Arturo Del Puerto Joins the Cast of Hulu’s “Downforce” Pilot

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Tom Castaneda

Arturo Del Puerto has lined up his next project…

The 47-year-old half Puerto Rican and half Spanish actor has joined the 20^th Television pilot for Hulu’s Downforce.

Del Puerto is among a roster of new cast additions that includes Harry Delano, Reece Shearsmith and Amar Chadha-Patel.

The film stars Eve Hewson and Murray Bartlett.

Downforce follows Victoria (Hewson), the estranged daughter of a storied racing team’s owner, Sir Trevor (Bartlett), who is thrust back into the family business, leaving the pair to find common ground or risk destroying the team’s legacy.

Del Puerto plays Emiliano, the ostentatious Spanish owner of a competing team who’s hellbent on destroying Regent Racing.

Alec Berg will direct the pilot and executive produce alongside Adam Countee, who have overall deals at 20th Television.

Del Puerto is currently recurring on the Netflix series Pulse and will next appear in the Netflix/A&E series The Lincoln Lawyer‘s second season.

His additional credits include the Apple+ series For All Mankind, Westworld for HBO, Godfather of Harlem for MGM+ and HBO’s Camping.

On the film front, he played opposite Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman in Twentieth Century Fox’s Independence Day: Resurgence and the Universal Pictures feature Ride Along 2.

Carlos Gomez to Appear on David E. Kelley’s ABC Drama Series “Big Sky”

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Tom Castaneda

The sky’s the limit for Carlos Gomez.

The 59-year-old Latino actor has landed a recurring role on David E. Kelley’s hit freshman ABC drama series Big Sky.

Gomez, who most recently appeared in ABC’s The Baker and the Beauty joins a roster of recurring actors that includes Anja Savcic and Zoë Noelle Baker.

The crime thriller was created by Big Little Lies’ Kelly based on C.J. Box’s book.

Big Sky follows private detective Cassie Dewell, played by Kylie Bunbury, and ex-cop Jenny Hoyt, played by Katheryn Winnick, who join forces to search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. But when they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to stop the killer before another woman is taken.

Gomez will play Gil Amaya, former ranch manager forever entangled with the Kleinsasser family, including their darkest secrets.

The sries is produced by 20th Century Fox Television in association with A+E Studios.

Gomez most recently starred as Rafael Garcia on ABC’s The Baker and the Beauty. He also portrayed Jose Menendez on Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, recurred as Agent Jose Campos in CBS’ Madam Secretary, and he previously starred for four seasons on A&E Network’s The Glades.

His film work includes Spiked with Aiden Quinn and Ride Along 2 opposite Kevin Hart.

Arturo Del Puerto to Star in HBO’s New Comedy Series “Camping”

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Tom Castaneda

Arturo Del Puerto is heading to campground…

The Latino actor has been cast opposite Jennifer Garner and David Tennant in HBO’s new half-hour comedy series Camping.

Del Puerto joins a cast that includes Janicza Bravo, Brett Gelman and Bridget Everett.

Based on the British series created by Julia Davis, the project hails from the Girls duo of creator/executive producer Lena Dunham and executive producer Jenni Konner.

Production begins this spring in Los Angeles.

Co-written by Dunham and Konner, who also showrun, Camping centers on Walt (Tennant), whose 45th birthday was supposed to be a delightful weekend back to nature, at least according to his obsessively organized and aggressively controlling wife Kathryn (Garner). But when the camping trip gathers Kathryn’s meek sister, holier than thou ex-best friend and a free-spirited Tagalong in one place, it becomes a weekend of tested marriages and woman-on-woman crime that won’t soon be forgotten. Plus, bears.

Del Puerto will portray Miguel, who is smack dab in the middle of a midlife crisis, recently separated. He is now expressing his instability through Topshop clothing and very strange life choices.

Bravo will play Nina-Joy, the friend you go to for everything: best massage, best jeans, best oatmeal. But her tension with Kathryn over a breach of confidence threatens to topple the weekend and put tooth marks in her marriage to the husband (Gelman) she adores almost as much as she likes a nice clog boot.

Del Puerto was most recently seen in features Independence Day: Resurgence, Ride Along 2 and CHIPS. He’s also known for his recurring role on AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead and a memorable guest spot in the Season 2 premiere of Pamela Adlon’s Better Things.

Known as a writer and director, Bravo directed and co-wrote with Gelman feature Lemon which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. She also helmed the “Juneteenth” episode of Donald Glover’s hit FX series Atlanta, as well as episodes of HBO’s Divorce, Here and Now, Netflix’s Love and Dear White People, and also guest-starred as Lorna in an episode of Love.

del Puerto Lands Recurring Role on AMC’s “Fear The Walking Dead”

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Tom Castaneda

Arturo del Puerto is facing his Fear…

The Latino actor has landed a recurring role on the upcoming second season of AMC’s Fear The Walking Dead.

He’ll play Carlos, who’s guarded but possesses a spiritual understanding of the world.

The Walking Dead companion series focuses on new characters and storylines.

Season 2 premieres on April 10.

del Puerto just wrapped a series regular role on FX’s pilot Snowfall.

He can currently be seen on the big screen in Ride Along 2 and will next be seen in features Independence Day 2 and CHiPS opposite Dax Shepard.

Del Puerto to Star in FX’s Drama Pilot “Snowfall”

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Tom Castaneda

Arturo Del Puerto is about to let it snow…

The Latino actor has booked a series regular role opposite Billy Magnussen in FX’s drama pilot Snowfall.

The series, co-created and co-written by Boyz N The Hood director John Singleton and Eric Amadio and directed by Singleton, is set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles in the 1980s.

Del Puerto will play Rico Santiago, Logan Miller’s (Magnussen) right-hand man as they venture into the L.A. cocaine trade.

Del Puerto recently recurred on Chicago P.D. and The Bridge. He’ll next be seen in Ride Along 2.

Ayora to Appear on Cinemax’s “Banshee”

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Tom Castaneda

Ana Ayora is reporting for Banshee duty…

The Colombian-American actress has landed a season-long arc on Season 4 of Cinemax’s Banshee.

The drama series from Alan Ball centers on Lucas Hood (portrayed by Antony Starr), an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, PA, where he continues his criminal pursuits while enforcing his own code of justice.

Ayora, who starred in The Big Wedding and Chop Shop, will portray Nina Cruz, a smart, tough, streetwise deputy for the Banshee Sheriff’s Department who really is an inside plant working for Kai Proctor (Ulrich Thomsen). Skilled with lethal fighting techniques and a killer instinct, she is a perfect blunt instrument for carrying out Proctor’s more nefarious and violent errands.

Ayora will next appear on the big screen in Ride Along 2.

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