Jose Pablo Cantillo
Jose Pablo Cantillo (born March 30, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Ricky Verona in Crank, Hector Salazar in FX's Sons of Anarchy, and Caesar Martinez in AMC's The Walking Dead.
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Born | Marshfield, Wisconsin, U.S. | March 30, 1979
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2003–present |
Early life
The son of Costa Rican parents, Roberto Cantillo and Rita Bolaños, Jose Pablo Cantillo (known as "Joey" in his high school days[1]) was born in Marshfield, Wisconsin. He grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana and attended Terre Haute South Vigo High School, where he was a tennis standout for all four years, leading the Terre Haute South Braves to a State Runner-Up finish in 1996.[2] He graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 2003 with a double major in marketing and finance from the Kelley School of Business.[3]
Career
Cantillo decided to pursue an acting career in New York City after taking some drama classes at IU. In late 2003, he moved to California.[4]
After acting in Off-Broadway plays in New York, Cantillo has landed guest roles on popular television series since early 2000. He played a recurring role in The Walking Dead as Caesar Martinez,[5] and roles in two of Neil Blomkamp's films, the science fiction action thriller Elysium (2013) and Chappie (2015).[6] In 2019, he played the role of Detective Martinez in the "Latino superhero movie" El Chicano.[7]
Personal life
In late 2003, Cantillo moved to California, where he, his wife Kristi, and their 7-year-old daughter live in Santa Clarita, a town “that kind of reminds us of Terre Haute”.[8]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Villalobos | |
2005 | Shackles | Gabriel Garcia | |
2006 | Crank | Ricky Verona | |
The Bondage | Spider | ||
2007 | Cleaner | Miguel | |
Disturbia | Officer Gutierrez | ||
After Sex | Marco | ||
2008 | Redbelt | Snowflake | |
2009 | Streets of Blood | Pepe | |
Crank: High Voltage | Ricky Verona | ||
Virtuality | Manny Rodriguez | TV movie | |
2013 | Elysium | Sandro | |
2015 | Chappie | Amerika | |
Solace | Sawyer | ||
Tales of Halloween (Segment: "The Ransom of Rusty Rex")[9] | Dutch | ||
2019 | El Chicano | Detective Martinez |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jack Martinez | 1 episode |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Wilberto 'Wille' Angel | 1 episode | |
2004 | ER | Juan Enriquez | 1 episode |
2005 | Medical Investigation | Rick Hain | 1 episode |
CSI: Miami | Juan Fernandez | 1 episode | |
Crossing Jordan | Danny Artega | 1 episode | |
Nip/Tuck | Marlon Ramirez | 1 episode | |
2006 | Bones | Jose Vargas | 1 episode |
2006–07 | Standoff | Duff Gonzalez | Season 1 (series regular; 18 episodes) |
2007 | Eyes | Francisco Lopez | 1 episode |
The Unit | Rock | 1 episode | |
2008 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | I.A. Officer Galvez | 1 episode |
Monk | Carlos | 1 episode | |
The Shield | Amando Rios | 2 episodes: "Genocide" (season 7, episode 4) "Animal Control" (season 7, episode 6) | |
2009 | The Closer | Enrique Santos | 1 episode |
Lie To Me | Amadeo Valadez | 1 episode | |
2010 | Hawthorne | Manny Rodriguez | 1 episode |
Dark Blue | Raphael Garza | 1 episode | |
Sons of Anarchy | Hector Salazar | Season 3 (recurring; 9 episodes) | |
Lone Star | Matt | 1 episode | |
Terriers | Felipe Prado | 1 episode | |
The Good Guys | Santora | 1 episode | |
2011 | Law & Order: LA | Cesar Vargas | 1 episode |
2012 | The River | Manny Centeno | 2 episodes: "Peaches" (season 1: episode 5) "Doctor Emmet Cole" (season 1: episode 6) 2012 tall hot blond |
2012–13 | The Walking Dead | Caesar Martinez | Recurring (Season 3) Guest (Season 4): 13 episodes |
2013 | The Mentalist | Angel | 1 episode |
Twisted Tales | Ricardo | 1 episode | |
2014 | Rush | – | 1 episode |
2014–15 | Constantine | Hugo Lopez | 2 episodes |
2017 | Taken | Dave | Season 1 (series regular; 10 episodes) |
2019 | The Rookie | Franco DeSantis | 1 episode |
References
- Bennett, Mark (18 January 2015). "Indiana style helps Jose Pablo Cantillo deliver big-time performances". www.tribstar.com. Terre Haute Tribune Star. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
Terre Haute remembers him as Joey, or just Joe, from his days of Dixie Bee Little League baseball and Terre Haute South Vigo High School tennis. Cantillo likes it that way.
- LLoyd, Sarah Anne (22 November 2013). "Jose Pablo Cantillo: 5 Things to Know About the Walking Dead Actor". WetPaint.com. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- http://www.cineplex.com/People/jose-pablo-cantillo
- "Former Terre Haute South Brave finding success in acting world". Tribune-Star Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04.
- Q&A – Jose Pablo Cantillo (Martinez) - AMC Blogs
- ‘Chappie’s’ Thug Life In Images
- Scheck, Frank (2019-05-01). "'El Chicano': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
- "Former Terre Haute South Brave finding success in acting world". Tribune-Star Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04.
- The Ransom of Rusty Rex t stars Sam Witwer (“Being Human”), Jose Cantillo (“The Walking Dead”), John Landis, and Ben Woolf.