James Martinez (actor)

James Martinez is an American actor, known for his role as Alex Romero in season five of House of Cards, Armando Salazar in Love, Victor and Angel Batista in the Dexter prequel series Dexter: Original Sin.

James Martinez
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present
Notable credits	House of Cards Love, Victor Dexter: Original Sin

Career

Martinez portrayed series regular Jorge Sanchez in Gravity on Starz in 2010.^[1][2] In 2017, he appeared as Alex Romero in season five of the Netflix series House of Cards.^[3][4] Martinez portrayed Victor on the Netflix series One Day at a Time from 2017 to 2019.^[3][5] From 2020 to 2022, he starred as Armando Salazar on the Hulu series Love, Victor.^[6][7][8]

Selected filmography

Television

Year	Project	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	Law & Order	Manuel Lopez	Episode: "Star Crossed"
	Third Watch	Stevie Nuniz	Episode: "Closing In"
2008	NCIS	Lieutenant Eduardo Almeida	Episode: "Agent Afloat"
	Numbers	Damien Rove	Episode: "The Decoy Effect"
2009	Law & Order	D.J. Jonny Cortez	Episode: "Boy Gone Astray"
2010	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Rick Caldera	Episode: "True Legacy"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Clark Tinta	Episode: "Rescue"
	Rubicon	Officer Martinez	Episode: "The Truth Will Out"
	Gravity	Jorge Sanchez	Series regular	[1][2]
2011	Breaking Bad	Maximino Arciniega	Episode: "Hermanos"	[9]
	Leverage	Javier	Episode: "The Grave Danger Job"
	A Gifted Man	George	Episode: "In Case of Memory Loss"
2012	Fairly Legal	Emilio Cedeno	Episode: "Borderline"
2013	Low Winter Sun	Detective John Hernandez	5 episodes	[9][10]
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	John Fletcher	Episode: "Helpless"
	Blue Bloods	Officer Salazar	Episode: "Unwritten Rules"
	The Michael J. Fox Show	Mr. Diaz	Episode: "Pilot"
	Drop Dead Diva	Luis Vega	Episode: "50 Shades of Grayson"
	Army Wives	Dr. Marco Sanchez	Episode: "Damaged"
	Hustling	Carlos	Episode: "Sugar"
2014	Unforgettable	Robert Chavez	Episode: "Admissions"
	Elementary	Diego Salcedo	Episode: "Dead Clade Walking"
	Intelligence	Gonzalo 'Gonzo' Rodriguez	Episode: "Pilot"
2015	Aquarius	Ruben Salazar	3 episodes	[9][11]
2016	Queen of the South	Gato Fierros	2 episodes	[12]
	The Mysteries of Laura	Carlos Hernandez	Episode: "The Mystery of the Political Operation"	[11]
2017	The Blacklist: Redemption	Carlos Cantara	Episode: "Hostages"
	Bull	Agent Conrad	Episode: "Benevolent Deception"
	The Good Fight	Frank Gwinn	Episode: "First Week"
	House of Cards	Alex Romero	9 episodes	[3][11]
	Major Crimes	Ian Nuñez	3 episodes	[5][13]
2017–2019	One Day at a Time	Victor	9 episodes	[3][5]
2018–2019	Tell Me a Story	Detective Olsen	4 episodes	[14]
2019	Billions	Ray Cruz	Episode: "Chickentown"
	God Friended Me	William	Episode: "Miracle on 123rd Street"
2020–2022	Love, Victor	Armando Salazar	Series regular, 28 episodes	[6][7][8]
2023	Wolf Pack	Roberto Navarro	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2024	So Help Me Todd	Leo Hart	Episode: "Faux-Bituary"
2024–present	Dexter: Original Sin	Detective Angel Batista	Series regular

Film

Year	Project	Role	Ref.
2004	Brother to Brother	Julio	[15]
2007	I Believe in America	Tomás
2009	B-Girl	Héctor	[16]
2010	BearCity	Carlos	[17]
2012	BearCity 2: The Proposal	Carlos	[18]
	The Sessions	Matt	[19]
2015	Run All Night	Detective Oscar Torres	[9][11]
2016	Aaron's Blood	Aaron	[4][20][21]

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2006	25 to Life	Shawn Calderon
2010	Red Dead Redemption	Mexican Law Man
2018	Red Dead Redemption 2	Ramón Cortez