Portrait of Julian Acosta

Julian Acosta

Acting

Biography

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.

Place of Birth: Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Filmography

2020
A Teacher

as Jeffrey Manning

2019
Pearson

as Eric McBride

2018
The Rookie

as Sgt. Antonio Hernandez

2017
Three Christs

as Dr. Francisco

2017
Room 104

as Older Brother

2014
The Librarians

as Adamski

2014
Madam Secretary

as Craig Sterling

2013
CBGB

as Johnny Ramone

2013
2013
2012
Elementary

as Mateo Lima

2011
2011
Grimm

as Gabriel Martel

2011
Franklin & Bash

as Henry Stein

2010
Law & Order: LA

as Jorge Rivas

2010
The Defenders

as Judge Reyes

2009
NCIS: Los Angeles

as Assistant U.S. Attorney Oscar Guevara

2009
Castle

as Alfred Candela

2008
The Mentalist

as Steve Presiado

2007
Dirt

as Adam Proteau

2005
Bound by Lies

as Emanuel Juarez

2004
Entourage

as Alejandro Teva

2003
NCIS

as Matt Burns

2002
George Lopez

as Rick Martinez

2001
Scrubs

as Jesus

2001
The Job

as Al Rodriguez

2000
Strong Medicine

as Miguel Arenas

1999
The West Wing

as Leon Montero

1990
Law & Order

as Jonathan Brim