Yul Vázquez

Cuban-American actor and musician. He has appeared in Runaway Bride (1999), Bad Boys II (2003), War of the Worlds (2005), American Gangster (2007), The A-Team (2010), Captain Phillips (2013), The Infiltrator (2016), Midnight, Texas (2017–2018), Russian Doll (2019) and Severance (2022). Vázquez used to be the lead guitarist of the melodic rock bands Urgent and Diving For Pearls.

Vázquez's film and television projects include Kill the Messenger, starring Jeremy Renner and directed by Michael Cuesta; Anesthesia; and The Cobbler, alongside Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman and Steve Buscemi. He can also be seen on the small screen in the Lifetime series The Lottery as Pres. Thomas Westwood and as Reverend Emilio Sheehan in the NBC series Midnight, Texas.

Yul began his career in American film and television in 1992. In his personal life, Vazquez is married to actress Linda Larkin, whom he married in 2002.

With over 40 film credits, other highlights include roles in Captain Phillips (2013), six-time Oscar nominated, The A-Team (2010) with Liam Neeson, John Sayles' Friend, Steven Soderbergh's Che (2008), The Take (2008), American Gangster, Music Within (2007), War of the Worlds (2005), Bad Boys II (2003), Traffic and Runaway Bride (1999). [3]

He was a regular on both seasons of the Starz drama Magic City. Set in the 1960s in Miami, the series focuses on the exclusive Hotel Miramar Playa amid the political and organized crime drama of the era. Vázquez plays Víctor Lázaro, general manager of Miramar Playa. Additionally, he has appeared in three other television series, as Pedro in FX's Louie, as Christian in CBS's The Good Wife and as Det. Anthony Nikolich in the HBO television series Treme.

Vázquez is a founding member of LAByrinth Theatre Company and served two terms as co-artistic director with Stephen Adly Guirgis and Mimi O'Donnell in New York City. Vázquez starred on Broadway in the Tony-nominated film The Motherfucker with the Hat alongside Chris Rock. For his portrayal of the eccentric cousin Julio, he received nominations for a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. [4] Additional theatrical credits include The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (The Public Theatre) with Sam Rockwell, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, [5] Stendhal Syndrome by Terrence McNally, [6] Primary Scenarios with Isabella Rossellini and Richard Thomas, and The Floating Island Plays (Mark Taper Forum).

Music Career
Before beginning his acting career, Vázquez was the lead guitarist of the East Coast-oriented melodic rock bands (AOR) Urgent and Diving For Pearls. Urgent achieved minor success with their single "Running Back," which reached number 79 on the Billboard Hot 100. A second single from their debut album Cast The First Stone, "Love Can Make You Cry," appeared on the Iron Eagle soundtrack. Urgent disbanded in 1987 after the mediocre success of their second album, Thinking Out Loud.

Following Urgent's disbandment, Vázquez joined Diving for Pearls, whose self-titled debut album was released by Epic/Sony Music in 1989. The label dropped the group before a second album could be completed due to the changing musical climate in the early 1990s, when melodic hard rock fell out of favor in the US.

In 2009, Vázquez played acoustic guitar with Ian Astbury of The Cult under the name The Soft Revolt and performed at the Bowery Electric in New York City on opening night of John Patrick Shanley's play Savage in Limbo, which Astbury was producing. They performed songs by The Cult and Astbury's solo material, as well as covers by the Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, Radiohead, among others.

