Julian Acosta
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.
Acting
TV
The Mentalist
as Steve Presiado
2008
TV
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Dr. Pascal Vega
2013
TV
Grimm
as Gabriel Martel
2011
TV
The Rookie
as Sgt. Antonio Hernandez
2018
TV
NCIS
as Matt Burns
2003
TV
Castle
as Alfred Candela
2009
TV
Elementary
as Mateo Lima
2012
TV
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Assistant U.S. Attorney Oscar Guevara
2009
Movie
The Lords of Salem
as Priest
2013
TV
Law & Order
as Jonathan Brim
1990
TV
Entourage
as Alejandro Teva
2004
TV
The West Wing
as Leon Montero
1999
TV
The Librarians
as Adamski
2014
TV
A Teacher
as Jeffrey Manning
2020
TV
Madam Secretary
as Craig Sterling
2014
TV
The Unit
as Dr. Reyes Flores
2006
Movie
CBGB
as Johnny Ramone
2013
TV
Pearson
as Eric McBride
2019
Movie
Three Christs
as Dr. Francisco
2017
TV
Room 104
as Older Brother
2017
TV
A Million Little Things
as Max
2018
TV
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
as Edward
2008
TV
Scrubs
as Jesus
2001
TV
George Lopez
as Rick Martinez
2002