Joseph Julian Soria

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|August 28, 1981}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2004–present

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Joseph Julian Soria (born August 28, 1981) is an American actor best known for his role as Private First Class Hector Cruz in the Lifetime series Army Wives{{cite web|url=http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/army-wives/cast/joseph-julian-soria |title=Joseph Julian Soria |website=mylifetime.com |date= }}[https://web.archive.org/web/20130430014819/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/04/army-wives-joseph-julian-soria-i-have-been-a-lot-of-bad-boys.html ‘Army Wives’ Joseph Julian Soria: ‘I have been a lot of bad boys’ - Zap2it] and Pete Ramos in The Oath.

Life and career

Soria was born in Los Angeles, California. His parents are Mexican. He joined the cast of Army Wives in 2012 for season 6.{{cite web|url=https://www.celebuzz.com/2012-08-20/army-wives-star-joseph-julian-soria-recalls-dramatic-audition-everything-that-could-go-wrong-went-wrong/|title='Army Wives' Star Joseph Julian Soria Recalls Dramatic Audition: 'Everything That Could Go Wrong, Went Wrong'|date=August 21, 2012|website=Celebuzz}} He was promoted to series regular for season 7 of the top-rated series.

He also starred as the lead antagonist, MC Wyatt, in the Pantelion Films and Olmos Productions film Filly Brown. The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival as part of the U.S. Dramatic Competition.{{cite web|url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2012-festival-program-announcement|title=2012 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Competition|website=www.sundance.org}} Soria plays opposite Gina Rodriguez in the film, which premiered to a limited distribution of 188 theaters on April 19, 2013.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/04/specialty-box-office-filly-brown-croons-ricky-jay-doc-opens-solid-480223/|title=Specialty Box Office: 'Filly Brown' Croons, Ricky Jay Doc Opens Solid|author=|date=April 21, 2013}} Before the film's release, the Filly Brown team mourned the loss of the film's supporting actress, Latin superstar Jenni Rivera, who died in a plane crash, along with six other individuals, near Iturbide, Nuevo León, Mexico, on December 9, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/jenni-rivera-mexican-american-singer-missing-plane-crashes-northern-mexico-article-1.1216494|title=Jenni Rivera, norteno and banda singer and Mun2 TV star, dies in plane crash in northern Mexico|first=David|last=Hinckley|website=nydailynews.com}} Filly Brown was the fourth film to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival for Soria, his other films include All She Can (2011),{{cite web|url=http://www.sundance.org/nowplaying/film/all-she-can/ |title=All She Can | Sundance Institute |access-date=2013-09-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008141507/http://www.sundance.org/nowplaying/film/all-she-can/ |archive-date=2013-10-08 }} High School (2010), and Hamlet 2 (2008). Soria additionally has a lead role the indie film Mission Park (later retitled Line of Duty), which premiered on September 6, 2013, by AMC Theatres.{{cite web|url=http://www.amctheatres.com/movies/mission-park|title=Movie Details|website=www.amctheatres.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amc-theaters-screen-indie-mission-594146|title=AMC Theaters to Screen Indie 'Mission Park' (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=26 July 2013}}

On June 14, 2013, it was announced that Soria would join Kristen Stewart in Camp X-Ray, a political drama written and directed by Peter Sattler.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/army-wives-joseph-julian-soria-buddies-kristen-stewart-camp-x-ray-exclusive-97466/|title='Army Wives' Joseph Julian Soria Buddies Up to Kristen Stewart in 'Camp X-Ray'|date=June 14, 2013}}

He currently stars as Erik Morales in the Netflix original Gentefied.

Filmography

class="wikitable" \|+ Film
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Film ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" \| Notes
2004 \| Meeting a Bullet \| Link \|
2005 \| Bliss \| Pablo \| Short Film
rowspan="4" \| 2006 \| The Bondage \| Spider \|
True Men \| Thug #2 \|
The Bliss \| Pablo \|
Crank \| Chico \|
rowspan="3" \| 2007 \| She Wore a Yellow Scrunchy \| Rico \| Short Film
Saturday Night Special \| Danny DelToro \| Short Film
Trust Me \| Luis \|
rowspan="4" \| 2008 \| Hamlet 2 \| Octavio \|
Tru Loved \| Manuel \|
Days of Wrath \| Wito \|
The Cross Before Me \| Ernie \|
rowspan="2" \| 2009 \| Fast & Furious \| Drug Runner \|
Crank: High Voltage \| Chico \|
rowspan="2" \| 2010 \| High School \| Rubin \|
Assisting Venus \| Paul \|
2011 \| Benavides Born \| Luis \|
2012 \| Filly Brown \| MC Wyatt \|
rowspan="2" \| 2013 \| Mission Park \| Derek \|
Enter the Dangerous Mind \| College Student \|
rowspan="2" \| 2014 \| Camp X-Ray \| Pvt. Rico Cruz \|
10 Cent Pistol \| Officer Hanna \|
rowspan="3" \| 2015 \| Superfast! \| Cesar Veracruz \|
Do You Believe? \| Carlos \|
Max \| Emilio \|
rowspan="2" \| 2016 \| The Purge: Election Year \| Marcos \|
Officer Downe \| Lab Tech #2 \|
2020 \| John Henry \| Emilio \|

