Julian Acosta
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.
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Full filmography
- The Rookie (2018) as Sgt. Antonio Hernandez
- Law & Order (1990) as Jonathan Brim
- NCIS (2003) as Matt Burns
- The Mentalist (2008) as Steve Presiado
- Castle (2009) as Alfred Candela
- Grimm (2011) as Gabriel Martel
- NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) as Assistant U.S. Attorney Oscar Guevara
- Elementary (2012) as Mateo Lima
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) as Dr. Pascal Vega
- Scrubs (2001) as Jesus
- The West Wing (1999) as Leon Montero
- Entourage (2004) as Alejandro Teva
- Madam Secretary (2014) as Craig Sterling
- Strong Medicine (2000) as Miguel Arenas
- The Unit (2006) as Dr. Reyes Flores
- The Librarians (2014) as Adamski
- A Million Little Things (2018) as Max
- Franklin & Bash (2011) as Henry Stein
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008) as Edward
- Law & Order: LA (2010) as Jorge Rivas
- Room 104 (2017) as Older Brother
- A Teacher (2020) as Jeffrey Manning
- Dirt (2007) as Adam Proteau
- George Lopez (2002) as Rick Martinez