Filmography
Film

1992 Kings of Mambo Flaco
1993 Night Owl Tomás
1994 Fresh Chile
1995 Just in Time Gustino
1999 Man of the Century Unsettling Artist
1999 Runaway Bride Dead Head Gill Chavez
2000 Traffic Tigrillo / Obregón's Killer Won - Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble Cast in a Film
2002 Execution Time The Hunter Short Film
2002 The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina Gibson Mouse (voice) Video
2002 Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Edifis (voice)
2003 Enthusiastic Eddie Jonah Rosenthal
2003 Bad Boys II Detective Mateo Reyes
2005 The F Word Luis
2005 War of the Worlds Julio
2006 Things That Hang from Trees Juan López
2006 The Ex Paco
2007 Music Within Mike Stoltz
2007 Southern Gothic Avellana Fortune
2007 The Take Marco Ruiz
2007 Jesus Cooks Me Breakfast Young Jesus Short Film
2007 Anamorphic Jorge "George" Ruíz
2007 The Box Finn Williams
2007 American Gangster Det. Alfonso Abruzzo Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble Cast in a Film
2008 The Marconi Brothers Sonny Venecia
2008 Che: Part One Alejandro Ramirez
2008 Che: Part Two Alejandro Ramirez
2009 The Missing Person Don Edgar
2010 Seed Phillips Short Film
2010 Beware the Gonzo Charlie Ronald
2010 The A-Team General Javier Tuco
2010 Friend Father Hidalgo Nominated - Best Supporting Actor for the Gawad Urian Award
2010 Little Fockers Junior
2010 F—K Yul Short Film
2011 Salvation Boulevard Jorge Guzmán De Vaca
2012 Father and Son Father Short Film
2013 Ties of Blood Fabio Desoto
2013 Runner, Runner Delegate Herrera
2013 Captain Phillips Captain Frank Castellano
2014 Stealing from the Mob Vinny Hermosa
2014 Glass Chin Roberto Flash
2014 Time Out of Mind Raúl
2014 The Cobbler Marsha
2014 Kill the Messenger Danilo Blandon
2014 Ugly! Ray
2014 Adam Shaw Detective Sandoval Also Producer
2014 Take Care Dr. Gotham Leonard
2014 Sweets Almiar
2015 Anesthesia Dr. Edward Barnes
2016 The Phenomenon Eddie Soler
2016 The Infiltrator Javier Ospina
2016 True Memoirs of an International Assassin General Ruiz
2016 Beast or Raven Man Short Film
2017 Crown Heights Commissioner Rafaello
2017 1 Mile for You Mr. Sickle
2017 The Super Julio
2017 Last Flag Waving Colonel Willits
2018 Gringo Angel Valverde
2018 OG Baxter
2020 Books of Blood Bennett

Television
1992 Tales from the Crypt Danny Darwin Episode: "In a Dead Man's Chest"
1993 The Untouchables 2 episodes
1993 Tied Latisha's Lawyer TV movie
1995-1998 Seinfeld Bob the Intimidating Gay Guy 3 episodes
1998 Trinity Mr. Cupideros Episode: "In Loco Parentis"
1999 Picasso World Mondo Unknown episodes
2000-2002 Courage the Cowardly Dog (voice) 26 episodes
2001 Big Apple Officer Cruz 3 episodes
2001 Sex and the City Phil Episode: "The Agony and the Ex-tasy"
2002 The Sopranos Rubén 'El Cubano' Episode: "Cristóbal"
2003 Enthusiastic Eddie Jonah Rosenthal Episode: "Pilot: Eddie"
2008 Fringe Jorge Morales Episode: "The Dreamscape"
2010 Lies in Plain Sight Rafael Reyes TV movie
2010-2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Daniel Hardy / Luis Montero 2 episodes
2011-2012 Luis Pedro 2 episodes
2012-2013 Magic City Víctor Lázaro 15 episodes
2012-2013 Treme Detective Anthony Nikolich 8 episodes
2012-2013 The Good Wife Christian Romano 3 episodes
2014 Person of Interest Ciro Pozos Episode: "Root Route"
2014 The Lottery President Thomas Westwood Regular Role
10 episodes
2016 Gotham Arturo Tetch Episode: "Turn It Around"
2016-2017 Lineage White Shirt Man 8 episodes
2016-2018 Divorce Craig Anders 6 episodes
2017 Madam Secretary Ted Fitzgerald Episode: "Off the Record"
2017-2018 Midnight, Texas Rev. Emilio Sheehan Main Role; Season 1 (9 episodes)
Guest; Season 2 (2 episodes)
2018 The Imminent Tower Jason Sanchez 5 episodes
2018 FBI Bryce Molinaro Episode: "Judgment Day"
2018 Narcos: Mexico Juan Gavin 5 episodes
2018 SEAL Team Andrés Doza 2 episodes
2019 I Am the Night Billis 4 episodes
2019 Russian Doll Juan Reyes Main Cast
4 episodes
2020 The Outsider Yunis Sablo Mini series
2021 Succession Rick Salgado Episode: "What It Takes"
2022 The White House Plumbers Bernardo Barker Post-production
Severance Petey Kilmer Upcoming series

Video Games

2006 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories Armando Méndez
2009 Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony Liberty City People

Discography
Urgent - Cast The First Stone (EMI-Manhattan, 1985)
Various - Iron Eagle OST (Capitol, 1986)
Urgent - Thinking Out Loud (EMI-Manhattan, 1987)
Diving for Pearls - Diving for Pearls (Epic / Sony, 1989)
Diving for Pearls - Texas (2006)