Jason Manuel Olazabal (born October 14, 1973), also just known as Jason Olazabal, is an American actor, known for playing Ramon Prado in Showtime TV series Dexter.
Jason Manuel Olazabal | |
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Born | Santa Maria, California, U.S. | October 14, 1973
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2001–present |
Early life
editOlazábal was born in Santa Maria, California.
Career
editHis acting career started in 2001 in Law & Order. He then appeared in The Education of Max Bickford in 2002 and Bad Boys II in 2003 as Detective Marco Vargas. Along with Law & Order, he has starred in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In 2006, he starred in Charmed and Inside Man. He appeared in House and Numb3rs in 2007. In Season 3 of Dexter, he starred as Ramon Prado in 9 episodes as a lieutenant, grieving over the loss of his brother, and later in the season, his other brother. He jointly received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series", along with other Dexter co-stars. He appeared in The Unit in 2009 and became a recurring character in Make It or Break It as Alex Cruz.
Personal life
editHe married actress Sunita Param on February 6, 2004. Jason Manuel Olazabal is also a member of Iota Phi Theta fraternity, initiated at the Fraternity's Beta Sigma Chapter (U. of Northern Colorado) in 1994.[1]
Filmography
editYear | Film/Show | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Law & Order | Jeffrey Sayles | |
2002 | The Education of Max Bickford | Eduardo | |
2003 | Law & Order | Jeffrey Sayles | |
Bad Boys II | Dt. Marco Vargas | ||
Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Detective Upmann | ||
2005 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sascha Hart | |
2006 | Charmed | Java | |
Inside Man | ESU Officer Hernandez | ||
2007 | Numb3rs | Jimmy Lopez | |
House | Dr. O'Reilly, a.k.a. #11 | ||
2008 | This Is Not a Test | Johnny Dorey | |
Dexter | Ramon Prado | Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | |
2009 | The Unit | Mateo | |
Make It or Break It | Alex Cruz | ||
2011 | Person of Interest | Hector Alvarez | Season 1 Episode 9 - "Get Carter" |
2015 | Scorpion (TV series) | Hector Menjivar | Season 1 Episode 20 - "Crossroads" |
2017 | Fear the Walking Dead | Dante Esquivel | Season 3 |
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore | Cesar |
References
edit- ^ Greeks in Entertainment Archived November 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine