Jon Huertas

Jon Huertas Biography

Jon Huertas is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Sergeant Antonio 'Poke' Espera in HBO's Generation Kill, Joe Negroni in the film Why Do Fools Fall in Love, and homicide detective Javier Esposito in Castle.

Career

Huertas's acting career started in 1993 when he played an uncredited part in the The Webbers.

In 1998, Huertas portrayed Joe Negroni in the romantic drama Why Do Fools Fall in Love alongside such stars as Halle Berry, Paul Mazursky, and Ben Vereen. In 1999, he appeared in two films: the horror movie Cold Hearts and the action movie Stealth Fighter. In the 2000s, he appeared in many films, but his biggest role was in television in 2008 as Sergeant Espera in HBO's miniseries Generation Kill about the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

From 1998 to 1999, Huertas played the role of Antonio in the television series Moesha. From 1999 to 2000, he played Brad, a witch hunter, in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.

Beginning in 2009, Huertas has starred in the role of Detective Esposito in ABC's police procedural Castle.

Huertas was elected to serve a one-year term, beginning September 25, 2010, as an alternate member of the National Board of Directors and as a member of the Hollywood Division Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild.

In June 2011, Huertas made his debut music video single called "Sex Is the Word".

In 2012, Huertas and Stana Katic received the award for Performance in a Drama Episode at the 16th Annual PRISM Awards.

Huertas is a veteran.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	Executive Decision	Sammy, Terrorist
1996	South Bureau Homicide	Officer #2
1998	Why Do Fools Fall in Love?	Joe Negroni
1999	Cold Hearts	Darius
1999	Stealth Fighter	Lt. Bradley Elias
2000	Buddy Boy	Omar
	Auggie Rose	Paramedic #1
	Picking Up the Pieces	Paulo	Credited as John Huertas
	A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story	Rafael
2001	Green Diggity Dog	Tim Porter
2002	Bug	Mitchell
2002	Borderline	Ciro Ruiz
2003	El Gusano	Dan
2005	Induction	Rico Rodriguez
2006	The Yardsale	Chuy
	Right at Your Door	Rick
	Hot Tamale	Alex
2007	The Insatiable	Javier
	Making it Legal	Mike Carlton
	Believers	Victor
2008	The Objective	Sergeant Vincent Degetau
2010	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2	Alberto
2012	Stash House	Ray Jaffe

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Webbers	Pimp - Uncredited	One episode
1995	Beverly Hills, 90210	Peter Manguson	One episode: "Must Be a Guy Thing"
1997	JAG	Cayuga Helmsman and Ramirez	Two episodes: "Cowboys & Cossacks" and "Vanished"
1998	Nash Bridges	Hustler	One episode: "Impostors"
1998"1999	Moesha	Antonio	Eight episodes: "Homecoming", "Teacher", "A Terrible Thing Happened on My Tour of College", "A Class Act Christmas", "Barking Up the Wrong Tree", "I Love Moesha", "Life Imitating Art", and "The Prom"
1999	St. Michael's Crossing	Unknown
	Undressed	Evan	Season 1
	Time of Your Life	Unknown	One episode: "The Time They Threw That Party"
1999"2000	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Brad Alcerro	Eleven episodes (Season 4): "No Place Like Home", "Dream a Little Dreama Me", "Jealousy", "Spoiled Rotten", "The Phantom Menace", "Ice Station Sabrina", "Super Hero", "Salem's Daughter", "Dreama the Mouse", "The Four Faces of Sabrina", and "The End of an Era"
2000	Touched by an Angel	Warren	One episode: "The Perfect Game"
2001	Resurrection Blvd.	Unknown	One episode: "Secretos, Mentiras, y Expectativas"
2002	NYPD Blue	Juan	One episode: "Less is Morte"
2002"2003	The Shield	Unknown	Two episodes: "Two Days of Blood" (Uncredited) and "Homewrecker"
2004	The Division	Juan	One episode: "Bite Me"
	The Joe Schmo Show	T.J. "The Playah"	Nine episodes: "On with the Schmo", "A Bottle of Red, a Bottle of White", "The Crisis", vGuess Who's Coming to Dinner", "Porked and Beans", vRequiem for a Frog", "Cruiser", "T.J. Needs T.P" and "Finale"
	Crossing Jordan	Manuel Rios	One episode: "Necessary Risks"
2005	Without a Trace	Luis Alvarez	One episode: "Neither Rain Nor Sleet"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Psych Tech Leon Madera	One episode: "Committed"
	Cold Case	Carlos	One episode: "Saving Patrick Bubley"
2006	Invasion	National Guardsman	One episode: "Round Up"
2007	Prison Break	DeJesus	One episode: "Sona"
2008	Generation Kill	Sergeant Antonio "Poke" Espera	Seven episodes: "Get Some", "The Cradle of Civilization", "Screwby", "Combat Jack", "A Burning Dog", "Stay Frosty" and "Bomb in the Garden"
2008	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Trevor	One episode: "Allison from Palmdale"
2008"2009	NCIS	Sergeant Jack Kale	Two episodes: "Nine Lives" and "Caged" (uncredited)
2009	Dark Blue	Chavez	One episode: "O.I.S."
2009"present	Castle	Javier Esposito	PRISM Award for Performance in a Drama Episode in 2012.
2012	Chelsea Lately	Javier Esposito in Castle	Episode: Episode #6.187 (Himself playing his Castle character)

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