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