Monday, May 16, 2011

6 LATINO'S TO WATCH...

Kirk Acevedo, 39




The Show: Acevedo will play Detective Phil Carter, a member of a New York City homicide squad in the new NBC drama, Prime Suspect, which is based on the acclaimed British miniseries of the same name.



Where You’ve Seen Him Before: The part-Puerto Rican, part-Chinese Acevedo stole the show as gang member Miguel Alvarez on HBO’s Oz, but he's probably best known for his role as FBI agent Charlie Francis on the sci-fi FOX series, Fringe.


Aimee Garcia, 32




The Show: Aimee Garcia is joining the cast of Showtime’s hit serial killer drama Dexter as the new nanny for Dex's (Michael C. Hall) son, Harrison. Garcia, who will be introduced on season six as the kid sister of Detective Batista (David Zayas), will replace Maria Doyle Kennedy, who played nanny to Harrison in season 5.



Where You’ve Seen Her Before: The part-Mexican, part Puerto Rican actress is best known for her role as George Lopez’s niece Veronica on The George Lopez Show, but she's also well known for her role as war-veteran turned badass helicopter pilot Marissa Benez on the NBC series, Trauma.


Eddie Cibrian, 37


The Show: Cibrian will star as a mob fixer in The Playboy Club, a new NBC drama set in 1963, that centers on the opening of the first Playboy Club in Chicago, and the rise and fall of the first Playboy bunnies.



Where You’ve Seen Him Before: Cibrian has guest starred on tons of shows including Ugly Betty and The Young and the Restless, but the Cuban actor is best known for his recurring role as Jesse Cardoza on the CBS procedural, CSI: Miami.


Rick Gonzalez, 31




The Show: Gonzalez, who's part Puerto Rican and part Dominican, is one of the stars of Bent, a single-camera comedy about a divorced single mom (Amanda Peet) who's attracted to her hunky contractor.



Where You’ve Seen Him Before: He played Timo Cruz in Coach Carter, and Ben Gonzalez on the CW series, Reaper, but we'll always know him as the character "Spanish" in Old School.




Jorge Garcia, 38




The Show: In the new FOX series Alcatraz, a sci-fi series produced by J.J. Abrams (Lost, Fringe), Garcia will play “the world’s foremost expert” of the high-security prison who joins an investigation into the sudden reappearance of prisoners and guards that have mysteriously disappeared from the prison 30 years prior.



Where You’ve Seen Him Before: The part-Cuban, part-Chilean actor is best known for his role as Hugo “Hurley” Reyes on ABC’s hit show, Lost


Wilmer Valderrama, 31



The Show: The part-Venezuelan, part-Colombian Valderrama is one of the stars of Awake, a drama about a cop who's living two different versions of life in the aftermath of a tragic car crash.



Where You’ve Seen Him Before: Valderrama played Fez on That '70s Show from 1998–2006. He's also known for hosting the MTV series, Yo Momma

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