David Zayas
David Zayas (born August 15, 1962 in Puerto Rico ) is an American actor in theater, film and television from Puerto Rico.
biography
Zayas was born in Puerto Rico but grew up in the Bronx , New York City . Early on he joined the US Air Force and later the New York Police Department (NYPD) . When looking at his roles as an actor, it becomes clear that he is primarily a police officer or homicide investigator.
Between 2000 and 2003 he starred in 27 episodes of the US prison television series Oz - Hell Behind Bars . He played the role of Enrique Morales. Zayas has made guest appearances in the series Criminal Intent - Verbrechen im Visier , Law & Order and Without a Trace - disappeared .
Since 1992 he has been a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company , an actor group from New York. There he met his wife, the actress Liza Colón-Zayas.
His best-known role is that of Angel Batista in the television series Dexter , in which he played a homicide cop at the side of Michael C. Hall .
Filmography
- 1995–1998, 2003, 2008: Law & Order (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 1996: New York Undercover (TV series, episode 2x22)
- 1997: Lena's Dreams
- 1997: Feds (TV series, episode 1x05)
- 1997, 2000: All My Children (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1998: Bleach (short film)
- 1998: OK garage
- 1998: Scar (Scar City)
- 1998: For a Friend's Life (Return to Paradise)
- 1998: Rounders
- 1998: Above Freezing
- 1998: Side by Side (Stepmom)
- 1998: Trinity (TV series, episode 1x06)
- 1999: Kingdom Come
- 1999: Third Watch - Operation at the Limit ( Third Watch , TV series, episode 1x01)
- 1999: Bringing Out the Dead - nights of the memory (Bringing Out the Dead)
- 2000: Sam the Man
- 2000: New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue , TV series, episode 7x05)
- 2000: The Yards - In the backyard of power (The Yards)
- 2000: The Beat (TV series, 12 episodes)
- 2000–2003: Oz - Hell Behind Bars ( Oz , TV series, 26 episodes)
- 2001: Wit (TV movie)
- 2002: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, episode 3x12)
- 2002: UC: Undercover (TV series, episode 1x12)
- 2002: Washington Heights
- 2002: A Gentleman's Game
- 2002: Springfield Story ( The Guiding Light , soap opera, one episode)
- 2003: Anne B. Real
- 2003: Undefeated ( Undefeated , TV movie)
- 2003: La Araña (short film)
- 2003: Angels in America ( Angels in America , miniseries, 3 episodes)
- 2004: Mimmo & Paulie (short film)
- 2004: Brooklyn Bound
- 2004: Jailbait
- 2005: The Interpreter (The Interpreter)
- 2005: Sangre / Blood (short film)
- 2005: Angel (TV movie)
- 2005: The Goat Festival (La Fiesta del Chivo)
- 2006: 16 blocks
- 2006: Conviction (TV series, episode 1x01)
- 2006: The Path to 9/11 - Ways of Terror ( The Path to 9/11 , miniseries, 2 episodes)
- 2006: Bristol Boys
- 2006: Numbers - The Logic of Crime (TV series, episode 3x10)
- 2006, 2010: Criminal Intent - Crime in the sights ( Law & Order: Criminal Intent , TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2006-2013: Dexter (TV series, 96 episodes)
- 2007: The Savages (The Savages)
- 2007: Without a Trace ( Without a Trace , TV series, episode 5x21)
- 2007: Shark (TV series, episode 1x21)
- 2007: The Closer (TV series, episode 3x02)
- 2007: Burn Notice (TV series, episode 1x01)
- 2007: Michael Clayton
- 2009: CSI: Miami (TV series, episode 7x20)
- 2010: The Expendables
- 2010: Skyline
- 2010: 13
- 2012: Grimm (TV series, episode 1x19)
- 2012: Person of Interest (TV series, episode 1x11)
- 2013, 2016: The Blacklist (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2014–2015: Gotham (TV series, 11 episodes)
- 2014: Ride - When fun comes in waves (Ride)
- 2014: Annie
- 2015: Elementary (TV series, episode 4x01)
- 2016-2017: Bloodline (TV series, 16 episodes)
- 2016-2017: Shut Eye (TV series, 20 episodes)
- 2016: Tallulah
- 2018: Seven Seconds (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2019: Deadly Class (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2020: Force of Nature
Web links
- David Zayas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Zayas, David |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 15th August 1962 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Puerto Rico |