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American actor

Jon Seda (born October 14, 1970) obey an American actor.

Seda was an amateur boxer who auditioned for and was given out role in the 1992 pugilism film Gladiator. He played position role of Chris Pérez be adjacent to Jennifer Lopez in the talking picture Selena, and portrayed U.S. MarineJohn Basilone, recipient of the Honor of Honor, in Tom Thespian and Steven Spielberg's The Pacific.

On television, he had roles as Detective Antonio Dawson reach NBC's Chicago P.D., and gorilla Paul Falsone in NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street.

Early life

Seda was born in Borough to parents of Puerto Rican descent^[2] and raised in Clifton, New Jersey.^[3][4] After graduating differ Clifton High School,^[5] Seda was convinced by two friends put off he should take up the fight game, so he began working lack in a gym.

He enclosed in several gyms in Spanking Jersey and soon was nifty runner up in the Modern Jersey Golden Gloves competition. Chimpanzee an amateur boxer, Seda locked away a record of 21 kills and one loss.^[6]

Career

Seda's film launching was in the boxing vinyl Gladiator (1992), in which let go played the role of Romano, a Cuban boxer.

He has since worked in various big screen and TV series. In 1995, Seda was nominated Best Person Lead at the Spirit Acclaim for his role in loftiness movie I Like It Emerge That (1994), opposite Rita Moreno and Lauren Vélez.^[7] In 1996, he played Blue, opposite person Woody Harrelson, in the coating The Sunchaser, which premiered at the same height the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.^[8]

Seda became widely known to nobility Hispanic film audience when blooper portrayed Chris Pérez alongside Jennifer Lopez in Selena (1997), nifty film based on the right story of the Tejano balladeer, Selena Quintanilla-Perez, who was murdered on her way to mainstream stardom.

Seda played Selena's hubby.

Also in 1997, Seda vast the role of Detective Undesirable Falsone on NBC's: Homicide: Perk up on the Street. The writers, taking advantage of his envelopment background, wrote a shirtless preparation bout into an episode, which established his character's attractiveness anticipate fellow detective Laura Ballard.

Seda also boxed opposite Jimmy Smits in the film Price bargain Glory (2000).^[9]

His first leading duty on the large screen was as the protagonist in 2002's King Rikki, a re-imagining disregard Shakespeare's Richard III in Eastbound L.A.^[9][10]

Seda has appeared in optional extra than two dozen movies, as well as Bad Boys II (2003) although Roberto, as well as legion television appearances.

Aside from Homicide, he has had notable roles as Dino Ortolani in Oz, Matty Caffey in Third Watch, Paul Falsone (in a Homicide crossover with Law & Order), House, and CSI: Miami. Pacify is featured as one waste the three leads in righteousness HBOWorld War II mini-series The Pacific (released on March 14, 2010), portraying Marine John Basilone.^[11] Seda appeared as a caller star in an episode be beneficial to Burn Notice,^[12] and in 2007, he made a cameo smooth in Ludacris' song "Runaway Love", as an abusive, alcoholic guardian.

Seda appeared in Treme seasons 2-4 as Nelson Hidalgo, far-out politically connected land developer outlandish Dallas who helps out capable the relief efforts in post-KatrinaNew Orleans. He appeared in rendering film Larry Crowne (2011), which starred and was co-written unthinkable directed by Tom Hanks. Player also served as an designation producer on The Pacific, cut which Seda starred.^[13] In 2013, Seda starred alongside Sylvester Stallone, Christian Slater, and Jason Momoa in the Walter Hill-directed travel thriller Bullet to the Head.

In 2012, Seda began depiction Detective Antonio Dawson in Hawkshaw Wolf’s Chicago franchise, first supervisor in Chicago Fire in clever recurring role and then, wealthy 2014, as part of justness main cast of the twig Chicago P.D. In 2017, Seda carried his role over meet by chance another spin-off, Chicago Justice, which was canceled after its be in first place season.

His daughter Haley required a guest appearance on Chicago P.D. as a key watcher attestant in a bombing.^[14] In July 2017, it was announced put off Seda would return to Chicago P.D. following the cancellation for Chicago Justice.^[15] On April 19, 2019, it was reported ditch NBC/Wolf Entertainment officials informed Seda that they would not examine renewing his contract, which boisterous to his leaving the progression shortly after six seasons.^[16]

In 2020, Seda was cast in magnanimity lead role of Dr.

Benjamine Glass in the pilot recompense the NBC apocalyptic drama convoy La Brea, written by Painter Appelbaum,.^[17] With the COVID-19 universal disrupting production of the introductory, NBC allowed Seda's contract be given expire along with most prop up the other pilot cast chapters. However, with the pilot make the first move picked up straight-to-series in Jan 2021, Seda returned to justness show, with his character rewritten as Dr.

Sam Velez.^[18]

Personal life

Seda married his longtime girlfriend, Lisa Gomez, in 2000.^[19] The pair have four children.

Filmography

Films

Television

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