After guest-starring on several television shows like New York Undercover (1994) and Law & Order (1990), he landed his best-known role as Miguel Alvarez, a morose and violent prisoner struggling for redemption on HBO's notoriously gritty Oz (1997). Though he was nominated for a Cable Ace award and an ALMA award for his work on Oz (1997), it was Acevedo's role as Pvt. Tella in The Thin Red Line (1998) that won him an ALMA.
Since Oz and Band of Brothers, Acevedo has been a regular face on television and film with regular roles on Sci-Fi cult show Fringe and the acclaimed but short-lived Prime Suspect (US) remake.
He is married to Kiersten Warren and they have one child.
Film Roles
- 1998 The Thin Red Line as Pvt. Tella
- 2000 Boiler Room as Broker
- 2000 The Visit as Prospective Parolee
- 2000 Bait as Ramundo
- 2005 The New World as Sentry
- 2006 Invincible as Tommy
- 2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as Carver
- 2018 Insidious: The Last Key as Ted Garza
Television Roles
- 1997-2003 Oz as Miguel Alvarez
- 1999 The Sentinel as Ray Aldo
- 2001 Third Watch as Paulie Fuentes
- 2001 Band of Brothers as Joseph D. Toye
- 2004 NYPD Blue as Scott Grafton
- 2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as DA Investigator Hector Salazar
- 2005-2006 Law & Order: Trial by Jury as DA Investigator Hector Salazar
- 2006 NUMB3RS as Gino McGinty
- 2006 24 as George Avila
- 2007 Cold Case as Dylan Naokes
- 2007 The Black Donnellys as Nicky Cottero
- 2008-2011 Fringe as Charlie Francis/alt-Charlie
- 2009 White Collar as Ruiz
- 2011-2012 Prime Suspect (US) as Det. Luisito Calderon
- 2013 The Walking Dead as Mitch Dolgen
- 2013 Person of Interest as Timothy Sloan
- 2013-2014 Blue Bloods as Javi "Tic-Tac" Baez
- 2014 Grimm as Ron Hurd
- 2015-2018 12 Monkeys as Jose Ramse
- 2015 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Tomas Calderon
- 2017-2019 Arrow as Ricardo "The Dragon" Diaz
- 2018 Elseworlds as Ricardo Diaz
Video Games
- 2007 The Darkness as Jackie Estacado