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|+ Film

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Film

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Notes

2004

| Meeting a Bullet

| Link

2005

| Bliss

| Pablo

| Short Film

rowspan="4" | 2006

| The Bondage

| Spider

True Men

| Thug #2

The Bliss

| Pablo

Crank

| Chico

rowspan="3" | 2007

| She Wore a Yellow Scrunchy

| Rico

| Short Film

Saturday Night Special

| Danny DelToro

| Short Film

Trust Me

| Luis

rowspan="4" | 2008

| Hamlet 2

| Octavio

Tru Loved

| Manuel

Days of Wrath

| Wito

The Cross Before Me

| Ernie

rowspan="2" | 2009

| Fast & Furious

| Drug Runner

Crank: High Voltage

| Chico

rowspan="2" | 2010

| High School

| Rubin

Assisting Venus

| Paul

2011

| Benavides Born

| Luis

2012

| Filly Brown

| MC Wyatt

rowspan="2" | 2013

| Mission Park

| Derek

Enter the Dangerous Mind

| College Student

rowspan="2" | 2014

| Camp X-Ray

| Pvt. Rico Cruz

10 Cent Pistol

| Officer Hanna

rowspan="3" | 2015

| Superfast!

| Cesar Veracruz

Do You Believe?

| Carlos

Max

| Emilio

rowspan="2" | 2016

| The Purge: Election Year

| Marcos

Officer Downe

| Lab Tech #2

2020

| John Henry

| Emilio

class="wikitable" \|+ Television
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Film ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" \| Notes
2005 \| The Shield \| Spider \| Episodes: "String Theory", "Insurgents"
2005–2010 \| CSI: Miami \| Dario Aguilar / Hector Del Rio \| Episodes: "Shootout", "On the hook"
2007 \| Lincoln Heights \| Jesus \| Episode: "Obsession"
2007 \| Brothers & Sisters (TV series) \| Garret Perez \| Episode: "Brothers & Sisters (Season 2)\|"States of the Union"
rowspan="4" \| 2009 \| NCIS \| Victor 'Popeye' Carmado \| Episode: "Deliverance
The Closer'' \| Alonso Garcia \| Episode: "Half Load
In Plain Sight \| Cesar Calderon \| Episode: "Jailbait"
Bones \| Pedro Marquez \| Episode: "The Bond in the Boot"
2009–2010 \| Southland \| Droopy / Hector Munoz \| Episodes: "Phase Three" "Unknown Trouble"
rowspan="3"\|2010 \| Lie to Me \| Prince John \| Episode: "Dirty Loyal"
Sons of Anarchy \| Roscoe \| Episode: "Widening Gyre"
Dexter \| Carlos Fuentes \| Episode: "Circle Us/Beauty and the Beast"
2012 \| Army Wives \| Hector Cruz \| Recurring role season 6; main role season 7
2014 \| Supernatural \| Kuchisake-onna \| Episode: "The Purge"
2014–2015 \| The Night Shift \| Javy / Javier Castro \| Episodes: "Grace Under Fire", "Parenthood"
rowspan="2" \| 2015 \| American Crime \| Luis \| Episodes: "Episode Five", "Episode Six"
Complications \| Alvarez \| Episodes: "Diagnosis", "Relapse", "Deterioration"
2016 \| Grimm \| Goyo \| Episode: "Silence of the Slams"
2018–present \| The Oath \| Pete Ramos \| Main role
2019 \| Hawaii Five-0 \| Tory Laiyaha \| Episode: "E'ao lu'au a kualima"
2020 - present \| Gentefied \| Erik \| Main role
2022 \|The Flight Attendant \|Esteban Diaz \|Main role (season 2)

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|+ Television

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Film

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Notes

2005

| The Shield

| Spider

| Episodes: "String Theory", "Insurgents"

2005–2010

| CSI: Miami