Lombardo Boyar

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| birth_place = El Paso, Texas, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1996–present

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Lombardo Boyar (born December 1, 1973) is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role as Chuy in The Bernie Mac Show and for voicing Lars Rodriguez in Rocket Power.

Career

Lombardo is a veteran of the United States Army, having served as a forward observer in the highly decorated 82nd Airborne Division during the 1990s.{{cite web |url=http://www.borderlandnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20051016%2FLIVING%2F510160302%2F0%2FNEWS |title=Archived copy |website=www.borderlandnews.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309035629/http://www.borderlandnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20051016%2FLIVING%2F510160302%2F0%2FNEWS |archive-date=9 March 2005 |url-status=dead}}

Some of Boyar's notable performances include a brief part as convenience-store robber Ramon Garcia on Fox's 24 and a starring role as burglar Eddie Tesoro in P.S. Your Cat Is Dead. He provided voices in both Happy Feet and Coco. and Anglophone cable-TV audiences may also be familiar with Boyar's voice work as Lawrence "Lars" Rodriguez in Klasky-Csupo's Rocket Power cartoons and with his live-action performance as Sergio del Rio on Steven Bochco's Over There. He has also guested on a semi regular basis as Chuy on The Bernie Mac Show. Fluent in English and Spanish with a very adaptable voice, Boyar has also provided voice-over work for commercials.{{cite web |url=http://video.voicebank.net/vb2pub/1586/cabinet/publicaudio/Latinos/Boyar%2C%20Lombardo.mp3 |title=Samples of Lombardo Boyar's voice (Spanish and English) |date= |accessdate=2012-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301042709/http://video.voicebank.net/vb2pub/1586/cabinet/publicaudio/Latinos/Boyar,%20Lombardo.mp3 |archive-date=2012-03-01 |url-status=dead }}

Boyar had a voice acting role in the 2008 Turok video game as Gonzales.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1996

|Rant

|Lalo (voice)

|Short Film

rowspan="2"| 1997

|Tear It Down

17 and Under

|Gang Member Working on Car

rowspan="3"| 1999

|EDtv

|New York Guy

Candyman: Day of the Dead

|Enrique

|Direct-to-video

Blink of an Eye

|Guillermo

rowspan="2"| 2000

|Gone in 60 Seconds

|Paramedic

Brother

|Mo

2001

|Scenes of the Crime

|Zeke

rowspan="3"| 2002

|P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!

|Eddie Tesoro

S1m0ne

|Paparazzi Photographer

Never Get Outta the Boat

|Cesar

2003

|The Wounded

|Cartoon

|Direct-to-video

2005

|American Gun

|Hector

2006

|Happy Feet

|Raul (voice)

rowspan="3"| 2008

|What Just Happened

|Guard at Studio Gate

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

|Praying Dog (voice)

The Last White Dishwasher

|Rudy Valentine

|Short Film

2009

|Next Day Air

|Carlos

2010

|Group Sex

|Ramon

|Direct-to-video

2011

|Happy Feet Two

|Raul (voice)

2012

|Least Among Saints

|Armando

rowspan="3"| 2013

|Big Ass Spider!

|Jose Ramos

Viva America

|Ricardo

|Short Film

Halfway to Hell

|Emilio

rowspan="4"| 2014

|Space Dogs: Adventure to the Moon

|Chip (voice)

Spiralmind

|Ramon

|Short Film

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

|Terry

Some Kind of Beautiful

|Ernesto

2015

|Tales of Halloween

|Gambling Neighbor

rowspan="4"| 2016

|The Last Heist

|Vendor

Pup Star

|Doberman Guard (voice)

Ulterior Motives: Reality TV Massacre

|Hector

Bad Santa 2

|Valet Boss

rowspan="4"| 2017

|The Bird Who Could Fly

|Deputy Lombardo

|Short Film

Guerra

|Carlo

|Short Film

Pup Star: Better 2Gether

|Security Guard Dog (voice)

Coco

|Plaza Mariachi / Gustavo (voice)

2018

|Josie

|Romero

2019

|Endings, Beginnings

|Fruit Stand Vendor

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1996–1997

|Dangerous Minds

|Fatty

|2 episodes

rowspan="4"| 1997

|Baywatch

|Hector Molina

|Episode: "Matters of the Heart"

Malcolm & Eddie

|Ernesto

|Episode: "The Courtship of Eddie's Mother"

Walker, Texas Ranger

|Luis 'Flaco' Lopez

|Episode: "Mr. Justice"

Nothing Sacred

|Paco

|Episode: "A Bloody Miracle"

1997–2001

|NYPD Blue

|Tino / George Ruiz / Gangbanger #3

|3 episodes

rowspan="6"| 1998

|Sparks

|Episode: "Flirting with Disaster"

Gia

|Hood #2

|TV movie

|Morris Campbell

|Episode: "Exodus"

C-16: FBI

|Ernesto Cruz

|Episode: "Hitting Olansky"

L.A. Doctors

|Manny

|Episode: "Fear of Flying"

Frasier

|Delivery Man

|Episode: "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz"

