Wilmer Calderon

Wilmer Calderon
Born	(1975-05-08) May 8, 1975 Santacure, Puerto Rico
Nationality	Puerto Rican American
Citizenship	Puerto Rican American
Education	Marshall University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994-present

Wilmer Calderon (born May 8, 1975) is a Puerto Rican-born American actor of film and television. He is best known for his role as Diego in the Amazon Prime television series Borderline, Detective Daniel Arias in the police drama series Bosch and as Ricky in the FX drama series The Shield.

Early life

Although Wilmer was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico he left his native country at just 2 years old to travel with his parents to Brandon in Florida. His parents taught him Spanish at home, while at the same time, he learned English by watching episodes of Sesame Street.

At the age of 5 he started playing on a baseball team, with which he toured Florida playing the league in his category for a year. At the same time, he was very concerned about his studies and was combining both. When he reached the senior level, he set the season record on stolen bases. His continued studies at Marshall University, where he began to realize his fondness for acting.

Career

Wilmer debuted in 1995 with the crime drama film Dead Man Walking, playing the role of Angelo. His work was liked very much by several television producers, who contacted him to start working on the small screen, his first work being The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo in 1996, where he gave life to Kevin Crossland in a two-part episode called "Hot Seats: Part 1 and Part 2".

He appeared as Ricky in the FX drama television series The Shield and he appeared in television shows such as The Bold and the Beautiful, ER, Pacific Blue and NYPD Blue.

Calderon appeared as Estrada in the 2006 drama film Annapolis, featuring James Franco and Tyrese Gibson.

For several years, he only worked on television, with the exception of the 2002 short Hold On. As early as 2005, and turning 10 years since his acting debut, he returns to the cinema with Venice Underground.

After going unnoticed during the following years, he arrived in playing the role of Tash in Fast & Furious in 2009, featuring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. This reinforced his acting career, managing to get hold of small roles in renowned television series such as Castle, Grey's Anatomy and The Mentalist.

Personal life

He speaks in English and Puerto Rican. His mentor and who has helped him throughout his artistic career, is the well-known actor and producer, Benicio del Toro.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Dead Man Walking	Angelo
2002	Hold On	Latin #2	Short film
2005	Venice Underground	Driver
2005	Cursed	Police Officer #3
2005	Devil's Highway	Manuel
2006	Annapolis	Estrada
2006	Unknown	Detective Molina
2007	Finishing the Game	Cesar	Deleted scenes
2007	La revolución de Iguodala	Iguodala	Short film
2009	Fast & Furious	Tash
2011	Beautiful Wave	Captain Quintero
2018	The Con Is On	Vlad
2018	Future World	Skinny
2018	Tinker	Manna
2020	The Long Home	Arthur
2020	Kill the Czar	Kenny the Driver

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	NCIS	Wayne Cribbage a.k.a. Tiger Dad	Episode: "Love Boat"
2019-2020	Bosch	Detective Daniel Arias	5 episodes
2020	Lucifer

External links

• Wilmer Calderon at IMDb

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