David Zayas
Biography
David Zayas (born August 15, 1962) is a Puerto Rican theatrical, film, and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Angel Batista on Showtime's series Dexter and as Enrique Morales on the HBO prison drama Oz. Since 1998, Zayas has been married to actress Liza Colón-Zayas; he portrays the husband of her character on The Bear (2022 - present).
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Acting History
2025
The Running Man as Richard Manuel
2025Dexter: Resurrection as Angel Batista
2024Or Something as Uptown Mike
2023Snag as Ramon
2022Adieu Aurora as Jon Castaneda
2022The Bear as David Marrero
2021Elite Short Stories: Samuel Omar as Hombre borracho 1
2021Dexter: New Blood as Angel Batista
2021R♥️J as Fernando Capulet
2020NEXT as Nacio Ramos
2020Power Book II: Ghost as Uncle Frank
2020Force of Nature as John the Baptist
2020Our Lady of 121st Street as Edwin
2020Body Cam as Sergeant Kesper
2019Deadly Class as El Alma Del Diablo
2019Deadly Class as El Angel Del Diablo
2018FBI as Antonio Vargas
2018Seven Seconds as Medina
2017Shine as Ramon
2017The Guest Book as David
201711:55 as Maurice
2017Teen Titans: The Judas Contract as Alberto Reyes (voice)
2017Lost Cat Corona as Ponce
2016Shut Eye as Eduardo Bernal
2016The Lennon Report as Officer Joseph Medina
2016Tallulah as Detective Richards
2015The Wannabe as Pablo Guzman
2015Quantico as Charlie
2014Annie as Lou
2014Ride as Ramon
2014Gotham as Sal Maroni
2014Saint George as Junior
2014Chicago P.D. as Carlos Mendoza
2013The Blacklist as Manny Soto
2013Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret as Detective Flores
2013The Following as Tyson Hernandez
2012Elementary as Juan Murillo
2012Junction as Lt. Tarelli
2011Grimm as Salvadore Butrell
2011Person of Interest as Ernie Trask
2011Samuel Bleak as Ruben Ramirez
2011Bob's Burgers as Bubble Master (voice)
2010Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' as Self
2010Skyline as Oliver
2010Blue Bloods as Governor Martin Mendez
2010Blue Bloods as Martin Mendez
2010Blue Bloods as Governor Mendez
2010The Expendables as General Garza
2010Coach as Ramon
201013 as Detective Larry Mullane
2009Wake as Grayson
2009Flying By as Tony
2009Burning Mussolini as Hector
2008In Plain Sight as Harrison Locke
2007The Savages as Eduardo
2007Michael Clayton as Detective Dalberto
2007Burn Notice as Javier
2006Dexter as Angel Batista
2006Shark as Alvarez
2006Conviction as Cartwright
200616 Blocks as Robert Torres
2006The Feast of the Goat as Antonio de la Maza
2005The Closer as Brian
2005The Interpreter as Charlie Russell
2005Numb3rs as Carlos Costavo
2004Jailbait as Guard
2003Angels in America as Super
2003Undefeated as Paulie
2003Anne B. Real as Cynthia's Dad
2002Without a Trace as Gabriel Molina
2002CSI: Miami as Ben Porterson
2002A Gentleman's Game as Alfred D'Angelo
2002Washington Heights as David
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Stanley Maas
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Fire Marshall
2001Wit as Code Team Blue Head
2001Sam the Man as Billy the Cop
2000The Yards as Officer Jerry Rifkin
2000The Beat as Rei Morales
1999Bringing Out the Dead as Cop in Elevator
1999Third Watch as Motorman
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Detective Milton
1999Scarred City as Cop #1
1998Stepmom as Policeman
1998Above Freezing as Hector
1998Rounders as Osborne
1998Return to Paradise as Construction Foreman
1998All Revved Up as Omar
1998Bleach as Lt. Ballard
1997Oz as Enrique Morales
1997Lena's Dreams as Jorge
1990Law & Order as McGinty
1990Law & Order as Raoul Cervantes
1990Law & Order as Carlos
1990Law & Order as John Mireles
1990Law & Order as Justin Cabrera