Mark Damon Espinoza

Mark Damon Espinoza (born June 24, 1960) is an American actor known in the NBC series The Endgame as FBI Director Rodrigo Réal.

Mark Damon Espinoza
Born	(1960-06-24) June 24, 1960 Beaumont, Texas, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present
Known for	Beverly Hills, 90210 The Young and the Restless The Bold and the Beautiful Days of Our Lives Major Crimes

His first starring role was "Jesse Vasquez" in the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1993 to 1995. His other credits include stage, television, and film. He is sometimes credited as Mark D. Espinoza.

Early life

After graduating from college with a degree in Marketing/Economics, he spent two years in the corporate world before changing his career.

Stage

Espinoza moved to New York City, where he enrolled at the Circle in the Square Theatre School and was awarded a scholarship for music performance.

Regional theatre work eventually brought Espinoza west to the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. He also performed at The Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Berkeley Rep in California, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, Portland Center Stage, Missouri Rep and others.

Cabaret work took him to Germany where he performed at The International Theatre of Frankfurt and the Frankfurt Opera House.

He began his professional acting career in the summer of 1983 at Mary Moody Northern Amphitheater in Galveston, TX, where he played Mexican General Santa Ana in the musical "Lone Star."

Television

Espinoza's breakout role "Jesse Vasquez", the upwardly mobile but cheating husband of Gabrielle Carteris' character Andrea on Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1993 to 1995, quickly established him as an audience favorite at a time when Latin actors were scarce in primetime television.

Espinoza went on to assume the role of "Carlos", Kelly Bundy's clueless boyfriend on the hit television series Married... with Children (2 episodes, 1995–1996). He also played Mexican police detective Alberto Aguilar on The Young and the Restless investigating the possible role of Victor Newman in a death that occurred in Mexico.

Subsequently, he has appeared in numerous films and theatrical productions as well as hundreds of hours of television on such notable shows as Private Practice, House, Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Mayans M.C., American Horror Story, and Scandal, playing a variety of roles from blood-sucking priests to kind-hearted cops.

Currently

When not shooting on location, Espinoza makes his home in Los Angeles where he is a father to three young women and own and cares for three rescued dogs.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993–1995	Beverly Hills, 90210	Jesse Vasquez	Main role
1995–1996	Married... with Children	Carlos	2 episodes
1996	Caroline in the City	Doctor	Episode: "Caroline and Victor/Victoria"
1998	Trinity	Raphael	Episode: "No Secrets"
2002	NYPD Blue	Alberto Cepeda	Episode: "Maya Con Dios"
	Fastlane	Eber Montalvo
2003	The Agency	Col. Obregon
	Nip/Tuck	Ron
	The Lyon's Den	David Perez
	Karen Sisco	Hector Zapata
2004	JAG	Petty Officer First Class Joe Dakey	Episode: "Crash"
	Strong Medicine
2005	NCIS	Sheriff Deke Lester	Episode: "Black Water"
	Numb3rs	Frank Lopez	Episode: "Bones of Contention"
2007	Moonlight	Father Garza
2008	Big Shots	Luis
	Psych	Andres
	Gemini Division	Sal Diaz
	Without a Trace	Sgt. Aguilera	Episode: "Rise and Fall"
	The Young and the Restless	Agent Roberto Aguilar	5 episodes
	The Mentalist	Red Brick and Ivy	Episode: "Red Brick and Ivy"
2010	House M.D.	Stan	Episode: "5 to 9"
	Castle	Professor Stevenson	Episode: "The Mistress Always Spanks Twice"
	Parenthood	Matt Fortunato	Episode: "Perchance to Dream"
	Outlaw	Dr. Burt Jonas	Episode: "In Re: Jessica Davis"
	Days of Our Lives	Justice of the Peace	3 episodes
2011	Private Practice	Richard Huvane	Episode: "Something Old, Something New"
2012	Body of Proof	Antonio Diaz	Episode: "Occupational Hazards"
2012–2015	Scandal	Chairman of Joint Chiefs	2 episodes
2013	NCIS: Los Angeles	Detective Lopez	Episode: "Purity"
2014	Perception	Victor	Episode: "Curveball"
	Intelligence	Joseph Bernard
2015	The Carmichael Show	Dr. Hunter	Episode: "Kale"
2015–2016	The Bold & The Beautiful	Dr. Wolin	7 episodes
2016	Secrets & Lies	Henry Stratman	2 episodes
2016–2017	Major Crimes	Father Stan/Priest	7 episodes
2017	Sweet/Vicious	The Dean	2 episodes
2018	SEAL Team	Gen. Gene Parsons	Episode: "The Upside Down"
	Criminal Minds	Scott Taveras	Episode: "Cure"
	9-1-1	Uncle at Funeral	Episode: "Awful People"
2018–2019	Mayans M.C.	Nico Diehl	3 episodes
2019	S.W.A.T.	Jorge	Episode: "Trigger Creep"
2022	The Endgame	Rogelio Réal	Main role
	Quantum Leap	Alberto Sandoval	Episode: "A Decent Proposal"

Film

Year	Title	Role
1993	The Fugitive	Resident
1999	Eastside	Horacio Lopez
2010	Gerald	Cop
2014	Gutshot Straight	Schmidt
2019	American Exit	Dr. Figueroa
2020	Paper Tiger	Michael

External links

• Mark D. Espinoza at IMDb
• Mark D. Espinoza on Linked-In
• Mark D. Espinoza on Facebook