Biography for
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Date of Birth

27 November 1971, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Birth Name

Kirk M. Acevedo

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography

Born and raised in Bronx and spent most of his formative years hanging out in New York City, Kirk Acevedo, who is of Puerto Rican/Chinese descent, received his BFA from SUNY Purchase and founded a theater company called The Rorschach Group. After guest-starring on several television shows like "New York Undercover" (1994) and "Law & Order" (1990), he landed his best-known role as Alvarez, a morose and violent prisoner struggling for redemption on HBO's notoriously gritty "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 The Thin Red Line (1998) that won him an ALMA.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Nichol

Spouse

Kiersten Warren

(16 May 2005 - present) 1 child

Trade Mark

Deep Raspy Voice

Trivia

Cable Ace Award Nomination for his role in Oz. [1997]

Drama Desk Award Nominee for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, "Tooth of Crime (Second Dance)" by Sam Shepard. [1997]

Attended SUNY Purchase's acting school, the same college attended by Wesley Snipes.

He played the same character (Investigator Hector Salazer) in three different series: "Law & Order" (1990), "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999) and "Law & Order: Trial by Jury" (2005).

Stepfather of Misti Traya.

Personal Quotes

[When asked to rate his chances on a scale of 1-to-10 of surviving a real prison] "I would have to say a '1' just because I think I'd be someone's cupcake."

Because I'm seen on Oz, a lot of the urban cats in the city are like, 'Yo, I thought you'd be rolling in a Mercedes?' And I'm just like, 'Not at all!' This is cable money. There is a big difference between that and a network. But still I can't complain. It's better than doing a 9 to 5 any day.