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Yul Vazquez

Acting

Born March 18, 1965 · La Havana, Cuba

Also known as Yul Vázquez · Yul Vasquez · 이얼 바즈퀫즈

Biography

Yul Vázquez was born in Cuba. He is an actor and he is married to Linda Larkin. He has appeared as “Bob” in the Seinfeld episodes “The Soup Nazi”, “The Sponge” and “The Puerto Rican Day”. YUL VÁZQUEZ has appeared in over thirty films including “The A-Team” (2010) with Liam Neeson, John Sayles' Amigo, Steven Soderbergh’s two-part epic “Che” (2008), “The Take” (2008), “American Gangster” (2007- SAG Award nomination, Outstanding Cast), “Music Within” (2007), "War of the Worlds" (2005), “Bad Boys 2” (2003), "Traffic" (2000- Winner, SAG Award, Outstanding Cast), and "Runaway Bride" (1999). An original member of LAByrinth Theater Company, Vazquez has appeared in countless LAB productions, including Stephen Adly Guirgis’ “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot”, directed by Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Other theater includes Terrence McNally’s “The Stendhal Syndrome” at Primary Stages With Isabella Rossellini, and Eduardo Machado’s “The Floating Island Plays” at Mark Taper Forum. Upcoming feature films include “Fugly!” with John Leguizamo, “Salvation Boulevard” with Pierce Brosnan and "The Missing Person", which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Vazquez will be returning to the stage in the Broadway premiere of "Motherf**ker With The Hat" which also boasts the talents of Bobby Cannavale, Annabella Sciorra and comic Chris Rock (previews March 22, 2011). Yul Vázquez currently serves as co-Artistic Director of LAByrinth Theater Company with Stephen Adly Guirgis & Mimi O'Donnell in New York City. In 2010 Yul Vazquez founded mechanizedmules. A film production company with Ed Vassallo, Rick Rodgers and Robert Leaver. Their first short film F--K premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in spring of 2010. They are currently in production for their first feature film which is shot in Sugar Hill section of New York City - surrounding the last active graveyard in Manhattan. Trinity Cemetery between 152nd and 155th street on the west side of Manhattan.

Awards & recognition

  • Lunt-Fontanne AwardEnsemble Excellence · 2011
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 2011 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Severance

2022as Petey (voice)

Succession

2018as Rick Salgado

Seinfeld

1989as Bob

Godfather of Harlem

2019as José Miguel Battle

Person of Interest

2011as Cyrus Wells

Fringe

2008as George

Tales from the Crypt

1989as Danny Darwin (segment "On a Deadman's Chest")

FBI

2018as Bryce Miller

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Luis Montero

Louie

2010as Pedro

Elementary

2012as Arthur Tetch

The Good Wife

2009as Cristián Romano

American Gangster

2007as Alfonso Abruzzo

Captain Phillips

2013as Captain Frank Castellano

The Outsider

2020as Yunis Sablo

Russian Doll

2019as John Reyes

Midnight, Texas

2017as Rev. Emilio Sheehan

Sex and the City

1998as Phil

Will Trent

2023as Sheriff Caleb Roussard

Law & Order

1990as Eddie Vasquez

Fresh

1994as Chille

Touched by an Angel

1994as Tony Portino

Traffic

2000as Tigrillo / Obregón Assassin

The Lost Bus

2025as Chief Martinez

Hotel Cocaine

2024as Nestor Cabal

Madam Secretary

2014as Ted Fitzgerald

Magic City

2012as Victor Lazaro

Last Flag Flying

2017as Lieutenant Colonel Wilits

Che: Part One

2008as Alejandro Ramirez

The Infiltrator

2016as Javier Ospina

Che: Part Two

2008as Alejandro Ramírez

Bad Boys II

2003as Detective Mateo Reyes

Coach

1989as Alberto Roca

Crown Heights

2017as Commissioner Rafello

Kill the Messenger

2014as Danilo Blandon

Parish

2024as Hector

I Am the Night

2019as Billis

1 Mile to You

2017as Mr. Sickle

War of the Worlds

2005as Julio

Divorce

2016as Craig Anders

The A-Team

2010as General Javier Tuco

Music Within

2007as Mike Stolz

Books of Blood

2020as Bennett

White House Plumbers

2023as Bernard 'Macho' Barker

Nick of Time

1995as Gustino (Guest Services)

Rob the Mob

2014as Vinny Gorgeous

Blood Ties

2013as Fabio De Soto

Runaway Bride

1999as Dead Head Gill Chavez

Gringo

2018as Angel Valverde

O.G.

2018as Baxter