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Julian Acosta

Acting

Born January 1, 1950 · Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Biography

Julian Acosta is a Puerto Rican actor. He was born and raised in Puerto Rico and moved to El Paso, TX as a teenager. Upon college graduation, he moved to New York where he was quickly cast in Denis Leary's heralded but short-lived comedy series "The Job" on ABC. Acosta has held recurring roles on "NCIS: New Orleans" on CBS, "Madam Secretary" on CBS, "Hand of God" on Amazon, "Being Mary Jane" on BET, "Dirt" on F/X, "Strong Medicine" on Lifetime, "The Defenders" on CBS, "Hollywood Heights" on NICK, "Franklin and Bash" on TNT, and "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" on ABC Family. He has made guest starring turns on "Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders", "Elementary", "NCIS: Los Angeles," "The Mentalist," "The Unit," and "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" [CBS], "The Librarians", "Proof" [TNT], "Grimm," "Law & Order," "Law & Order LA," "King Pin" and "The West Wing" [NBC], "Covert Affairs" [USA], "Castle," "George Lopez" and "Scrubs" [ABC], "Entourage" [HBO], to name a few. On the film front, Acosta has been seen in THE THREE CHRISTS directed by Jon Avnet, CBGB playing Legendary Punk Rock guitarist Johnny Ramone, THE LORDS OF SALEM directed by Rob Zombie, THE ATTICUS INSTITUTE directed by Chris Sparling, BOUND BY LIES with Stephen Baldwin and Kristy Swanson and TRUE LOVE directed by Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Nominee Henry Barrial. Julian is also the creator of several original series for Television currently in development through his company Broken Toy Works.

Filmography31 titles

The Rookie

2018as Sgt. Antonio Hernandez

The Mentalist

2008as Steve Presiado

Grimm

2011as Gabriel Martel

The West Wing

1999as Leon Montero

Scrubs

2001as Jesus

Castle

2009as Alfred Candela

Elementary

2012as Mateo Lima

NCIS

2003as Matt Burns

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

2013as Dr. Pascal Vega

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009as Assistant U.S. Attorney Oscar Guevara

George Lopez

2002as Rick Martinez

Entourage

2004as Alejandro Teva

Strong Medicine

2000as Miguel Arenas

Pearson

2019as Eric McBride

Franklin & Bash

2011as Henry Stein

The Unit

2006as Dr. Reyes Flores

Law & Order

1990as Jonathan Brim

A Teacher

2020as Jeffrey Manning

A Million Little Things

2018as Max

The Librarians

2014as Adamski

The Defenders

2010as Judge Reyes

Madam Secretary

2014as Craig Sterling

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

2008as Edward

The Fix

2019as Detective Diego Ramon

Law & Order: LA

2010as Jorge Rivas

Dirt

2007as Adam Proteau

Three Christs

2017as Dr. Francisco

CBGB

2013as Johnny Ramone

Room 104

2017as Older Brother

We Have Your Husband

2011as Septien

The Lords of Salem

2012as Priest