Jason Manuel Olazabal
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Jason Manuel Olazabal | |
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| Born | October 14, 1973 Santa Maria, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Jason Manuel Olazabal (born October 14, 1973), also just known as Jason Olazabal, is an American actor, known for playing Ramon Prado in Showtime TV series Dexter.
Early life
[edit]Olazábal was born in Santa Maria, California.
Career
[edit]His acting career started in 2001 in Law & Order. He then appeared in The Education of Max Bickford in 2002 and Bad Boys II in 2003 as Detective Marco Vargas. Along with Law & Order, he has starred in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In 2006, he starred in Charmed and Inside Man. He appeared in House and Numb3rs in 2007. In Season 3 of Dexter, he starred as Ramon Prado in 9 episodes as a lieutenant, grieving over the loss of his brother, and later in the season, his other brother. He jointly received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series", along with other Dexter co-stars. He appeared in The Unit in 2009 and became a recurring character in Make It or Break It as Alex Cruz.
Personal life
[edit]He married actress Sunita Param on February 6, 2004. Jason Manuel Olazabal is also a member of Iota Phi Theta fraternity, initiated at the Fraternity's Beta Sigma Chapter (U. of Northern Colorado) in 1994.[1]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Film/Show | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | Law & Order | Jeffrey Sayles | |
| 2002 | The Education of Max Bickford | Eduardo | |
| 2003 | Law & Order | Jeffrey Sayles | |
| Bad Boys II | Dt. Marco Vargas | ||
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Detective Upmann | ||
| 2005 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sascha Hart | |
| 2006 | Charmed | Java | |
| Inside Man | ESU Officer Hernandez | ||
| 2007 | Numb3rs | Jimmy Lopez | |
| House | Dr. O'Reilly, a.k.a. #11 | ||
| 2008 | This Is Not a Test | Johnny Dorey | |
| Dexter | Ramon Prado | Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | |
| 2009 | The Unit | Mateo | |
| Make It or Break It | Alex Cruz | ||
| 2011 | Person of Interest | Hector Alvarez | Season 1 Episode 9 - "Get Carter" |
| 2015 | Scorpion (TV series) | Hector Menjivar | Season 1 Episode 20 - "Crossroads" |
| 2017 | Fear the Walking Dead | Dante Esquivel | Season 3 |
| I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore | Cesar |
References
[edit]- ^ Greeks in Entertainment Archived November 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine