Nestor Serrano | |
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Birthplace: | Bronx, New York, USA |
Birthdate: | November 5, 1955 |
Active: | 1986–present |
Films appeared in: | Daylight The Negotiator Bait 24 Homeland Act of Valor Captain America: The Winter Soldier Hawaii Five-0 (2010 series) Sniper: Legacy |
Role: | Weller Hellman Agent Boyle Navi Araz Major General Tony Trujillo Walter Ross Committee General El Condor Steffen |
Nestor Serrano (born November 5, 1955) is an American film and television actor. He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law as well as fatherly figures on occasion. He is of Puerto Rican descent and yet often portrays various other ethnicities in his various film and television roles. He began his acting career in off-Broadway plays in the late 1970s. His first film was the 1986 Tom Hanks comedy The Money Pit.
His supporting roles in films such as Lethal Weapon 2, Hangin' with the Homeboys, Bad Boys, The Negotiator, Empire, The Insider, After the Storm, Runaway Jury, The Day After Tomorrow, Sueño, Secretariat and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. In 2012, he played the lead villain role in the Navy SEALs action-war film Act of Valor. He has shared the screen various times with the likes of John Leguizamo, John Cusack, Al Pacino, Samuel L. Jackson and Robert De Niro.
His television roles include recurring gigs on: "Hunter", "True Blue", "The Hat Squad", "Moloney", "Witchblade", "24", "LAX", "CSI", "90210", "Dexter", "Blue Bloods", "Graceland" and "Revenge". He guest-starred on shows such as "The X-Files", "Profiler", "UC: Undercover", "Alias", the various "Law & Order" series, "Criminal Minds", "The Bronx is Burning", "Shark", "Ugly Betty", "Burn Notice", "Castle", "Revolution", "Sleepy Hollow" and "NCIS".