Julian Acosta

Acting

Julian Acosta

Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico33 credits

Julian Acosta is a Puerto Rican actor. He was born and raised in Puerto Rico and moved to El Paso, TX as a teenager. Upon college graduation, he moved to New York where he was quickly cast in Denis Leary's heralded but short-lived comedy series "The Job" on ABC. Acosta has held recurring roles on "NCIS: New Orleans" on CBS, "Madam Secretary" on CBS, "Hand of God" on Amazon, "Being Mary Jane" on BET, "Dirt" on F/X, "Strong Medicine" on Lifetime, "The Defenders" on CBS, "Hollywood Heights" on NICK, "Franklin and Bash" on TNT, and "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" on ABC Family. He has made guest starring turns on "Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders", "Elementary", "NCIS: Los Angeles," "The Mentalist," "The Unit," and "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" [CBS], "The Librarians", "Proof" [TNT], "Grimm," "Law & Order," "Law & Order LA," "King Pin" and "The West Wing" [NBC], "Covert Affairs" [USA], "Castle," "George Lopez" and "Scrubs" [ABC], "Entourage" [HBO], to name a few. On the film front, Acosta has been seen in THE THREE CHRISTS directed by Jon Avnet, CBGB playing Legendary Punk Rock guitarist Johnny Ramone, THE LORDS OF SALEM directed by Rob Zombie, THE ATTICUS INSTITUTE directed by Chris Sparling, BOUND BY LIES with Stephen Baldwin and Kristy Swanson and TRUE LOVE directed by Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Nominee Henry Barrial. Julian is also the creator of several original series for Television currently in development through his company Broken Toy Works.

Known For

Filmography

A Teacher
2020A Teacher
as Jeffrey ManningTV
Pearson
2019Pearson
as Eric McBrideTV
The Fix
2019The Fix
as Detective Diego RamonTV
The Rookie
2018The Rookie
as Sgt. Antonio HernandezTV
Three Christs
2017Three Christs
as Dr. FranciscoMovie
Room 104
2017Room 104
as Older BrotherTV
The Librarians
2014The Librarians
as AdamskiTV
Madam Secretary
2014Madam Secretary
as Craig SterlingTV
CBGB
2013CBGB
as Johnny RamoneMovie
Elementary
2012Elementary
as Mateo LimaTV
Grimm
2011Grimm
as Gabriel MartelTV
Franklin & Bash
2011Franklin & Bash
as Henry SteinTV
Law & Order: LA
2010Law & Order: LA
as Jorge RivasTV
The Defenders
2010The Defenders
as Judge ReyesTV
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009NCIS: Los Angeles
as Assistant U.S. Attorney Oscar GuevaraTV
Castle
2009Castle
as Alfred CandelaTV
The Mentalist
2008The Mentalist
as Steve PresiadoTV
Dirt
2007Dirt
as Adam ProteauTV
Bound by Lies
2005Bound by Lies
as Emanuel JuarezMovie
Entourage
2004Entourage
as Alejandro TevaTV
NCIS
2003NCIS
as Matt BurnsTV
George Lopez
2002George Lopez
as Rick MartinezTV
Scrubs
2001Scrubs
as JesusTV
The Job
2001The Job
as Al RodriguezTV
Strong Medicine
2000Strong Medicine
as Miguel ArenasTV
The West Wing
1999The West Wing
as Leon MonteroTV
Law & Order
1990Law & Order
as Jonathan BrimTV