:en:Amaury Nolasco
{{Short description|Puerto Rican actor (born 1970)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}
{{family name hatnote|Nolasco|Garrido|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Amaury Nolasco
| image = Amaury_Nolasco_10-13-2008.jpg
| caption = Nolasco at the premiere of Max Payne in 2008
| birthname = Amaury Nolasco Garrido
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|12|24}}
| birth_place = Vieques, Puerto Rico
| death_date =
| death_place =
| citizenship = United States
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1996–present
}}
Amaury Nolasco Garrido (born December 24, 1970) is a Puerto Rican actor. He is best known for the role of Fernando Sucre on the Fox television series Prison Break (2005–2008, 2017), and for his role in Transformers (2007).{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=March 16, 2016 |title='Prison Break': Amaury Nolasco To Reprise Role In Fox Event Series |url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/prison-break-amaury-nolasco-reprise-role-fernando-sucre-fox-event-series-1201721041/ |access-date=April 5, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Amaury Nolasco Says His 'Transformers' Character Is Alive, Could Return In 'Transformers 3' |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/0e90h7/amaury-nolasco-says-his-transformers-character-is-alive-could-return-in-transformers-3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405202119/https://www.mtv.com/news/0e90h7/amaury-nolasco-says-his-transformers-character-is-alive-could-return-in-transformers-3 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |access-date=April 5, 2024 |website=MTV |language=en}}
Early life
Nolasco was born in Vieques, Puerto Rico on Christmas Eve in 1970 to Dominican parents.{{cite news|title=Amaury Nolasco dice fue un honor encarnar al Teniente Amado|url=http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=338365|access-date=April 14, 2014|newspaper=El Nuevo Diario|date=July 25, 2013|location=Santo Domingo|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415120809/http://elnuevodiario.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=338365|archive-date=April 15, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Amaury Nolasco: "Esta es la tierra que vio nacer a mis padres"|url=http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2013/07/26/amaury-nolasco-ldquoesta-tierra-que-vio-nacer-mis-padresrdquo|access-date=April 14, 2014|newspaper=El Caribe|date=July 26, 2013|location=Santo Domingo|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415064955/http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2013/07/26/amaury-nolasco-ldquoesta-tierra-que-vio-nacer-mis-padresrdquo|archive-date=April 15, 2014}} After various acting gigs, Nolasco moved to New York City.
Career
Nolasco has guest-starred in various television series such as Arli$$, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and ER. His first role on a feature film was in Takeshi Kitano's Brother, along others as "Orange Julius" in Universal's 2 Fast 2 Furious. He then went on to co-star opposite Bernie Mac in Mr. 3000.
Nolasco's additional television and film credits include roles on George Lopez and CSI: NY, and in The Benchwarmers. He also appeared on Mind of Mencia as a guest on Sunday, April 29, 2007. He also starred in Director Michael Bay's Transformers, released during the summer of 2007. Bay offered to cast Nolasco in the sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, but he declined due to scheduling conflicts. His most high-profile role was Prison Break.
In November 2009, Nolasco made an appearance in Wisin & Yandel's music video "Imagínate" featuring T-Pain alongside Wilmer Valderrama. He plays a jealous mobster who murders Valderrama's character for sleeping with his girlfriend. He also appears in Calle 13's music video "La Perla".
In March 2010, Nolasco guest-starred in three episodes during the second season of Southland, as Detective Rene Cordero.
From September 2010 to May 2011, he costarred in the NBC show Chase, a one-season show about U.S. Marshals that hunt down fugitives. He starred in the short-lived ABC television series Work It which premiered on January 3, 2012.
Nolasco was featured in the sitcom Telenovela, as Rodrigo Suarez, Ana Sofia's eccentric co-star who plays the show's villain.
