Jay Santiago

Acting

Jay Santiago

San Juan, Puerto Rico16 credits

Jay Santiago Suárez (born in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rician actor and voice actor. Jay performed as a skilled and trained dancer with the ensemble, Ita Medina, for the Original Telemundo Network in San Juan. He is a series regular in the APPLE TV+ series, Ghostwriter, and co-starred with Don Cheadle in the Showtime comedy, Black Monday. His series work also includes roles in S.W.A.T., Dick Wolf's CBS show FBI: Most Wanted, and a recurring role on Netflix's "Uncoupled" with Neil Patrick Harris and Marcia Gay Harden. He had numerous credits as a voice-over artist as well as in motion capture gaming including, Grand Theft Auto V. Some of Jay's other series and feature credits include, The Purge, Big Lake, Criminal Minds, Blue Bloods, Bruiser, Rainbow Ruthie and Bel Canto, and The Mick and the Trick, among others.

Known For

Filmography

The Pastor Who Preys
2026The Pastor Who Preys
as Mayor DougtenMovie
Bruiser
2022Bruiser
as HectorMovie
Uncoupled
2022Uncoupled
as FreddyTV
Sweet Navidad
2021Sweet Navidad
as Luis TiradoMovie
FBI: Most Wanted
2020FBI: Most Wanted
as Rafael ZamoraTV
Ghostwriter
2019Ghostwriter
as Grandpa ErnestoTV
The Chosen
2019The Chosen
as Father of UzziahTV
The Other Two
2019The Other Two
as Mr. GutierrezTV
Black Monday
2019Black Monday
as El SastreTV
New Amsterdam
2018New Amsterdam
as Patricia's FatherTV
Bel Canto
2018Bel Canto
as Monsignor RollandMovie
S.W.A.T.
2017S.W.A.T.
as General Emiliano MuridoTV
Dead Man Down
2013Dead Man Down
as Latin ManMovie