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Kirk Acevedo

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Kirk Acevedo at an event for Invincible (2006)
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Born and raised in the Bronx, and spent most of his formative years hanging out in New York City, Kirk Acevedo, who is of Puerto Rican 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.
BornNovember 27, 1971
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Kirk Acevedo and Ross McCall in The Offer (2022)
Kirk Acevedo, Rick Gonzalez, and Echo Kellum in Arrow (2012)
Kirk Acevedo in Arrow (2012)
Kirk Acevedo in Arrow (2012)
Kirk Acevedo in Arrow (2012)
Kirk Acevedo in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Kirk Acevedo, Kelli Giddish, and Tyler Elliot Burke in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Kirk Acevedo in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Kirk Acevedo and Peter Scanavino in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Peter Gallagher, Mariska Hargitay, and Kirk Acevedo in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Kirk Acevedo in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Kirk Acevedo in Invincible (2006)

Known for

Andy Serkis in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
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  • Carver
  • 2014
The Thin Red Line (1998)
The Thin Red Line
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  • Pvt. Tella
  • 1998
Donnie Wahlberg, Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor, and Peter Youngblood Hills in Band of Brothers (2001)
Band of Brothers
9.4
TV Mini Series
  • Joseph D. Toye
Oz (1997)
Oz
8.7
TV Series
  • Miguel Alvarez

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  • Giovanni Ribisi, Dan Fogler, Patrick Gallo, Matthew Goode, Juno Temple, and Miles Teller in The Offer (2022)
    The Offer
  • Exit Package (2020)
    Exit Package
  • Michael Ealy, Cobie Smulders, and Jake Johnson in Stumptown (2019)
    Stumptown
  • Stephen Amell in Arrow (2012)
    Arrow
  • Amanda Schull and Aaron Stanford in 12 Monkeys (2015)
    12 Monkeys
  • Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
    Insidious: The Last Key
  • Frank Grillo in Kingdom (2014)
    Kingdom
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • 12 Monkeys: Recap/Finale (2016)
    12 Monkeys: Recap/Finale
  • Ming-Na Wen, Clark Gregg, Iain De Caestecker, Nick Blood, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, and Elizabeth Henstridge in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
    Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Tom Selleck, Bridget Moynahan, Donnie Wahlberg, and Will Estes in Blue Bloods (2010)
    Blue Bloods
  • Sean Bean in Legends (2014)
    Legends
  • Andy Serkis in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • David Giuntoli in Grimm (2011)
    Grimm
  • Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
    The Walking Dead
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Invincible (2006)
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Invincible (2006)
Getting High
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Getting High
The Thin Red Line
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The Thin Red Line
Prime Suspect: Wednesday's Child
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Prime Suspect: Wednesday's Child
Prime Suspect: Season 1
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Prime Suspect: Season 1

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    • November 27, 1971
    • Brooklyn, New York, USA
    • Kiersten WarrenMay 16, 2005 - present (1 child)
  • Other works
    Appeared in a short film, Kirk and Kerry (1997), directed by Azazel Jacobs, which won the jury prize at the 1997 Slamdance Film Festival.

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  • Trivia
    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).
  • 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."
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