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Yancey Arias

Highest Rated: 100% 100 Days to Live (2019)

Lowest Rated: 20% Legion (2010)

Birthday: Jun 27, 1971

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Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

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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Highest rated movies

100% 87% 100 Days to Live Watchlist
82% 86% Live Free or Die Hard
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44% 52% Hands of Stone Watchlist
38% 60% Cesar Chavez
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28% 37% The Time Machine
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24% 60% 13 Minutes Watchlist 20% 31% Legion Watchlist
Restored Me
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America
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Blade Squad
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
24% 60% 13 Minutes Unknown (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Switched Before Birth Gabe Ramirez (Character) - 2021
100% 87% 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 92% Canal Street Executive Producer $247.8K 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Secrets of Deception Detective Reyes (Character),
Producer
- 2017
44% 52% Hands of Stone Benny Huertas (Character) $4.7M 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Restored Me Producer - 2016
No Score Yet 68% The Outfield Charles (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 42% Tag Edmund (Character) - 2014
38% 60% Cesar Chavez Gilbert Padilla (Character) $5.6M 2014
No Score Yet 32% Ticking Clock Ed Beker (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet America Correa (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 58% Undocumented Alberto (Character) - 2010
20% 31% Legion Estevez (Character) $40.2M 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Baby Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2010
No Score Yet 84% Street Dreams Tim Cabrera (Character) $84.9K 2009
No Score Yet 24% Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia Alvaro Cardona (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 0% Detention Daniel (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 58% Hotel California Hector Ramos (Character) - 2008
82% 86% Live Free or Die Hard Agent Johnson (Character) $134.5M 2007
No Score Yet 81% Walkout Panfilo Crisostomo (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 67% Kingpin Unknown (Character) - 2003
28% 37% 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 62% Crossfire Hernandez (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Destination Unknown Rico (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 55% Guilty Until Proven Innocent Brad Larosa (Character) - 1991

TV

Credit
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