Jay Santiago
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.
Acting
TV
S.W.A.T.
as General Emiliano Murido
2017
Movie
Dead Man Down
as Latin Man
2013
TV
New Amsterdam
as Patricia's Father
2018
TV
The Chosen
as Father of Uzziah
2019
TV
FBI: Most Wanted
as Rafael Zamora
2020
TV
Will Trent
as Javi
2023
Movie
Bel Canto
as Monsignor Rolland
2018
TV
Ghostwriter
as Grandpa Ernesto
2019
Movie
Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado
as Abuelo
2025
TV
Uncoupled
as Freddy
2022
TV
Black Monday
as El Sastre
2019
TV
The Other Two
as Mr. Gutierrez
2019
Movie
Better Start Running
as Rodrigo
2018
Movie
Bruiser
as Hector
2022
Movie
Sweet Navidad
as Luis Tirado
2021
Movie
The Pastor Who Preys
as Mayor Dougten
2026
Movie
Violent Mind
as Frank