
Danny Pino
Biography
Daniel Gonzalo Pino (born April 15, 1974) is an American actor who starred as Detective Scotty Valens on the CBS series Cold Case from 2003 to 2010, and as NYPD Detective Nick Amaro in the long-running NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2011 to 2015. In 2002, he appeared in London's West End in Up for Grabs with Madonna. In May 2003, Pino played Desi Arnaz in a CBS special on the life of Lucille Ball, Lucy. He played drug cartel leader Miguel Galindo on Mayans M.C. which airs on FX, and FBI agent John Bishop in procedural crime drama Gone.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
2CRUNK as Mr. D
2024Hotel Cocaine as Roman Compte
2024Crunk as Creepy Man
2024Union of Kings as David de Armas
2023Accused as Jake Harris
2021Dear Evan Hansen as Larry Mora
2021Vivo as Bus Passenger (voice)
2020Fatale as Carter Heywood
2020The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU as Self
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2018Mayans M.C. as Miguel Galindo
2018Gone as John Bishop
2017The Good Fight as Racehorse Diaz
2017One Day at a Time as Tito
2016BrainDead as Luke Healy
2015Kelly's Hollywood as Self
2014Chicago P.D. as Nick Amaro
2012Scandal as Alex Vargas
2010Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright as Gabriel Garza
2009Across the Hall as Terry
2008The Burning Plain as Santiago Martinez
2007Burn Notice as Adam Scott
2006Flicka as Jack
2006Rachael Ray
2005The Lost City as Alberto Mora
2005Rx (Simple Lies) as Leo
2005Between as Victor
2004CSI: NY as Scotty Valens
2004NYPD 2069 as Eddie Vega
2003Cold Case as Scotty Valens
2003Lucy as Desi Arnaz
2002Point of Origin as Burn Victim
2002The Shield as Armadillo Quintero
2001Men, Women & Dogs as Clay
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Nick Amaro
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