1998–1999

|Silk Stalkings

|Commissioner / Water Taxi Driver / Man on the Car

|3 episodes

rowspan="4"| 1999

|Martial Law

|Pablo

|Episode: "Substitutes"

To Serve and Protect

|Tachi

|Episode: "Part I"

Becker

|Hector

|Episode: "Becker the Elder"

The Pretender

|Seelye

|Episode: "Survival"

1999–2004

|Rocket Power

|Lars Rodriguez, Townsperson #2, Spectator #1, Boarder #2, Biker #2 (voices)

|39 episodes

2000

|The X-Files

|Deputy Juan Molina

|Episode: "X-Cops"

rowspan="2"| 2001

|The Division

|Episode: "Forces of Deviance"

Six Feet Under

|Powerful

|Episode: "Familia"

2001–2006

|The Bernie Mac Show

|Chuy

|34 episodes

rowspan="5"| 2002

|Family Law

|Officer Dash

|Episode: "To Protect and Serve"

First Monday

|Episode: "Crime and Punishment"

Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand

|Lars Rodriguez (voice)

|TV movie

Shadow Realm

|Perez

|TV movie

Night Visions

|Perez

|Episode: "Patterns/Voices"

rowspan="4"| 2003

|Kingpin

|Romulo

|2 episodes

|Ramon Garcia

|2 episodes

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

|Jesse Commons

|Episode: "All of Our Country"

Boomtown

|Eddie

|Episode: "Wannabe"

rowspan="5"| 2004

|Threat Matrix

|Victor Benitez

|Episode: "Mexico"

The D.A.

|Diego Rodriguez

|Episode: "The People vs. Oliver C. Handley"

Taste

|Carlos

|TV movie

Rocket Power: Island of the Menehune

|Lars Rodriguez (voice)

|TV movie

Boston Legal

|Ramone Valasquez

|Episode: "Catch and Release"

rowspan="4"| 2005

|Without a Trace

|Jorge Hernandez

|Episode: "Neither Rain Nor Sleet"

The Shield

|Hernesto

|Episode: "Hurt"

Over There

|Sergio Del Rio

|9 episodes

Joey

|Dave

|Episode: "Joey and the High School Friend"

rowspan="2"| 2006

|The Class

|Scott

|Episode: "The Class Runs Into a Convenience Store"

Standoff

|Felix Aguila

|Episode: "Borderline"

2007

|Biker Mice From Mars

|Chaz Divini (voice)

|Episode: Between Rump and a Hard Race"

2007–2008

|Notes from the Underbelly

|Hector

|3 episodes

2008

|Raising the Bar

|Freddy Valerio

|Episode: "Bagels and Locks"

rowspan="3"| 2009

|The Closer

|Victor Rivera

|Episode: "Products of Discovery"

Cold Case

|Cal Acevedo

|Episode: "Hood Rats"

CSI: Miami

|Carlos Guzman

|Episode: "In Plane Sight"

rowspan="2"| 2010

|Modern Family

|Jose

|Episode: "Starry Night"

Miami Medical

|Eddie Del Valle

|Episode: "88 Seconds"

rowspan="3"| 2011

|Southland

|Mr. Estrada

|Episode: "Failure Drill"

Breakout Kings

|Carlos Zepeda

|Episode: "These Are Rules"

Little in Common

|Benny Pacheco

|TV movie

rowspan="5"| 2012

|The Life & Times of Tim

|Eduardo's Son

|Episode: "Super Gay Eduardo/The Pros and Cons of Killing Tim"

NCIS

|Felix Quintero

|Episode: "Secrets"

Awake

|Jose

|Episode: "Ricky's Tacos"

GCB

|Duarte

|Episode: "Revelation"

Outlaw Country

|Mexican

|TV movie

rowspan="3"| 2013

|The Joe Schmo Show

|Chico, the Ex-Con

|Episode: "The Bounty Begins"

Shameless

|Manuel

|Episode: "El Gran Cañon"

The Garcias Have Landed

|Ernie Garcia

|TV movie

rowspan="2"| 2014

|Jessie

|Boomer

|3 episodes

Real Husbands of Hollywood

|Guard #2

|Episode: "Black Is the Same Old Black"

2014–2016

|Murder in the First

|Edgar Navarro

|32 episodes

2015

|The Player

|Carlos Salvado

|Episode: "Downtown Odds"

rowspan="2"| 2016

|Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders

|Cedro Pena

|Episode: "The Ballad of Nick and Nat"

Man with a Plan

|Dad

|Episode: "Thanksgiving"

2017

|American Crime

|Rodrigo

|Episode: "Season Three: Episode Two"

2020

|Better Things

|Jose

|2 episodes

2020–2021

|Station 19

|Johnny Alvarez

|2 episodes

=Video games=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2001

|Rocket Power: Extreme Arcade Games

|rowspan=2| Lars Rodriguez

2002

|Rocket Power: Beach Bandits

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2004

|The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay

|Theo / Alonzo / Barassa

2006

|Happy Feet

|Raul

2008

|Turok

|Gonzales

rowspan="2"| 2011

|Rango

|Lupe