Jon Seda

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| name = Jon Seda

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| caption = Seda at the 2014 Imagen Awards

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|10|14}}[https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/seda-jon-1970 Seda, Jon 1970– | Encyclopedia.com]

| birth_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S.

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1991–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Lisa Gomez|2000}}

| children = 4

}}

Jon Seda (born October 14, 1970) is an American actor. Seda was an amateur boxer who auditioned for and was given a role in the 1992 boxing film Gladiator. He played the role of Chris Pérez alongside Jennifer Lopez in the movie Selena, and portrayed U.S. Marine John Basilone, recipient of the Medal of Honor, in Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's The Pacific. On television, he had roles as Detective Antonio Dawson in NBC's Chicago P.D., and as Paul Falsone in NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street.

Early life

Seda was born in Manhattan to parents of Puerto Rican descent{{cite web|url=http://connect.hbo.com/events/treme/live-q-jon-seda/ |website=HBO Connect |title= Jon Seda|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127092820/http://connect.hbo.com/events/treme/live-q-jon-seda/ |archive-date=November 27, 2014 }} and raised in Clifton, New Jersey.{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2010/03/hbos_the_pacific_behind-the-sc.html|title=HBO's 'The Pacific' behind-the-scenes: Sepinwall on TV|date=March 12, 2010}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2001/07/22/homicide-alum-is-knocking-them-out/|title='Homicide' alum is knocking them out|website=Articles.baltimoresun.com|date=July 22, 2001 |access-date=April 4, 2022|archive-date=November 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129012100/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2001-07-22/entertainment/0107220279_1_jon-seda-andre-braugher-undercover|url-status=live}} After graduating from Clifton High School,Moss, Linda. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120311171305/http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/movies/jon-seda-felt-special-connection-to-world-war-ii-hero-john-basilone-in-hbos-the-pacific/all-pages "Actor Jon Seda felt special connection to World War II hero John Basilone, in HBO's The Pacific"], NewJerseyNewsroom.com, May 30, 2010, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 11, 2012. Accessed September 17, 2018. "Seda himself was especially moved by the reaction of Charles Tatum, who actually served with Basilone and was on Iwo Jima with him. Tatum, who is portrayed in The Pacific, visited the set of the miniseries when it was shooting in Los Angeles. Seda said that Tatum shook his hand and said, 'We're all in agreement: You're John.' The actor, a graduate of Clifton High School, was left speechless by Tatum's praise." Seda was convinced by two friends that he should take up boxing, so he began working out in a gym.

He boxed in several gyms in New Jersey and soon was a runner up in the New Jersey Golden Gloves competition. As an amateur boxer, Seda had a record of 21 wins and one loss.{{cite news|title=Boxing Hall names TV and movie actor grand marshal|url=http://romesentinel.com/sports/boxing-hall-names-tv-and-movie-actor-grand-marshal/QBqodu!iDUJv9g6E9icpNB0jlmntw/|access-date=February 1, 2017|publisher=Rome Sentinel|date=April 21, 2015}}

Career

Seda's film debut was in the boxing film Gladiator (1992), in which he played the role of Romano, a Cuban boxer. He has since worked in various films and TV series. In 1995, Seda was nominated Best Male Lead at the Spirit Awards for his role in the movie I Like It Like That (1994), opposite Rita Moreno and Lauren Vélez.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-11-ca-18712-story.html|title=A Bit More Dependence Than In the Past : Movies: Independent Spirit Award nods expand definition to encompass works financed by production companies owned by major studios.|first=RICHARD|last=NATALE|date=January 11, 1995|via=LA Times}} In 1996, he played Blue, opposite actor Woody Harrelson, in the film The Sunchaser, which premiered at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQ4EAAAAMBAJ&q=Best+Actor+jon+seda+The+Sunchaser&pg=PA34|title=Billboard|date=March 28, 1998|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}

Seda became widely known to the Hispanic film audience when he portrayed Chris Pérez alongside Jennifer Lopez in Selena (1997), a film based on the true story of the Tejano singer, Selena Quintanilla-Perez, who was murdered on her way to mainstream stardom. Seda played Selena's husband.

Also in 1997, Seda landed the role of Detective Paul Falsone on NBC's: Homicide: Life on the Street. The writers, taking advantage of his boxing background, wrote a shirtless practice bout into an episode, which established his character's attractiveness to fellow detective Laura Ballard. Seda also boxed opposite Jimmy Smits in the film Price of Glory (2000).[http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Seda,_Jon/Biography/ Jon Seda Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191505/http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Seda,_Jon/Biography/ |date=March 3, 2016 }} at StarPulse.Com

File:The Pacific miniseries stars attend HBO screening.jpg and James Badge Dale at a screening for The Pacific]]

His first leading role on the large screen was as the protagonist in 2002's King Rikki, a re-imagining of Shakespeare's Richard III in East L.A.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246890/ King Rikki] at IMDb.

Seda has appeared in more than two dozen movies, including Bad Boys II (2003) as Roberto, as well as numerous 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. He is featured as one of the three leads in the HBO World War II mini-series The Pacific (released on March 14, 2010), portraying Marine John Basilone.{{cite web|last=Mustac|first=Frank|title=Veterans Day interview: Film actor Jon Seda humbly describes portraying Detective Antonio Dawson |date=November 11, 2009|url=https://www.nj.com/reporter/2009/11/veterans_day_interview_film_ac.html}} Seda appeared as a guest star in an episode of Burn Notice,{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Jon-Seda-Burn-1019305.aspx|title=Burn Notice Enlists Jon Seda for Guest Spot|publisher=TVGuide.com}} and in 2007, he made a cameo appearance in Ludacris' song "Runaway Love", as an abusive, alcoholic stepfather.

Seda appeared in Treme seasons 2-4 as Nelson Hidalgo, a politically connected land developer from Dallas who helps out with the relief efforts in post-Katrina New Orleans. He appeared in the film Larry Crowne (2011), which starred and was co-written and directed by Tom Hanks. Hanks also served as an executive producer on The Pacific, in which Seda starred.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1583420|title=Larry Crowne (2011)|website=IMDb|date=July 2011}} In 2013, Seda starred alongside Sylvester Stallone, Christian Slater, and Jason Momoa in the Walter Hill-directed action thriller Bullet to the Head.

In 2012, Seda began portraying Detective Antonio Dawson in Dick Wolf’s Chicago franchise, first starring in Chicago Fire in a recurring role and then, in 2014, as part of the main cast of the spin-off Chicago P.D. In 2017, Seda carried his role over into another spin-off, Chicago Justice, which was canceled after its first season. His daughter Haley made a guest appearance on Chicago P.D. as a key witness in a bombing.{{cite news|title=Chicago P.D. Exclusive Video: Whose Real-Life Daughter Is a Key Witness to the Crime?|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/chicago-p-d-video/|work=TV Guide|date=May 4, 2015}} In July 2017, it was announced that Seda would return to Chicago P.D. following the cancellation of Chicago Justice.{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2017/07/12/jon-seda-returning-chicago-pd-series-regular-antonio-dawson-season-5/|title=Chicago P.D.: Jon Seda to Return as Series Regular for Season 5|last=Gelman|first=Vlada|date=July 12, 2017|access-date=July 13, 2017|website=TV Line|archive-date=July 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714190837/http://tvline.com/2017/07/12/jon-seda-returning-chicago-pd-series-regular-antonio-dawson-season-5/|url-status=dead}} On April 19, 2019, it was reported that NBC/Wolf Entertainment officials informed Seda that they would not be renewing his contract, which led to his leaving the series shortly after six seasons.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/chicago-jon-seda-colin-donnell-norma-kuhling-exit-chicago-pd-chicago-med-chicago-fire-nbc-1202599095/|title='Chicago': Jon Seda, Colin Donnell & Norma Kuhling Exit NBC Drama Franchise|date=April 19, 2019|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=April 19, 2019}}

In 2020, Seda was cast in the lead role of Dr. Benjamine Glass in the pilot of the NBC apocalyptic drama series La Brea, written by David Appelbaum,.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/jon-seda-star-nbc-drama-pilot-la-brea-return-chicago-pd-1202874680/|title=Jon Seda Joins Drama Pilot 'La Brea' In NBC Return|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=March 4, 2020|website=Deadline Hollywood|language=en-US|access-date=March 5, 2020}} With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting production of the pilot, NBC allowed Seda's contract to expire along with most of the other pilot cast members. However, with the pilot being picked up straight-to-series in January 2021, Seda returned to the show, with his character rewritten as Dr. Sam Velez.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/la-brea-eoin-macken-jon-seda-jack-martin-lily-santiago-nbc-drama-1234706752/|title='La Brea': Eoin Macken To Star, Jon Seda To Return As NBC Series Also Casts Jack Martin & Lily Santiago|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=March 4, 2021|website=Deadline Hollywood|language=en-US|access-date=March 4, 2021}}

Personal life

Seda married his longtime girlfriend, Lisa Gomez, in 2000.{{Cite web |url=http://hubmesh.com/actor-jon-seda-age-45-talks-about-how-he-couldn-t-have-made-it-in-hollywood-without-support-from-his-wife-and-children.html |title=Actor Jon Seda, age 45, talks about how he couldn't have made it in Hollywood without support from his wife and children |access-date=April 11, 2017 |archive-date=April 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411222150/http://hubmesh.com/actor-jon-seda-age-45-talks-about-how-he-couldn-t-have-made-it-in-hollywood-without-support-from-his-wife-and-children.html |url-status=dead }} The couple have four children.

Filmography

=Films=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Role
rowspan="2"\| 1992 \| Gladiator \| Romano Essadro
Zebrahead \| Vinnie
rowspan="2"\| 1993 \| Carlito's Way \| Dominican
New York Cop \| Mario
1994 \| I Like It Like That \| Chino Linares
rowspan="2"\| 1995 \| 12 Monkeys \| Jose
Boys on the Side \| Pete
rowspan="3"\| 1996 \| Dear God \| Handsome
The Sunchaser \| Brandon 'Blue' Monroe
Primal Fear \| Alex
rowspan="2"\| 1997 \| The Price of Kissing \| Billy
Selena \| Chris Pérez
rowspan="2"\| 2000 \| Price of Glory \| Sonny Ortega
Little Pieces \| Kyle
rowspan="2"\| 2001 \| Double Bang \| Sally 'Fish' Pescatore
Love the Hard Way \| Charlie
rowspan="2"\| 2002 \| Undisputed \| Jesus 'Chuy' Campos
King Rikki \| Rikki Ortega
2003 \| Bad Boys II \| Roberto
2007 \| One Long Night \| Richard
2011 \| Larry Crowne \| Officer Diamond
2012 \| Bullet to the Head \| Louie Blanchard
2018 \| Canal Street \| Detective Mike Watts

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Role

rowspan="2"| 1992

| Gladiator

| Romano Essadro

Zebrahead

| Vinnie

rowspan="2"| 1993

| Carlito's Way

| Dominican

New York Cop

| Mario

1994

| I Like It Like That

| Chino Linares

rowspan="2"| 1995

| 12 Monkeys

| Jose

Boys on the Side

| Pete

rowspan="3"| 1996

| Dear God

| Handsome

The Sunchaser

| Brandon 'Blue' Monroe

Primal Fear

| Alex

rowspan="2"| 1997

| The Price of Kissing

| Billy

Selena

| Chris Pérez

rowspan="2"| 2000

| Price of Glory

| Sonny Ortega

Little Pieces

| Kyle

rowspan="2"| 2001

| Double Bang

| Sally 'Fish' Pescatore

Love the Hard Way

| Charlie

rowspan="2"| 2002

| Undisputed

| Jesus 'Chuy' Campos

King Rikki

| Rikki Ortega

2003

| Bad Boys II

| Roberto

2007

| One Long Night

| Richard

2011

| Larry Crowne

| Officer Diamond

2012

| Bullet to the Head

| Louie Blanchard

2018

| Canal Street

| Detective Mike Watts

=Television=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1993 \| Daybreak \| Payne \| TV movie
1994 \| NYPD Blue \| Sal Molina \| Episode: "You Bet Your Life"
rowspan="2"\| 1995 \| Under Fire \| Unknown role \| Unknown episodes
New York Undercover \| Bobby Lunas \| Episode: "Knock You Out"
1996 \| Mistrial \| Eddie Rios \| TV movie
1997, 2003 \| Oz \| Dino Ortolani \| 4 episodes
1997–1999 \| Homicide: Life on the Street \| Detective Paul Falsone \| Guest (Season 5), main role (Seasons 6–7)
1997 \| Law & Order \| Detective Paul Falsone \| Episode: "Baby, It's You"
1999–2000 \| Third Watch \| Matty Caffey \| Recurring role
rowspan="3"\| 2000 \| Thin Air \| Luis DeLeon \| rowspan="3"\| TV movie
Homicide: The Movie \| Detective Paul Falsone
Good Guys/Bad Guys \|
2001–2002 \| UC: Undercover \| Jake Shaw \| Main role
2003 \| Hack \| Nick Duarte \| Episode: "Dial 'O' for Murder"
rowspan="2" \|2004 \| Las Vegas \| Junior Gomez \| Episode: "Die Fast, Die Furious"
The Jury \| Victor Torres \| Episode: "Last Rites"
2004–2005 \| Kevin Hill \| Damian 'Dame' Ruiz \| Main role
2006 \| Ghost Whisperer \| John Gregory \| 2 episodes
2006–2007 \| Close to Home \| Ray Blackwell \| Main role
2008 \| CSI: Miami \| Hector Salazar \| Episode: "Tipping Point"
rowspan="3"\| 2009 \| House \| Donny \| Episode: "Brave Heart"
One Hot Summer \| Ariel Silva \| TV movie
Legally Mad \| Joe Matty \| unaired pilot{{cite news \|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/nbc-passing-on-legally-mad-1118003483/ \|title=NBC passing on 'Legally Mad' \|work=Variety \|first=Michael \|last=Schneider \|date=2009-05-11 \|access-date=2019-12-28}}
rowspan="6" \|2010 \| Cutthroat \| Frankie \| TV movie
Numb3rs \| Lonnie Moses \| Episode: "Arm in Arms"
The Pacific \| Sergeant John Basilone \| Miniseries
Burn Notice \| Cole \| Episode: "Center of the Storm"
The Closer \| Detective Frank Verico \| Episode: "Off the Hook"
Hawaii Five-0 \| Sergeant Cage \| Episode: "Mana'o"
2011–2013 \| Treme \| Nelson Hidalgo \| Main role (Seasons 2–4)
2012–2019 \|Chicago Fire \| rowspan=4\| Antonio Dawson \| Recurring role
2014–2019 \| Chicago P.D. \| Main role (Seasons 1–4, 5–6), guest (season 4)
2016 \| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \| Episode: "Nationwide Manhunt"
2017 \| Chicago Justice \| Main role
2021–2024 \| La Brea \| Dr. Sam Velez{{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/jon-seda-star-nbc-drama-pilot-la-brea-return-chicago-pd-1202874680/\|title=Jon Seda Joins Drama Pilot 'La Brea' In NBC Return\|work=Deadline Hollywood\|first=Nellie\|last=Andreeva\|date=March 5, 2020\|access-date=January 12, 2021}} \| Main role

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1993

| Daybreak

| Payne

| TV movie

1994

| NYPD Blue

| Sal Molina

| Episode: "You Bet Your Life"

rowspan="2"| 1995

| Under Fire

| Unknown role

| Unknown episodes

New York Undercover

| Bobby Lunas

| Episode: "Knock You Out"

1996

| Mistrial

| Eddie Rios

| TV movie

1997, 2003

| Oz

| Dino Ortolani

| 4 episodes

1997–1999

| Homicide: Life on the Street

| Detective Paul Falsone

| Guest (Season 5), main role (Seasons 6–7)

1997

| Law & Order

| Detective Paul Falsone

| Episode: "Baby, It's You"

1999–2000

| Third Watch

| Matty Caffey

| Recurring role

rowspan="3"| 2000

| Thin Air

| Luis DeLeon

| rowspan="3"| TV movie

Homicide: The Movie

| Detective Paul Falsone

Good Guys/Bad Guys

2001–2002

| UC: Undercover

| Jake Shaw

| Main role

2003

| Hack

| Nick Duarte

| Episode: "Dial 'O' for Murder"

rowspan="2" |2004

| Las Vegas

| Junior Gomez

| Episode: "Die Fast, Die Furious"

The Jury

| Victor Torres

| Episode: "Last Rites"

2004–2005

| Kevin Hill

| Damian 'Dame' Ruiz

| Main role

2006

| Ghost Whisperer

| John Gregory

| 2 episodes

2006–2007

| Close to Home

| Ray Blackwell

| Main role

2008

| CSI: Miami

| Hector Salazar

| Episode: "Tipping Point"

rowspan="3"| 2009

| House

| Donny

| Episode: "Brave Heart"

One Hot Summer

| Ariel Silva

| TV movie

Legally Mad

| Joe Matty

| unaired pilot{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/nbc-passing-on-legally-mad-1118003483/ |title=NBC passing on 'Legally Mad' |work=Variety |first=Michael |last=Schneider |date=2009-05-11 |access-date=2019-12-28}}

rowspan="6" |2010

| Cutthroat

| Frankie

| TV movie

Numb3rs

| Lonnie Moses

| Episode: "Arm in Arms"

The Pacific

| Sergeant John Basilone

| Miniseries

Burn Notice

| Cole

| Episode: "Center of the Storm"

The Closer

| Detective Frank Verico

| Episode: "Off the Hook"

Hawaii Five-0

| Sergeant Cage

| Episode: "Mana'o"

2011–2013

| Treme

| Nelson Hidalgo

| Main role (Seasons 2–4)

2012–2019

|Chicago Fire

| rowspan=4| Antonio Dawson

| Recurring role

2014–2019

| Chicago P.D.

| Main role (Seasons 1–4, 5–6), guest (season 4)

2016

| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

| Episode: "Nationwide Manhunt"

2017

| Chicago Justice

| Main role

2021–2024

| La Brea

| Dr. Sam Velez{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/jon-seda-star-nbc-drama-pilot-la-brea-return-chicago-pd-1202874680/|title=Jon Seda Joins Drama Pilot 'La Brea' In NBC Return|work=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=March 5, 2020|access-date=January 12, 2021}}

| Main role