Personal life
Nolasco began dating Jennifer Morrison in 2009, and the relationship reportedly lasted three years.{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2014/09/10/jennifer-morrison-rules-the-red-carpet/|title=Jennifer Morrison rules the red carpet|date=September 10, 2014|work=New York Post|access-date=May 1, 2018|language=en-US}}
He was a supporter of the presidential campaign of Barack Obama.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY YouTube - Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video]
For the second year in a row, Nolasco was the host of the Amaury Nolasco & Friends Golf Classic that took place in El Conquistador Hotel in Fajardo, Puerto Rico from June 10–11, 2011. The Amaury Nolasco & Friends Golf Classic is a celebrity golf tournament, where all the profits go to non-profit Puerto Rican organizations. For the second season, the profits went to the University of Puerto Rico Pediatric Hospital and to the VAL Foundation (Vive Alegre Luchando), an organization that gives their funding to pediatric cancer patients.{{cite web |url=http://www.primerahora.com/amaurynolascosatisfechoconsumisioncaritativa-514796.html |title=Amaury Nolasco satisfecho con su misión caritativa |website=Primera Hora |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615043659/http://www.primerahora.com/amaurynolascosatisfechoconsumisioncaritativa-514796.html |archive-date=June 15, 2011}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Note |
|---|
| 1997
| Fall | Waiter | Uncredited |
| 2000
| Brother | Victor | |
| 2002
| Final Breakdown | Hector Arturo | |
| rowspan="2"|2003
| Julius 'Orange Julius' | |
| The Librarians
| G-Man | |
| 2004
| Mr. 3000 | Jorge Minadeo | |
| 2006
| Carlos | |
| 2007
| ACWO Jorge "Fig" Figueroa | |
| rowspan="2"|2008
| Detective Cosmo Santos | |
| Max Payne
| Jack Lupino | |
| 2009
| Armored | Palmer | |
| 2011
| Segurra | |
| rowspan="3"|2013
| Detective Murphy | |
| El Teniente Amado
| |
| Out of the Blue
| Savage | Short film |
| rowspan="3"|2014
| Silvio Lugo | |
| Small Time
| Barlow | |
| Animal
| Douglas | |
| 2015
| 2 Hours 2 Vegas | Damian Savage | Short film |
| rowspan="2"|2016
| Criminal | Esteban Ruiza | |
| Fate
| Boss | Short film |
| rowspan="3"|2018
| Locating Silver Lake | Jose | |
| Edge of Fear
| Nick | |
| Speed Kills
| Agent Lopez | |
| 2019
| Jarhead: Law of Return | Gunny Sergeant | Video |
| 2021
| Manny | |
| 2022
| Benny | |
| 2024
| Fosco | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1998
| Shadow's Accomplice #1 | Episode: "Going Native" |
| rowspan="2"|1999
| Arli$$ | Ivory Ortega | Episode: "The Stories You Don't Hear About" |
| Early Edition
| Pedro Mendoza | Episode: "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" |
| rowspan="3"|2000
| | Episode: "A Thousand Words" |
| The Huntress
| Flaco Rosario | Episode: "Bad Boys & Why We Love Them" |
| The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood
| Cypriano | TV movie |
| 2001
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Hector Delgado | Episode: "Slaves of Las Vegas" |
| 2002
| ER | Ricky | Episode: "Dead Again" |
| 2003
| Young Manny | Episode: "Long Time No See" |
| 2004
| Eve | Adrian | Episode: "Love TKO" |
| 2005
| CSI: NY | Ruben DeRosa | Episode: "The Closer" |
| 2005–2008, 2017 | 79 episodes |
| 2007
| Club Carlos Guest | Episode: "Bouncin' at Club Carlos" |
| 2009
| Nathan Cole | Episode: "Bone Voyage" |
| rowspan="2"|2010
| Detective Rene Cordero | 3 episodes |
| The Quickening
| Swan | TV movie |
| 2010–2011
| Chase | Marco Martinez | 18 episodes |
| 2012–2013
| Work It | Angel Ortiz | 13 episodes |
| 2013
| Mateo | Episode: "Things Unseen" |
| 2013–2016
| Lt. Det. Rafael Martinez | Recurring cast: season 4, guest: season 6 |
| rowspan="2"|2014
| Elvis Manuel Machado | Episode: "A Murder of Crowes" |
| Gang Related
| Matias | 5 episodes |
| 2015–2016
| Rodrigo Suarez | 11 episodes |
| 2018
| FBI Agent Mike Alvarez | 13 episodes |
| 2019
| Power | Rudolfo | Episode: "Like Father, Like Son" |
| 2020–2024
| Hightown | Frankie Cuevas Sr. | 25 episodes |
| 2022
| Morris | Episode: "Riddle of the Sphynx" |
| 2024
| Kevin | Recurring cast |
Awards
Nolasco has been nominated three times for an ALMA Award,{{cite web|title=ALMA Awards 2006 Nominees |url=http://www.almaawards.com/2006-nominees.html |access-date=January 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530105506/http://www.almaawards.com/2006-nominees.html |archive-date=May 30, 2008}}{{cite web|title=ALMA Awards 2006 Winners |url=http://www.almaawards.com/2006-winners.html |access-date=January 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229045708/http://www.almaawards.com/2006-winners.html |archive-date=February 29, 2008}}{{cite web|title=ALMA Awards 2008 Nominees |url=http://www.almaawards.com/2008-nominees.html |access-date=January 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730002201/http://www.almaawards.com/2008-nominees.html |archive-date=July 30, 2008}}{{cite web|title=ALMA Awards 2008 Winners |url=http://www.almaawards.com/2008-winners.html |access-date=January 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822164852/http://www.almaawards.com/2008-winners.html |archive-date=August 22, 2008}}{{cite web|title=ALMA Awards 2009 Winners |url=http://www.almaawards.com/2009-winners.html |access-date=January 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204231400/http://www.almaawards.com/2009-winners.html |archive-date=February 4, 2013}} and once for a Teen Choice Award.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
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! Year ! Award ! Nominated Work ! Result |
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| 2006 | Teen Choice Award: TV - Choice Sidekick | {{nom}} |
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| 2006 | ALMA Award: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Series | Prison Break | {{nom}} |
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| 2008 | ALMA Award: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Television Series | Prison Break | {{nom}} |
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| 2009 | ALMA Award: Actor in Television - Drama | Prison Break | {{nom}} |
See also
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080807115901/http://amaurynolasco.wetpaint.com/ Biodata]
- [http://www.fox.com/prisonbreak/bios/bio_nolasco.htm Prison Break website entry for Nolasco] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505221201/http://www.fox.com/prisonbreak/bios/bio_nolasco.htm |date=2009-05-05 }}
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