Julian Acosta
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Mentalist
Steve Presiado
2008
Series
NCIS
Matt Burns
2003
Series
Law & Order
Jonathan Brim
1990
Series
The Librarians
Adamski
2014
Series
The Rookie
Sgt. Antonio Hernandez
2018
Series
Castle
Alfred Candela
2009
Series
NCIS: Los Angeles
Assistant U.S. Attorney Oscar Guevara
2009
Series
The West Wing
Leon Montero
1999
Series
Grimm
Gabriel Martel
2011
Series
Scrubs
Jesus
2001
Series
Elementary
Mateo Lima
2012
Series
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Dr. Pascal Vega
2013
Series
Entourage
Alejandro Teva
2004
Series
Madam Secretary
Craig Sterling
2014
Series
Strong Medicine
Miguel Arenas
2000
Series
The Unit
Dr. Reyes Flores
2006
Series
A Million Little Things
Max
2018
Series
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Edward
2008
Series
Franklin & Bash
Henry Stein
2011
Series
Law & Order: LA
Jorge Rivas
2010
Series
Room 104
Older Brother
2017
Series
Dirt
Adam Proteau
2007
Series
Hollywood Heights
Brian
2012
Series
A Teacher
Jeffrey Manning
2020
Series
George Lopez
Rick Martinez
2002
Series
The Defenders
Judge Reyes
2010
Series
Pearson
Eric McBride
2019
Series
The Job
Al Rodriguez
2001
Series
The Fix
Detective Diego Ramon
2019
Second Time Around
Diego
2004
Film
The Lords of Salem
Priest
2013
Film
Three Christs
Dr. Francisco
2017
Film
CBGB
Johnny Ramone
2013
Film
We Have Your Husband
Septien
2011
Film
Bound by Lies
Emanuel Juarez
2005