Yancey Arias
Talented and prolific character actor Yancey Arias essayed confident and powerful men on both sides of the legal fence in such television projects as "Kingpin" (NBC, 2003), "Revenge" (ABC, 2011-15), "Bosch" (Amazon Video, 2014- ) and "Queen of the South" (USA Network, 2016- ). Born to Colombian and Puerto Rican parents on June 27, 1971 in New York City, Arias was initially drawn to baseball and art, but after being cast as the lead in his school musical, he made acting his primary focus. He was an active participant in school productions at St. John's Preparatory School and at Moore Catholic High School, and trained for four years with the summer theater camp Stagedoor Manor before enrolling at Carnegie Mellon University as an acting and musical theater major. Financial hardship forced him to drop out after two years, but Arias used the opportunity to immerse himself in the pursuit of a professional career. His first break came in 1992 when he was cast as an understudy and ensemble player in the Broadway production of "Miss Saigon"; from there, he worked steadily in guest and supporting turns in numerous New York-based television productions, including "One Life to Live" (ABC, 1968-2013), "Law & Order" (NBC, 1990-2010) and "The Sopranos" (HBO, 1999-2007). Determined to have a say in the path of his career, Arias also produced and starred in two independent features, "Destination Unknown" (1997) and "Home Invaders" (2001), with Keith David, Judy Reyes and Luis Guzman. He returned to Broadway, this time as a lead opposite Mandy Patinkin and Toni Collette, in the original production of "The Wild Party," shortly before decamping for Los Angeles. There, he co-starred opposite Edward James Olmos in the PBS drama series "An American Family" (2002-04) and earned top billing as the ambitious head of a drug cartel in "Kingpin" for producer David Mills. The miniseries begat a short-lived weekly series, but Arias rebounded from its cancellation with supporting turns on "The Division" (Lifetime, 2001-04) and the critically acclaimed "Thief" (FX, 2006). From there, Arias worked a tireless schedule of appearances in features and television; the former included "Live Free or Die Hard" (2007) and "Cesar Chavez" (2014), which cast him as United Farm Workers leader Gilbert Padilla, and "Hands of Stone" (2016), for which he played boxer Benny Huertas. On television, Arias was a series regular for the first season of the revived "Knight Rider" (NBC, 2008), and enjoyed a host of recurring roles on series like "Revenge," which cast him as a disgraced senator, and the Emmy-nominated "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot" (ABC.com, 2016). In 2016, he joined the cast of "Bosch" in its second season to play fictional Los Angeles Mayor Hector Ramos while also holding down a recurring role as a former Special Forces officer turned drug cartel lieutenant on "Queen of the South." During this period, Arias also continued to produce his own projects, and made his directorial debut on the 2010 short "Baby."
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Yancey Arias
Filmography
Movies
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24% |
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13 Minutes | Unknown (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Switched Before Birth | Gabe Ramirez (Character) | - | 2021 |
100% |
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100 Days to Live | Jack Byers (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bella's Story |
Marco (Character), Director, Producer |
- | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Canal Street | Executive Producer | $247.8K | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secrets of Deception |
Detective Reyes (Character), Producer |
- | 2017 |
44% |
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Hands of Stone | Benny Huertas (Character) | $4.7M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Restored Me | Producer | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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The Outfield | Charles (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Tag | Edmund (Character) | - | 2014 |
38% |
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Cesar Chavez | Gilbert Padilla (Character) | $5.6M | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Ticking Clock | Ed Beker (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | America | Correa (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Undocumented | Alberto (Character) | - | 2010 |
20% |
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Legion | Estevez (Character) | $40.2M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baby |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Street Dreams | Tim Cabrera (Character) | $84.9K | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia | Alvaro Cardona (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Detention | Daniel (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Hotel California | Hector Ramos (Character) | - | 2008 |
82% |
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Live Free or Die Hard | Agent Johnson (Character) | $134.5M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Walkout | Panfilo Crisostomo (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Kingpin | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
28% |
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The Time Machine | Toren (Character) | $56.7M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home Invaders | Angel (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blade Squad | Bravo (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Crossfire | Hernandez (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Destination Unknown | Rico (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent | Brad Larosa (Character) | - | 1991 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 84% | Magnum P.I. | Agent Ray Salone (Guest Star) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 78% | CSI: Vegas | Marcus Barron (Guest Star) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 52% | All Rise | Agent Sal Soto (Guest Star) | 2019 |
89% | 76% | Lethal Weapon | Jose (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Queen of the South |
General Cortez (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Shooter | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
58% | 77% | American Gothic | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
25% | 47% | Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
95% | 91% | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 64% | NCIS: New Orleans | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
69% | 78% | Revenge | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011-2012 2015 |
38% | 60% | Intelligence | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
82% | 87% | Castle | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
90% | 83% | Bones | Shaman Little River (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
95% | 89% | Elementary | Robert Castillo (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Blue Bloods | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
33% | No Score Yet | Chase | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: New York | Rick Devarro (Guest Star) | 2010 |
88% | 95% | Burn Notice | Jacob (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 63% | NCIS: Los Angeles | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Medium | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
78% | 60% | Drop Dead Diva | A.D.A. Montez (Guest Star) | 2009 |
5% | No Score Yet | Knight Rider | Alex Torres (Character) | 2008-2009 |
No Score Yet | 90% | The Mentalist | Victor Marquesa (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Numb3ers | D.J. Rodriguez (Guest Star) | 2007 |
65% | No Score Yet | Drive | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
81% | No Score Yet | Thief | Gabriel "Gabo" Williams (Character) | 2006 |
40% | No Score Yet | In Justice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Stalker | Richard Carr (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Half & Half | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004-2005 |
No Score Yet | 81% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kingpin | Unknown (Character) | 2003 |
83% | 95% | NYPD Blue | Bobby Rock (Guest Star) | 1997 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Denny Corea (Guest Star) | 2000 |
92% | 96% | The Sopranos | Arnaz (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Promised Land | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New York Undercover | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swift Justice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |