Jose Pablo Cantillo

Jose Pablo Cantillo, known as Joey Cantillo, is an American actor, writer, director, and producer of Costa Rican descent in his early 40s. Over a career spanning more than two decades, he has appeared in numerous major film and television productions, including Crank (2006), Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014), The Walking Dead (2012–2013), Elysium (2013), Chappie (2015), Mayor of Kingstown (2021–present), and Ambulance (2022). Early life and education Cantillo was born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, and raised in Terre Haute, Indiana, by his Costa Rican parents, Roberto Cantillo and Rita Bolaños. He attended Terre Haute South Vigo High School, where he was a standout tennis player for four years, helping lead the Braves to a state runner-up finish in 1996. He graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 2001 from the Kelley School of Business Honors program. After taking drama classes at IU, Cantillo moved to New York City to pursue acting, training at the Atlantic Theater Company.

Career

Cantillo relocated to Los Angeles in late 2003 and quickly began landing guest roles on television. His breakout came with the action film Crank (2006), in which he played the villain Ricky Verona opposite Jason Statham; he reprised the role in Crank: High Voltage (2009). That same year, he appeared in the thriller Disturbia alongside Shia LaBeouf.

On television, Cantillo earned recognition for his recurring role as 'Hector Salazar', the volatile leader of a rival motorcycle gang, on the FX series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014). He later joined the cast of AMC's The Walking Dead as 'Caesar Martinez', the bat-wielding enforcer for the 'Governor'.

Cantillo has collaborated with acclaimed directors including Jonathan Demme (The Manchurian Candidate, 2004), David Mamet, and Neill Blomkamp, who cast him in both Elysium (2013) and Chappie (2015). His extensive television credits include Standoff, Constantine, Taken, El Chicano, NCIS, S.W.A.T., The Rookie, Magnum P.I., Will Trent, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Mayor of Kingstown.

In addition to acting, Cantillo works as a writer, and producer, having established his own production company.

Personal life

When he's not on set, Cantillo can be found on the sidelines coaching his kids' youth sports teams, twirling his wife Kristi across the dance floor to Latin music, or playing endless games of fetch with his beloved dogs. The family calls Los Angeles home.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	The Manchurian Candidate	Villalobos
2005	Shackles	Gabriel Garcia	Video
2006	The Bondage	Spider
	Crank	Ricky Verona
2007	After Sex	Marco
	Disturbia	Officer Gutierrez
	Cleaner	Miguel
2008	Redbelt	Snowflake
2009	Crank: High Voltage	Ricky Verona
	Virtuality	Manny Rodriguez	TV movie
	Streets of Blood	Pepe	Video
2012	Talhotblond	Wilkes	TV movie
	Girl in Tank	-	Short
	American Citizen	Young Frank Ruiz	Short
2013	Elysium	Sandro
2015	Chappie	Yankie (Amerika)
	Solace	Sawyer
	Man Down	2nd Lt. Taylor
2016	Seed	Tim	Short
2017	Zygote	Quinn	Short
2018	El Chicano	Detective Martinez
	No Apologies	Irish Joe	TV movie
2019	A. I. Tales	Tim
2021	Cherry	Drill Sgt. Deco
	Copshop	Officer Peña
2022	Ambulance	Jesus

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Jack Martinez	Episode: "Baggage"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Wilberto 'Wille' Angel	Episode: "Rotten"
2004	ER	Juan Enriquez	Episode: "Intern's Guide to the Galaxy"
2005	CSI: Miami	Juan Fernandez	Episode: "One Night Stand"
	Medical Investigation	Rick Hain	Episode: "Survivor"
	Crossing Jordan	Danny Artega	Episode: "Sanctuary"
	Nip/Tuck	Marlon Ramirez	Episode: "KiKi"
	Eyes	Francisco Lopez	Episode: "Poison"
2006	Bones	Jose Vargas	Episode: "The Woman in the Garden"
2006–07	Standoff	Duff Gonzalez	Main cast
2007	The Unit	Rock	Episode: "Binary Explosion"
2008	Monk	Carlos	Episode: "Mr. Monk Is on the Run: Part 2"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	I.A. Officer Galvez	Episode: "The Theory of Everything"
	The Shield	Amando Rios	Episode: "Genocide" & "Animal Control"
2009	The Closer	Enrique Santos	Episode: "Half Load"
	Lie To Me	Amadeo Valadez	Episode: "Fold Equity"
2010	Hawthorne	Manny Rodriguez	Episode: "No Excuses"
	Dark Blue	Raphael Garza	Episode: "Shelter of the Beast"
	Lone Star	Matt	Episode: "Pilot"
	Terriers	Felipe Prado	Episode: "Agua Caliente"
	Sons of Anarchy	Hector Salazar	Recurring cast: Season 3
	The Good Guys	Santora	Episode: "Cop Killer"
2011	Law & Order: LA	Cesar Vargas	Episode: "Zuma Canyon"
2012	The River	Manny Centeno	Episode: "Peaches" & "Doctor Emmet Cole"
	The Finder	Luis Obispo	Episode: "Voodoo Undo"
2012–13	The Walking Dead	Caesar Martinez	Recurring cast: Season 3, guest: Season 4
2013	The Mentalist	Angel	Episode: "Wedding in Red"
	Twisted Tales	Ricardo	Episode: "Cached"
2014	Rush	–	Episode: "We Are Family"
2014–15	Constantine	Hugo Lopez	Episode: "The Saint of Last Resorts 1 & 2"
2015	Tales of Halloween	Dutch [1]	Episode: "The Ransom of Rusty Rex"
2016	Damien	Alex	Episode: "Seven Curses"
	Shooter	Justin Singer	Episode: "Killing Zone" & "Danger Close"
2017	Taken	Dave	Main cast: season 1
2018	The Last Ship	Octavio	Recurring cast: season 5
2019	The Rookie	Franco DeSantis	Episode: "Caught Stealing"
	S.W.A.T.	Ricardo Fuentes	Episode: "Lion's Den"
2021	Coyote	Javi Lopez	Episode: "Sin of Origin"
	Magnum P.I.	Mitch Desanto	Episode: "Someone to Watch Over Me"
2021–22	Mayor of Kingstown	Carlos Jiménez	Recurring cast
2022	NCIS	DEA Agent Mark Sisco	Episode: "Thick as Thieves"

References

1. The Ransom of Rusty Rex t stars Sam Witwer (“Being Human”), Jose Cantillo (“The Walking Dead”), John Landis, and Ben Woolf.

External links

• Jose Pablo Cantillo at IMDb
• Jose Pablo Cantillo Online
• José Pablo Cantillo Fan Love