Kevin Alejandro Biography

Kevin Michael Alejandro (born April 7, 1976) is an American actor. Alejandro may be best known for his roles as Nate Moretta in the crime drama Southland and as Jesús Velásquez in the supernatural thriller True Blood.

Biography

Early life

Alejandro, a Mexican American born in San Antonio, Texas, grew up in the small West Texas town of Snyder. He then attended the University of Texas at Austin.

Career

Alejandro was featured on the ABC series Ugly Betty, playing Santos, the father of Justin Suarez and love interest of Hilda. At the time of the season 1 finale episode's filming, he had just become a series regular on the Fox network's newly introduced Drive, since cancelled. He was a featured player in the second season of the Showtime original series Sleeper Cell, playing Benito Velasquez, and also played Dominic Hughes in The Young and the Restless.

He made an appearance, along with fellow Ugly Betty actor Eric Mabius, in the CSI: Miami episode "One of Our Own", and another as a gay hustler in HBO's Big Love. He also appeared on an episode of Charmed season 7 as Malvock, a cunning demon. He also appeared in the first few episodes of 24's fourth season, as a terrorist henchman, in which he also stars with Tony Plana, fellow Ugly Betty actor. Alejandro was a regular on the now defunct drama Shark as Deputy District Attorney Danny Reyes. Recently he had a small role on The Cleaner, an A&E television series.

Alejandro also appeared in the movie Crossing Over, which was released in February 2009, alongside Harrison Ford. He played Detective Nate Moretta in Southland, produced by Emmy Award winner John Wells. Southland was canceled by NBC Broadcasting, just two weeks prior to the premiere of the show's sophomore run, but has since been picked up by the cable network TNT.

He has also had a role in Weeds, season 4 and 5. Drop Dead Diva's Season 1, Episode 5 also features Alejandro, as the wrongfully convicted Michael Fernandez. He appeared on Season 1 of Sons of Anarchy as one of the Mayan MC members, son of Marcus, the mc's president. Alejandro stars in the third and fourth seasons of the vampire television series True Blood as Jesús Velásquez.

In 2011, he appeared in the movie Red State opposite John Goodman and directed by Kevin Smith, as well a horror film called Cassadaga.

He also played Tony Arroyo, a homicide detective in the 2013 television show, Golden Boy.

Filmography

Film

Television
Year	Series	Role	Notes
2011	Cassadaga (2011 Independent Film)	Mike	Single father, love interest of Lily (Kelen Coleman) [Lead Actor]
2011	Red State	Harry
2011	The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy	August Edwards
2009	Crossing Over	Gutierrez
2009	Wake	Detective Daniels
2008	Creature of Darkness	Emillio
2006	Faceless	Lucas Renosa	Made for Television Movie
2003	Graduation Night	Fishman
2002	Purgatory Flats	Owen Mecklin

Television

Television
Year	Series	Role	Notes
2003	Crossing Jordan	Connor Marshall	Guest Star Episode: "Fire and Ice"
	Las Vegas	Ray Duran	Guest Star Episode: "Pros and Cons"
2004	Dr. Vegas	Raul Ortiz	Guest Star Episode: "Advantage Play"
	Charmed	Malvock	Guest Star Episode: "There's Something About Leo"
2004-2005	The Young and the Restless	Dominic Hughes	Series Regular
2005	24	Kevin McCollin	Multiple Guest Arc - "Day 4: 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m." - "Day 4: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m" - "Day 4: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m."
	JAG	Corporal Jude Dominick	Guest Star Episode: "Fit for Duty"
	Alias	Cesar Martinez	Guest Star Episode: "The Orphan"
	CSI: New York	Tom Martin	Guest Star Episode : "Crime and Misdemeanor"
	Threshold	Marcus	Guest Star Episodes: "Pulse"
	Medium	Jason Morrow	Guest Star Episode: "Still Life"
2006	E-Ring	Miguel Carrera	Guest Star Episode: " The General"
	Without a Trace	Casey Miller	Guest Star Episode: "The Road Home"
	Big Love	The Hustler	Guest Star Episode: "Eviction"
	CSI: Miami	Carlos Santigo	Guest Star Episode: "One of Our Own"
	NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service	Jaime Jones	Guest Star Episode: "Driven"
2006-2007	Sleeper Cell	Benito "Benny" Velasquez	Series Regular
	Ugly Betty	Santos	Recurring
2007	Drive	Winston Salazar	Series Regular
2007-2008	Shark	Danny Reyes	Series Regular
2008	Sons of Anarchy	Esai Alvarez	Guest Star Episodes: "The Pull" & "Hell Followed"
2008-2009	Weeds	Rudolpho Mason	Multiple Guest Arc - "If You Work for a Living, Then Why Do You Kill Yourself Working?" - "Wonderful Wonderful" - "Machetes Up Top" - "List of Weeds episodes#Su-Su-Sucio"
2009	Knight Rider	Victor Galt	Guest Star Episode: "I Love the Knight Life"
	Heroes	Agent Jenkins	"Chapter Eight 'Into Asylum"
	Drop Dead Diva	Michael Fernandez	Guest Star Episode: "Lost and Found"
	Melrose Place	Anton V.	Guest Star Episode: "Shoreline"
2009-2011	Southland	Nate Moretta	Series Regular
2010	The Deep End	Connor Smith	Guest Star Episode: "White Lies, Black Ties"
	The Mentalist	Victor Bandino	Guest Star Episode: "The Red Box"
	Psych	Dane Northcutt	Guest Star Episode: "Ferry Tale"
	Parenthood	Mike	Multiple Guest Arc - "The Booth Job" - "Date Night" - "I'm Cooler Than You Think"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Victor Ramos	Guest Star Episode: "Branded"
2010-2012	True Blood	Jesus Velasquez	Series Regular: Season 3 & 4, Guest: Season 5
2011	Bones	Hercules "El Tornado" Maldonado	Guest: Season 6 "The Change In The Game"
2012	Breakout Kings	Benny Cruz	Guest: Season 2 "Cruz Control"
2013	Golden Boy	Christian Arroyo	Series Regular
2013	Arrow	Sebastian Blood

Web

Web
Year	Series	Role	Notes
2008	Gemini Division	Amasso