Benito Martinez

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1971-06-28 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Benito Martinez

Biography

Benito Martinez (born June 28, 1971) is an American actor most known for his role as police captain (later city councilman) David Aceveda in FX Networks' acclaimed crime drama The Shield. Additionally, he has voiced Coyote Smith in the video game Killer7, Professor Candide in Vanquish as well as a number of characters in the PC game Age of Empires III, and played a criminal on Firefly. He also had a featured role as a boxing manager in the critical and commercial hit film Million Dollar Baby and was an extra on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Salazar. Benito trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in Earls Court Lon...

Acting

2004

Saw

as Brett

1995

Outbreak

as Dr. Julio Ruiz

2006

End Game

as Ramsey

2006

Kill Your Darlings

as Officer Jones

2010

Unthinkable

as Alvarez

2010

Mandrake

as Harry Vargas

2010

The Dry Land

as David Valdez

2010

Lies in Plain Sight

as Hector Delgado

2003

Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico

as El Curandero / Man #2 (voice)

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Minor Incidents

as Prosecutor Attorney

2023

Fool's Paradise

as Mayor Raposa

2013

2010

Takers

as Officer in Charge

2017

American Made

as James Rangel

2004

Million Dollar Baby

as Billie's Manager

2005

Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico

as Lonestar / Don Reyes (voice)

2014

Beyond the Lights

as Jesse Soria

2009

Not Forgotten

as Detective Sanchez

2017

Menendez: Blood Brothers

as Jose Menendez

1996

Her Costly Affair

as Campus Cop

2019

Queen & Slim

as Sheriff Edgar

2000

2003

New Suit

as Juan

1995

Ballistic

as Gang Leader

2024

Carry-On

as Security Director Marm Bellows

2025

Hollywood Grit

as Hector Mendez

Production

2023

A Million Miles Away

as Executive Producer

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