General		[7]
2014	Sniper: Legacy	Steffen	Direct-to-DVD	[8]
2017	Clinical	Dr. Saul		[9]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1988	Hunter	Jessie Cruz	2 episodes	[10]
1989-1990	True Blue	Off. Geno Toffenelli	12 episodes
1991	Love, Lies and Murder	Gonzalez	2 episodes	[11]
1992-1993	The Hat Squad	Rafael	13 episodes	[12]
1996-1997	Moloney	Lt. Matty Navarro	5 episodes
1999	The X-Files	Ken Naciamento	Episode: "Milagro"
2001-2002	Witchblade	Captain Bruno Dante	10 episodes
2002	ER	David Torres CDC	Episode: “Lockdown”
2003	CSI: Miami	Edward Hickle	Episode: "Double Cap"
2005	24	Navi Araz	10 episodes
2006	Criminal Minds	Det. Hanover	Episode: "Poison"
2008	Fringe	Henry Jacobson	Episode: "The Arrival"
2010	Burn Notice	Tony Caro	Episode: "Made Man"
2010-2011	90210	Victor Luna	7 episodes
2011	Homeland	Tony Trujillo	Episode: "Pilot"
2012	Dexter	Hector Estrada	2 episodes
2014	Graceland	Carlos Solano Sr.	4 episodes
2014-2015	Revenge	Chief Edward Alvarez	5 episodes
2016	Bosch	Chief Frank Silva	2 episodes
2016	Banshee	Emilio Loera	2 episodes
2016	The Last Ship	Alex Rivera	9 episodes
2017	APB	Mayor Michael Salgado	5 episodes
2019	Love, Death & Robots	Major Graham	Voice role Episode: "Lucky 13"
2022	FBI	Robert	Episode: "Scar Tissue"
2022	Walker: Independence	Francis Reyes	4 episodes

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2001-05-18.
2. "Ugly Betty Casts Bobby's Parents". TVGuide.com.
3. "Nestor Serrano & Brit Morgan Join Cast of USA's 'Graceland'". Zap2it.com. May 1, 2014. Archived from the original on October 23, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
4. Honan, William H. (22 January 1990). "Ethnic and Disabled Actors Ask for a Chance". The New York Times .
5. "Secretariat - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. 2010-10-08. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
6. "Act of Valor - a movie featuring real-life Navy SEAL operators". Spec Ops Magazine. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
7. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) , retrieved 2024-01-04
8. "Sniper: Legacy - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. 2014-09-30. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
9. "CLINICAL (2017)". CULTURE CRYPT. 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
10. "Hunter episode guide - Season Four - Naked Justice". Angelfire . Retrieved 2024-01-04.
11. "Love, Lies and Murder". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
12. "The Hat Squad". EW.com. Retrieved 2024-01-04.

External links

• Official website
• Nestor Serrano at IMDb