David Barrera

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David Barrera at the ALMA Awards (2012)

David Joel Barrera (born December 28, 1968 in San Juan , Texas ) is an American actor of Bolivian descent.

life and career

David Barrera was born the seventh of eight children in San Juan, where he also grew up. He attended Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High School , where he took part in the local theater program. Later, after high school, he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Southern Methodist University in Theater and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego , where he was honored with the Princess Grace Award for Acting in his third year there has been.

After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles , where he has lived since and first appeared in front of the camera in the role of an FBI agent in the film The Yakuza Cartel in 1995 . Since then he has made almost 100 film and television productions in which he has participated, including successful and current series such as Renegade - Merciless Hunt , Diagnosis: Mord , Pretender , JAG - On behalf of honor , Pacific Blue - The Beach Police , Strong Medicine: Two Doctors Like Fire and Ice , 24 , Emergency Room - The Emergency Room , Nip / Tuck - Beauty has its price , CSI: NY , Boston Legal , Medium - Nothing is hidden , The West Wing - In the center of power , Navy CIS , The Closer , The Mentalist , Southland , Grimm , The Big Bang Theory , Castle , American Horror Story , Navy CIS: LA , Criminal Minds or Bosch .

In addition, he also took on recurring roles, for example in Murder One , New York Cops - NYPD Blue , Shark , The Bridge - America or Generation Kill . In the latter he played as Gunnery Sgt. Ray Griego his most famous role to date. He booked other film appearances for example with Eye for an Eye , Fast Heroes , State of Mind or Evan Almighty . In addition, he occasionally lends his voice to video game characters, for example in Need for Speed: Underground or Saints Row .

Barrera has been married to his colleague Maria Canals-Barrera since 1999 . They have two daughters together.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Barrera on cruzandothemovie.com ( Memento from March 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
  2. ^ David Barrera - Biography . In: IMDb.com . Retrieved October 23, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Barrera, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barrera, David Joel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor of Bolivian descent
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH San Juan , Texas , United States