Shalim Ortiz

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ortiz and the second or maternal family name is Goyco.

Shalim Ortiz (born February 26, 1979) is a Puerto Rican actor and singer.

Shalim Ortiz
Ortiz in 2012
Born	(1979-02-26) February 26, 1979 (age 46) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Occupations	Actor singer
Years active	1994–present
Spouse	Leslie Ann Machado ​ ​ (m. 2008; div. 2017)​
Parents	Elin Ortiz (father) Charytín Goyco (mother)
Musical career
Instruments	Vocals guitar

Personal life

Ortiz is the son of Dominican singer, actress, and host Charytín Goyco and Puerto Rican actor and comedian Elín Ortiz. Ortiz married Leslie Ann Machado in 2008. The couple welcomed a son in 2009 and later welcomed twins sons in 2016 before divorcing in 2017.^[1][2] Ortiz and Machado divorced in 2017 and Ortiz began dating actress Thanya López in 2018.^[3][4]

Television

In 2007, Ortiz starred as Miguel in the romantic, web-only series "Engaged" and also portrayed Alejandro Herrera on Heroes.^[5] His character was killed in the penultimate episode of the second season. He guest starred in an episode of Cory in the House as Bahavian singer Nanoosh. He also is featured in the Hallmark Channel movie Expecting a Miracle,^[6] which first premiered January 10, 2009.

Shalim has also guest-starred in mainstream series such as Cold Case (TV series)^[7] and CSI Miami.

He was also part of Maneater (2009 miniseries)^[8] for Lifetime (TV network) as Pablo.

in 2012 Shalim joined the cast of Una Maid en Manhattan^[9] for NBC-Telemundo as engineer Frank Varela who fought for the love of Marisa, played by Litzy

Film

Recently he has been involved in a film project that also stars Robert Miano, Leo Fong and Raymond Forchion.^[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Spin	Carlos
2007	Yuniol	Yuniol
2008	The Art of Travel	Carlos Bullet
2008	The Winged Man	Winged Man	Short film
2008	Partigiano	Partisan 1
2009	Gurdian	Wally
2009	Touched	Jimmy
2011	Jackie Goldberg: Private Dick	Jesus
2012	Silver Case	Tuco
2012	Tipo duro	Frank Vega
2013	Reencarnación: Una historia de amor	Alejandro
2013	5 Bravo	Rafael
2014	Dame tus ojos	David
2015	Silver Case: Director's Cut	Tuco
2016	Loki 7	Alex Rivera
2016	American Curious	Raúl
2021	Women Is Losers	Carlos

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Que Angelitos	Shalim	Recurring role[11]
2001	S Club 7 in Hollywood	Miguel Delgado	2 episodes
2002	Lizzie McGuire	Carlos	Episode: "El oro de Montezuma"
2002	Al salir de clase	Himself	Episode: "Errores del pasado"
2004	Ángel rebelde	Shalim
2007	Cory in the House	Nanoosh	Episode: "No, No, Nanoosh"
2007	Heroes	Alejandro Herrera	7 episodes
2008	Wanna Be Me!	Desiderio Lopez	Television film
2008	30 Days 'Til I'm Famous	Guido
2008	CSI: Miami	Mario Vega	Episode: "Cheating Death"
2009	Expecting a Miracle	Juan Salazar	Television film
2009	Cold Case	Gonzalo Luque	Episode: "Stealing Home"
2009	Maneater	Pablo Hernandez	2 episodes
2011	El octavo mandamiento	Iñaki Arriaga
2011	Morir en Martes	Dr. Adrian Ortiz	2 episodes
2012	XY	José García Roble Jr.	7 episodes
2011–2012	Una Maid en Manhattan	Frank Varela	167 episodes
2013	Dama y obrero	José Manuel Correal
2013	Magic City	Antonio Rivas	5 episodes
2016–2017	Señora Acero	Arturo Sánchez	Recurring role (seasons 3–4); 84 episodes
2016	Ballers	Manny	2 episodes
2017	La Piloto	Dean Simpson	Recurring role (season 1); 26 episodes
2017	Las Reinas	Lorenzo De La Reina	Episode: "Absolutely Miami"
2017	La Hermandad	Mubarak	Recurring role (season 2); 5 episodes
2018	Tres Milagros	Brayan	Recurring role (season 1); 8 episodes
2018	Rubirosa	Ramfis Trujillo
2019	Grand Hotel	Mateo	Main role
2020	Power Book II: Ghost		Recurring role[12]
2020–2021	All Rise	Joaquin Luna	Recurring role (season 2); 10 episodes

International tour

In 2003 and 2004, Ortiz completed a world tour that included stops in Europe and in South America. He is also an advocate of the American Diabetes Association; his father Elin had diabetes. Ortiz has also become a spokesman of the ADA for the Hispanic population of the United States.

Discography

• Shalim
• Cuarto sin Puerta

See also

• List of people from the Dominican Republic
• List of Puerto Ricans