José Zúñiga

José Zúñiga (born April 1, 1965) is a Honduran-American actor.

For the Mexican painter, see José Zúñiga (artist). For the Mexican boxer, see José Alfredo Zúñiga. For the 18th century Spanish soldier, see José de Züñiga.

José Zúñiga
Born	(1965-04-01) April 1, 1965 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present
Spouse(s)	Laura Levine ​ ( m. 1991)
Children	1

Career

Zúñiga, born in Honduras,[1] is known for his roles in films such as Alive, Ransom, Con Air, Fresh, Crooklyn, Next Stop Wonderland and Twilight.

He has appeared in such several television shows including Mad About You, 24, Prison Break, Law & Order, The O.C., NCIS, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, Bones, Lie to Me, House, Dexter, Person of Interest, New York Undercover, Medium, The Event, and Scandal.

Personal life

Zuniga has been married to artist Laura Levine since 1991. They have one daughter, dancer Stella Zuniga. Zuniga resides in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Alive	Fraga the Mechanic
1994	Fresh Kill	Miguel Flores
1994	Fresh	Lt. Perez
	Crooklyn	Tommy La La
	The Cowboy Way	Carlos
	Nadja	Bartender
1995	Smoke	OTB Man #2, Jerry
	Blue in the Face	Jerry	Credited as Jose Zuniga
	Stonewall	Randy	Credited as José Zuniga
	Flirt	Cab Driver	Credited as Jose Zuniga
	Money Train	Victor	Credited as Jose Zuniga
1996	For Which He Stands	Jose
1996	Striptease	Chris Rojo
	Ransom	David Torres	Credited as Jose Zuniga
1996	Day of the Warrior	Mexican Cop	Credited as Jose Zuniga
1997	Hurricane Streets	Kramer
	Con Air	DEA Agent Willie Sims	Credited as Jose Zuniga
1998	Next Stop Wonderland	Andre de Silva
2000	Happy Accidents	Jose
	Gun Shy	Fidel Vaillar
	The Opportunists	Jesus Del Toro	Credited as Jose Zuniga
	The Crew	Escobar
	For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story	Paquito D'Rivera	Television Film
2001	Snow White: The Fairest of Them All	Hector, the Huntsman
2003	The Hunted	Bobby Moret	Credited as Jose Zuniga
2005	Constantine	Detective Weiss	Credited as Jose Zuniga
2006	The Alibi	Officer Sykes	Credited as Jose Zuniga
	Mission: Impossible III	IMF Agent Pete	Credited as Jose Zuniga
	Undoing	Randall
2007	Tortilla Heaven	Isidor
	Next	Security Chief Roybal
2008	The Tree	Spano	Short Film
2008	Twilight	Mr Molina	Credited as Jose Zuniga
2010	Smell the Coffee	Ricky	Short Film
2011	The Chaperone	Carlos
2012	Eye of the Hurricane	Roberto Cruz
2012	The Forger	Mr Weathers
2013	The Call	Marco
2013	The Alter Life	Boss	Credited as Jose Zuniga
2014	Mary Loss of Soul	Victor Solis
2015	Diablo	Guillermo
2015	Victor	Manuel Torres
2016	Todos Bailaban	Mister Martinez	Short Film
2016	The Duel	General Calderon	Credited as Jose Zuniga
2017	The Most Hated Woman in America	Detective Campos	Credited as Jose Zuniga
2017	The Dark Tower	Dr. Hotchkiss	Credited as José Zuñiga
2017	A Place in the Caribbean	Gael
2018	Electro Magnetic	Tomas	Short Film
2018	Baja	Luis Bolanos
2019	Against the Clock	Ah Puch
TBA	Sound of Freedom	Roberto	Post-Production
TBA	Half Brothers	Evaristo	Post-production

Television

• Law & Order (1992–2006)
• NYPD Blue (1994)
• New York Undercover (1994–1996)
• The Cosby Mysteries (1995)
• Nothing Sacred (1997–1998)
• Sins of the City (1998)
• For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) TV movie
• Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001) TV movie
• That's Life (2001–2002)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2001–2004)
• Century City (2004)
• ER (2004)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2004–2010)
• The Shield (2005)
• Bones (2005)
• Prison Break (2006)
• Dexter (2006)
• The O.C. (2006–2007)
• Saving Grace (2007)
• NCIS (2007)
• Numb3rs (2007)
• CSI: Miami (2008)
• Ghost Whisperer (2008–2010)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2010)
• Childrens Hospital (2010)
• The Event (2011)
• Suits (2011)
• Desperate Housewives (2012)
• House (2012)
• Taxi Brooklyn (2014)
• The Last Ship Episode "El Toro" (2014)
• How to Get Away with Murder (2015)
• The Night Shift (2015)
• Criminal Minds (2015)
• From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2016)
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016)
• Notorious (2016)
• Madam Secretary (2016)
• The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018)

References

1. José Zúñiga profile, filmreference.com; accessed January 13, 2018.

External links

• José Zúñiga on IMDb