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Julian Acosta
Actor
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2020 | A Teacher (TV Series) · as Jeffrey Manning |
| 2019 | Pearson (TV Series) · as Eric Mcbride |
| 2019 | The Fix (TV Series) · as Detective Diego Ramon |
| 2018 | The Rookie (TV Series) · as Sgt. Antonio Hernandez |
| 2018 | A Million Little Things (TV Series) · as Max |
| 2017 | Three Christs · as Dr. Francisco |
| 2017 | Room 104 (TV Series) · as Older Brother |
| 2016 | Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (TV Series) · as Edward Delgado |
| 2015 | Proof (2015) (TV Series) · as Dr. Cameron Nash |
| 2015 | The Atticus Institute · as Young Robert Koep |
| 2014 | The Librarians (2014) (TV Series) · as Adamski |
| 2014 | NCIS: New Orleans (TV Series) · as Javier Garcia |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary (TV Series) · as Craig Sterling |
| 2014 | Hand of God (TV Series) · as Guy Guillet |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV Series) · as Dr. Pascal Vega |
| 2013 | Being Mary Jane (TV Series) · as Gael Montoya |
| 2012 | Elementary (TV Series) · as Mateo Lima |
| 2012 | The Lords of Salem · as Priest |
| 2012 | Lauren (TV Series) · as Papaderu |
| 2012 | Major Crimes (TV Series) · as Dr. Mateo Garza |
| 2012 | Hollywood Heights (TV Series) · as Brian |
| 2011 | We Have Your Husband · as Septien |
| 2011 | Grimm (TV Series) · as Gabriel Martel |
| 2011 | Franklin & Bash (TV Series) · as Henry Stein |
| 2010 | Law & Order: LA (TV Series) · as Jorge Rivas |
| 2010 | The Defenders (2010) (TV Series) · as Judge Reyes |
| 2010 | Covert Affairs (TV Series) · as Victor Ponces |
| 2010 | Futurestates (TV Series) · as Mateo |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles (TV Series) · as Assistant U.s. Attorney Oscar Guevara |
| 2009 | Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Alfred Candela |
| 2008 | The Mentalist (TV Series) · as Steve Presiado |
| 2008 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager (TV Series) · as Edward |
| 2007 | Dirt (TV Series) · as Adam Proteau |
| 2006 | The Unit (TV Series) · as Dr. Reyes Flores |
| 2005 | Bound by Lies · as Emanuel Juarez |
| 2004 | Second Time Around (2004) (TV Series) · as Diego |
| 2004 | Entourage (TV Series) · as Alejandro Teva |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Matt Burns |
| 2003 | Kingpin (TV Series) · as District Attorney |
| 2002 | George Lopez (TV Series) · as Rick Martinez |
| 2001 | Scrubs (TV Series) · as Jesus |
| 2001 | The Job (TV Series) · as Al Rodriguez |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine (TV Series) · as Miguel Arenas |
| 1999 | The West Wing (TV Series) · as Leon Montero |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Jonathan Brim |
| 1968 | One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Bartender |