Benito Martinez

Benito Martinez (born June 28, 1971) is an American actor, best known for his role as LAPD Captain David Aceveda in the FX police drama The Shield, Luis Torres in Sons of Anarchy (2011–2012), Todd Denver in How to Get Away with Murder (2016–2018), Sheriff Diaz in 13 Reasons Why (2019–2020), and for his film roles in the movie My Family and Kill Your Darlings (2006).

Early life Martinez was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After graduating high school, he went to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where his sister also studied. From 2015 to 2017, Martinez appeared as three different characters, Alonzo Gutierrez, Dominic Calderone and Luis Salazar in the crime drama television series American Crime for 17 episodes.

In animation and video games, he voices Lonestar in ¡Mucha Lucha!, Horatio Hidalgo in What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Coyote Smith in Killer7, Manuel Noriega in Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Captain Julian Dawes in Battlefield Hardline.

In 2017, Martinez played José Menendez in the Lifetime original movie Menendez: Blood Brothers, and appeared as James Rangel in the autobiographical action-comedy film American Made, featuring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jayma Mays, Jesse Plemons and Alejandro Edda.

From 2021 to 2023, Martinez had a recurring role as Texas Ranger Major Gabriel Reyes (father of Austin police officer Carlos Reyes) in the FOX TV series 9-1-1: Lone Star.

Filmography Film

Television

Television films Year Title Role Notes 1996 Her Costly Affair Campus Cop 2010 Mandrake Harry Vargas 2016 Home Peter Ochoa 2017 Menendez: Blood Brothers José Menendez 2017 Behind Enemy Lines Mateo Rodriguez 2019 Jane the Novela Raul

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2005 Killer7 Coyote Smith 2005 Age of Empires III Francisco Juan Delgado de Leon / General Simón Bolívar 2010 Vanquish Professor Francois Candide English version 2012 Call of Duty: Black Ops II Manuel Noriega 2013 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Khamsin / Desperado scientist English version 2013 Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel Esteban Bautista 2015 Battlefield Hardline Captain Julian Dawes 2025 Battlefield 6 President Richard Fernandez