Wilmer Calderon

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Wilmer Calderon
Born (1975-05-08) May 8, 1975 (age 48)
Education Marshall University
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present

Wilmer Calderon (born May 8, 1975) is a Puerto Rican actor of film and television. He is best known for his role as Diego in the Amazon Prime television series Borderline, [1] Detective Daniel Arias in the police drama series Bosch and as Ricky in the FX drama series The Shield .

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Early life

Although Wilmer was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico [2] he left his native island at just 2 years old to travel with his parents to Brandon, Florida. His parents taught him Spanish at home, while at the same time, he learned English by watching episodes of Sesame Street .

At the age of 5 he started playing on a baseball team, with which he toured Florida playing the league in his category for a year. When he reached the senior level, he set the season record on stolen bases. He continued studies at Marshall University, where he began to realize his fondness for acting.

Career

Wilmer debuted in 1995 with the crime drama film Dead Man Walking , playing the role of Angelo. He moved to television in 1996, appearing in The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo as Kevin Crossland in a two-part episode called "Hot Seats: Part 1 and Part 2".

He appeared as Ricky in the FX drama television series The Shield and he appeared in television shows such as The Bold and the Beautiful , ER , Pacific Blue and NYPD Blue .

Calderon appeared as Estrada in the 2006 drama film Annapolis , featuring James Franco and Tyrese Gibson.

For several years, he only worked on television, with the exception of the 2002 short Hold On. As early as 2005, and turning 10 years since his acting debut, he returns to the cinema with Venice Underground .

He played the role of Tash in Fast & Furious in 2009, featuring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, and additionally, he played small roles in television series such as Castle , Grey's Anatomy and The Mentalist .

In 2017, he appeared as Boon in the episode "Resurgence" of the drama series The Night Shift . [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Dead Man Walking Angelo
2002Hold OnLatin #2Short film
2005 Venice Underground Driver
2005 Cursed Police Officer #3
2005 Devil's Highway Manuel
2006 Annapolis Estrada
2006 Unknown Detective Molina
2007 Finishing the Game CesarDeleted scenes
2007La revolución de IguodalaIguodalaShort film
2007 Good Time Max T-Ray
2008 No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker Bleeding Man / Carlos
2009 Fast & Furious Tash
2011SoldWillShort film
2011Happy New YearSantiago
2011 Beautiful Wave Captain Quintero
2012 Jewtopia Juan
2015DesecratedEduardo
2015 The Diabolical Miguel
2015 The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards Barnett
2015 The Perfect Guy Detective Gardner
2017 Clinical Greg
2018 The Con Is On Vlad
2018 Future World Skinny
2018TinkerManna
2020 The Long Home Arthur
2020Kill the CzarKenny the Driver
2022 The Valet Hugo (Pool Guy)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo Kevin CrosslandEpisodes: "Hot Seats: Parts 1 & 2"
1996–1997 Second Noah Alex / Derrick / The Housefly Band Member6 episodes
1996 Summer of Fear Delivery ManTelevision movie
1997 Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder PerryTelevision movie
1998 The Bold and the Beautiful Gang MemberEpisode: "1.2799"
Credited as Wil Calderon
1999 Pacific Blue Emilio CorreroEpisode: "Juvies"
Credited as Wil Calderon
1999 Profiler VictorEpisode: "Las Brisas"
1999 V.I.P. HectorCredited as Wil Calderon
Episode: "The Quick and the Dead"
2000 Seven Days MoralesEpisode: "Peacekeepers"
Credited as Wil Calderon
2001 ER Mickey StubbsCredited as Wil Calderon
Episode: "Never Say Never"
2003 NYPD Blue Ignacio DelgadoEpisode: "Bottoms Up"
2003 Dragnet Mike BeckwayEpisode: "Coyote"
2003 Eve CameramanEpisode: "Player Down"
2003 24 Pedro2 episodes
2004 CSI: Miami Jimmy AzarioEpisode: "The Oath"
2004 The Shield Ricky4 episodes
2004 Veronica Mars Chardo NavarroEpisode: "Credit Where Credit's Due"
2005 The Dead Zone MiguelEpisode: "Grains of Sand"
2007 Dexter TeoEpisode: "Left Turn Ahead"
2008 The Closer Luis DelgadoEpisode: "Dial M for Provenza"
2008 Cold Case Luther Carp '08Episode: "Street Money"
2009 Dark Blue ErnestoEpisodes: "Betsy" and "A Shot in the Dark"
2010 Better Off Ted CarlosEpisode: "The Great Repression"
201010,000 DaysXavier RuizEpisode: "Survivors"
2011 Castle Marvin "Oz" OsminkowskiEpisode: "Lucky Stiff"
2011 Grey's Anatomy Raul ArandaEpisode: "I Will Survive"
2011 The Mentalist Lalo ConcepciónEpisode: "Pink Tops"
2013 Monday Mornings Mike GarrettEpisode: "One Fine Day"
2013 Bones Milo MillsEpisode: "The Doom in the Gloom"
2013 Melissa & Joey AndrewEpisode: "Bad Influence"
2013 Devious Maids Shiv / Danny HernandezEpisodes: "Pilot" and "Scrambling the Eggs"
2013 NCIS: Los Angeles MarcosEpisode: "Recovery"
2014FuturestatesXavierEpisode: "Excarcerated"
2014 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. IdahoEpisodes: "Shadows" [4] and "Heavy Is the Head"
2015–presentBorderlineDiegoMain cast
2015–2017Making a Scene with James Franco [5] Various roles16 episodes
2016 NCIS Wayne Cribbage a.k.a. Tiger DadEpisode: "Love Boat"
2017 The Night Shift BoonEpisode: "Resurgence"
2017 Real Rob Andreas CruzEpisode: "Now Boarding"
2017The HauntedNathan BradleyTelevision movie
2018 Lethal Weapon Coach LatimerEpisode: "Jesse's Girl"
2018The Incredible Life of DarrellFrank SanchezEpisode: "Thug Life"
2019 SEAL Team Eric HicksEpisode: "Rock Bottom"
2019–2020 Bosch Detective Daniel Arias5 episodes
2019Nice Iranian GirlChadEpisode: "Chapter 3"
2020 Stargirl Juan Montez Episode: "Wildcat"
2021 Lucifer Officer Luis NavarroEpisode: "Daniel Espinoza: Naked & Afraid"
2021 Magnum, P.I. Oscar EspinozaEpisode: "Devil on the Doorstep" [6]
2022 The Rookie Ralph StevensEpisode: "Take Back"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Astronomica: The Quest for the Edge of the Universe Miguel Santiago (voice)

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