Kevin Alejandro was born April 7, 1976 in San Antonio. From age
eight he was raised in Snyder Texas. He is an actor best known for
his roles as Nate Moretta in the crime drama Southland, Jesús
Velásquez in the supernatural thriller True Blood, Sebastian Blood /
Brother Blood in the superhero series Arrow, and as Daniel Espinoza
in the comedy-crime drama Lucifer. Alejandro was voted #7 in
Entertainment Weekly's "15 Smartest, Sexiest Crime-fighters of '09.
In 2006, he appeared in
the NCIS episode "Driven" as character Jamie Jones. He made an
appearance, along with fellow Ugly Betty actor Eric Mabius, in the
CSI: Miami episode "One of Our Own", and another as a gay hustler in
HBO's Big Love. He appeared on an episode of Charmed season 7 as
Malvock, a cunning demon. He also appeared in the first few episodes
of 24's fourth season, as a terrorist henchman, in which he also
stars with Tony Plana, fellow Ugly Betty actor. Alejandro was a
regular on the now defunct drama Shark as Deputy District Attorney
Danny Reyes and had a small role on The Cleaner, an A&E television
series.
In 2011, he appeared in the movie Red State, opposite John Goodman,
as well a horror film Cassadaga. He also played Tony Arroyo, a
homicide detective in the 2013 television show Golden Boy. Alejandro
portrayed Sheriff Tommy Solano in the ABC / A&E series The Returned
Together with his best
friend, Stephen Monroe Taylor, Alejandro started the Jerry P.
Worsham scholarship fund, which is meant to cover the costs of
college for theatre students from an underprivileged background.
Jerry P. Worsham refers to a much-respected educator at Snyder High
School, whose influence spread far beyond a single school through
his role in the UT Summer Theater Workshop for high school students. |