Jose Pablo Cantillo

Jose Pablo Cantillo (born ) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Ricky Verona in Crank, Miguel in Cleaner, Pepe in Streets of Blood (2011), Detective Martinez in El Chicano (2018), Hector Salazar in FX's Sons of Anarchy, Caesar Martinez in AMC's The Walking Dead, Duff in Standoff, and Dave in Taken (2017).

Early life The son of Costa Rican parents, Roberto Cantillo and Rita Bolaños, Jose Pablo Cantillo (known as "Joey" in his high school days ) grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana and attended Terre Haute South Vigo High School where he was a tennis standout for all four years, leading the Terre Haute South Braves to a State Runner-Up finish in 1996. He graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 2003 with a double major in marketing and finance from the Kelley School of Business.

Career Cantillo decided to pursue an acting career in New York City after taking some drama classes at IU. In late 2003, he moved to California.

After acting in Off-Broadway plays in New York, Cantillo has landed guest roles on popular television series since early 2000. He played a recurring role in The Walking Dead as Caesar Martinez, and roles in two of Neill Blomkamp's films, the science fiction action thriller Elysium (2013) and Chappie (2015). In 2019, he played the role of Detective Martinez in the "Latino superhero movie" El Chicano.

Personal life In late 2003, Cantillo moved to California with his wife Kristi and their 7-year-old daughter. They live in Santa Clarita, a town that Cantillo described to an interviewer as “kind of reminds us of Terre Haute”, his hometown.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes 2004 The Manchurian Candidate Villalobos 2005 Shackles Gabriel Garcia Video 2006 The Bondage Spider Crank Ricky Verona 2007 After Sex Marco Disturbia Officer Gutierrez Cleaner Miguel 2008 Redbelt Snowflake 2009 Crank: High Voltage Ricky Verona Virtuality Manny Rodriguez TV movie Streets of Blood Pepe Video 2012 Talhotblond Wilkes TV movie Girl in Tank - Short American Citizen Young Frank Ruiz Short 2013 Elysium Sandro 2015 Chappie Yankie (Amerika) Solace Sawyer Man Down 2nd Lt. Taylor 2016 Seed Tim Short 2017 Zygote Quinn Short 2018 El Chicano Detective Martinez No Apologies Irish Joe TV movie 2019 A. I. Tales Tim 2021 Cherry Drill Sgt. Deco Copshop Officer Peña 2022 Ambulance Jesus

Television Year Title Role Notes 2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jack Martinez Episode: "Baggage" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Wilberto 'Wille' Angel Episode: "Rotten" 2004 ER Juan Enriquez Episode: "Intern's Guide to the Galaxy" 2005 CSI: Miami Juan Fernandez Episode: "One Night Stand" Medical Investigation Rick Hain Episode: "Survivor" Crossing Jordan Danny Artega Episode: "Sanctuary" Nip/Tuck Marlon Ramirez Episode: "KiKi" Eyes Francisco Lopez Episode: "Poison" 2006 Bones Jose Vargas Episode: "The Woman in the Garden" 2006–07 Standoff Duff Gonzalez Main cast 2007 The Unit Rock Episode: "Binary Explosion" 2008 Monk Carlos Episode: "Mr. Monk Is on the Run: Part 2" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation I.A. Officer Galvez Episode: "The Theory of Everything" The Shield Amando Rios Episode: "Genocide" & "Animal Control" 2009 The Closer Enrique Santos Episode: "Half Load" Lie To Me Amadeo Valadez Episode: "Fold Equity" 2010 Hawthorne Manny Rodriguez Episode: "No Excuses" Dark Blue Raphael Garza Episode: "Shelter of the Beast" Lone Star Matt Episode: "Pilot" Terriers Felipe Prado Episode: "Agua Caliente" Sons of Anarchy Hector Salazar Recurring cast: Season 3 The Good Guys Santora Episode: "Cop Killer" 2011 Law & Order: LA Cesar Vargas Episode: "Zuma Canyon" 2012 The River Manny Centeno Episode: "Peaches" & "Doctor Emmet Cole" The Finder Luis Obispo Episode: "Voodoo Undo" 2012–13 The Walking Dead Caesar Martinez Recurring cast: Season 3, guest: Season 4 2013 The Mentalist Angel Episode: "Wedding in Red" Twisted Tales Ricardo Episode: "Cached" 2014 Rush – Episode: "We Are Family" 2014–15 Constantine Hugo Lopez Episode: "The Saint of Last Resorts 1 & 2" 2015 Tales of Halloween Dutch Episode: "The Ransom of Rusty Rex" 2016 Damien Alex Episode: "Seven Curses" Shooter Justin Singer Episode: "Killing Zone" & "Danger Close" 2017 Taken Dave Main cast: season 1 2018 The Last Ship Octavio Recurring cast: season 5 2019 The Rookie Franco DeSantis Episode: "Caught Stealing" S.W.A.T. Ricardo Fuentes Episode: "Lion's Den" 2021 Coyote Javi Lopez Episode: "Sin of Origin" Magnum P.I. Mitch Desanto Episode: "Someone to Watch Over Me" 2021–22 Mayor of Kingstown Carlos Jiménez Recurring cast 2022 NCIS DEA Agent Mark Sisco Episode: "Thick as Thieves"