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Kirk M. Acevedo (born November 27, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor of Puerto Rican/Chinese descent. Born and raised in the Bronx, Kirk spent most of his formative years hanging out in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity and received his BFA from SUNY Purchase and founded a theater company called The Rorschach Group.

After guest-starring on several television shows like ''Series/NewYorkUndercover'' (1994) and ''Series/LawAndOrder'' (1990), he landed his best-known role as Miguel Alvarez, a morose and violent prisoner struggling for redemption on Creator/{{HBO}}'s notoriously gritty ''Series/{{Oz}}'' (1997). Though he was nominated for a Cable Ace award and an ALMA award for his work on ''Oz'' (1997), it was Acevedo's role as Pvt. Tella in ''Film/TheThinRedLine'' (1998) that won him an ALMA.

Since ''Series/{{Oz}}'' and ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', Acevedo has been a regular face on television and film with regular roles on Sci-Fi cult show ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' and the acclaimed but short-lived ''Series/PrimeSuspectUS'' remake.

He is married to Creator/KierstenWarren and they have one child.
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!!Film Roles
* 1998 ''Film/TheThinRedLine'' as Pvt. Tella
* 2000 ''Film/BoilerRoom'' as Broker
* 2000 ''Film/{{The Visit|2000}}'' as Prospective Parolee
* 2000 ''Film/{{Bait|2000}}'' as Ramundo
* 2005 ''Film/{{The New World|2005}}'' as Sentry
* 2006 ''Film/{{Invincible|2006}}'' as Tommy
* 2014 ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' as Carver
* 2018 ''Film/InsidiousTheLastKey'' as Ted Garza

!!Television Roles
* 1997-2003 ''Series/{{Oz}}'' as Miguel Alvarez
* 1999 ''Series/TheSentinel'' as Ray Aldo
* 2001 ''Series/ThirdWatch'' as Paulie Fuentes
* 2001 ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' as Joseph D. Toye
* 2004 ''Series/NYPDBlue'' as Scott Grafton
* 2005 ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' as DA Investigator Hector Salazar
** 2005-2006 ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury'' as DA Investigator Hector Salazar
* 2006 ''Series/Numb3rs'' as Gino [=McGinty=]
* 2006 ''Series/TwentyFour'' as George Avila
* 2007 ''Series/ColdCase'' as Dylan Naokes
* 2007 ''Series/TheBlackDonnellys'' as Nicky Cottero
* 2008-2011 ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' as Charlie Francis/alt-Charlie
* 2009 ''Series/WhiteCollar'' as Ruiz
* 2011-2012 ''Series/PrimeSuspectUS'' as Det. Luisito Calderon
* 2013 ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' as Mitch Dolgen
* 2013 ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' as Timothy Sloan
* 2013-2014 ''Series/BlueBloods'' as Javi "Tic-Tac" Baez
* 2014 ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' as Ron Hurd
* 2015-2018 ''Series/TwelveMonkeys'' as Jose Ramse
* 2015 ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' as Tomas Calderon
* 2017-2019 ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' as [[ComicBook/RichardDragon Ricardo "The Dragon" Diaz]]
* 2018 ''Series/{{Elseworlds|2018}}'' as Ricardo Diaz

!!Video Games
* 2007 ''Videogame/TheDarkness'' as Jackie Estacado

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