Alex Paez

Alex Paez is an American actor, musician and former restaurateur.

Career Paez began his career in 1971 appearing in various TV commercials. In 1979, he received a Best Actor Emmy Award for his performances in Unicorn Tales, a series of mini-musicals for NBC. The following year brought a second nomination in the same category for the NBC Special Treat presentation: NYC Too Far From Tampa Blues He went on to play Benjamin in "The Me Nobody Knows" at The Morris A. Mechanic Theater in Baltimore with cast-mates Damon Evans & Tisha Campbell.

He recorded "What A Piece of Work Is Man" for the movie version of Hair (1979); a duet with David Lasley. Sad to say, the song - along with "Frank Mills", "Air" and many others - were cut from the final version of the film.

In 1980 he was cast as Prince Choi Amid Sin Du in the Garry Marshall pilot "Katmandu" for Paramount Pictures starring Vicki Lawrence, Alice Ghostly and Victor Buono, and he played a young mugger in CBSʼ "Stone Pillow" opposite Lucille Ball. The mid 80s brought with them various opportunities. In particular, the roles of Elio Escobar in the Miami Vice episode “The Maze” & Santino Amaro in the Kay O'Brien MD episode “Dollars & Sense” for NBC & CBS respectively.

In 1987 he made his Broadway debut as Momo (Mohammed) at The Royale Theatre (now The Jacobs Theatre) in Hal Princeʼs musical Roza! The show played to mixed reviews in both Baltimore (Center Stage) and Los Angeles (The Mark Taper Forum), but closed shortly after opening in New York.

In 1991 he took over the role of Ritchie Valens on the US National Tour of Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, with stops at Toronto's Royal Alexandra & Princess Of Wales Theaters. He later relocated to London to play the role at the Victoria Palace & The Strand (now The Novello) Theatres in the West End.

Off Broadway, he played the headstrong patriarch Martin Valdovinos in the Musical ¡Americano! at New World Stages. Garcín in "Azul" at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford CT & as George/Dave in "East Carson Street" at The Bell Theater in Holmdel, NJ

After relocating to Los Angeles, the offers changed, and Paez began playing such roles as: the good guy, the Detective, the Politician, and the occasional Military Man in such shows as: NYPD Blue, The District, Charmed, The West Wing, Monk, CSI: Miami, Commander In Chief, Boston Legal, Dexter: Resurrection and various movies of the week and mini-series, including A Gunfighter's Pledge and Meteor.

Along with his Ex Wife, he owned & operated two locations (Venice & Burbank) of Centanni Trattoria in Los Angeles.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1977 The Stowaway Peter NBC Short 1977 The Magnificent Major Marin NBC Short 1977 The Magic Hat Andy NBC Short 1978 Big Apple Birthday Aladdin NBC Short 1978 Carnival Circus Andy NBC Short 1978 Alex And The Wonderful Doo-Wah Lamp Alex NBC Short 1979 NYC Too Far From Tampa Blues Tom NBC Special Treat 1980 Katmandu Prince Choi Amid Sin Du Pilot (Garry Marshall Producer) 1980 Coach Of The Year Hector Estrada NBC Movie Of The Week 1984 Kate & Allie College Student Episode: "Back To School" 1985 The Cosby Show Al Episode: "Jitterbug Break" 1985 Miami Vice Elio Escobar Episode: "The Maze" 1985 Stone Pillow Young Thug CBS Movie Of The Week 1986 Charley Hannah Lance NBC Movie Of The Week 1986 Kay O'Brien Santino Amaro Episode: "Dollars & Sense" 1988 Tattingers Julio Martinez Episode: "Rest In Peas" 1989 A Man Called Hawk Victor Lael Episode: "The Divided Child" 2001 The District Diego Salvador Episode: "Night Moves" 2001 NYPD Blue INS Agent Joe Ramos Episode: "Puppy Love" 2002 The West Wing David Guerrero Episode: "College Kids" 2002 CSI: Miami Detective Martin Puig Episode: Losing Face Episode: Breathless 2003 Charmed Cop 1 Episode: "The Importance Of Being Phoebe" 2003 Monk The Patient Waiter Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes To Mexico" 2005 Boston Legal Officer Coulier Episode: "Schmidt Happens" 2005 Commander In Chief Carlos Episode: "Rubie Dubidoux And The Brown Bound Express" 2006 Mystery Woman: Oh Baby Detective Ortiz Hallmark Series 2007 Pandemic Jose Ruiz TV Mini Series 2008 A Gunfighter's Pledge Eddie Aguilar TV movie 2008 Depth Charge Lieutenant Tim Michaels TV movie 2009 Meteor Lieutenant Finn TV Mini Series 2010 Isaac The Psychic: Your Cosmic Sidekick Isaac Robespierre Nathaniel Worthington III Independent Short 2011 Up From The Minors Danny Lopez Independent Short 2012 Rosita Lopez For President Felipe Santos A.F.I. Short 2012 The Sound! Bobby Casilla Independent Short 2012 Blackout Detective Bert Jackson TV Mini Series 2013 Late Bloomers Marcello Sosa Pilot 2013 The Great Feye Feye Phofum Independent Short 2015 Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. TAC Agent Episode: "Melinda" 2018 Red Dead Redemption II Voice – Local Pedestrian 2024 Here's Yianni Manny Independent Film 2025 Dexter: Resurrection Mayor Thompson Episode: "And Justice For All"