Julian Acosta

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.

Most Known For

The Rookie

as Sgt. Antonio Hernandez

Law & Order

as Jonathan Brim

NCIS

as Matt Burns

The Mentalist

as Steve Presiado

Castle

as Alfred Candela

Grimm

as Gabriel Martel

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Assistant U.S. Attorney Oscar Guevara

Elementary

as Mateo Lima

The West Wing

as Leon Montero

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

as Dr. Pascal Vega

Scrubs

as Jesus

Entourage

as Alejandro Teva

Strong Medicine

as Miguel Arenas

Madam Secretary

as Craig Sterling

A Million Little Things

as Max

The Librarians

as Adamski

Franklin & Bash

as Henry Stein

Room 104

as Older Brother

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

as Edward

The Defenders

as Judge Reyes