Lombardo Boyar

Lombardo Boyar (born December 1, 1973) is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role as Chuy in The Bernie Mac Show and for voicing Lars Rodriguez in Rocket Power.

Lombardo Boyar
Born	(1973-12-01) December 1, 1973 (age 50) El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present

Career

Lombardo is a veteran of the United States Army, having served as a forward observer in the highly decorated 82nd Airborne Division during the 1990s.^[1]

Some of Boyar's notable performances include a brief part as convenience-store robber Ramon Garcia on Fox's 24 and a starring role as burglar Eddie Tesoro in P.S. Your Cat Is Dead. He provided voices in both Happy Feet and Coco. and Anglophone cable-TV audiences may also be familiar with Boyar's voice work as Lawrence "Lars" Rodriguez in Klasky-Csupo's Rocket Power cartoons and with his live-action performance as Sergio del Rio on Steven Bochco's Over There. He has also guested on a semi regular basis as Chuy on The Bernie Mac Show. Fluent in English and Spanish with a very adaptable voice, Boyar has also provided voice-over work for commercials.^[2]

Boyar had a voice acting role in the 2008 Turok video game as Gonzales.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Rant	Lalo (voice)	Short Film
1997	Tear It Down
	17 and Under	Gang Member Working on Car
1999	EDtv	New York Guy
	Candyman: Day of the Dead	Enrique	Direct-to-video
	Blink of an Eye	Guillermo
2000	Gone in 60 Seconds	Paramedic
	Brother	Mo
2001	Scenes of the Crime	Zeke
2002	P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!	Eddie Tesoro
	S1m0ne	Paparazzi Photographer
	Never Get Outta the Boat	Cesar
2003	The Wounded	Cartoon	Direct-to-video
2005	American Gun	Hector
2006	Happy Feet	Raul (voice)	[3]
2008	What Just Happened	Guard at Studio Gate
	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Praying Dog (voice)	[3]
	The Last White Dishwasher	Rudy Valentine	Short Film
2009	Next Day Air	Carlos
2010	Group Sex	Ramon	Direct-to-video
2011	Happy Feet Two	Raul (voice)	[3]
2012	Least Among Saints	Armando
2013	Big Ass Spider!	Jose Ramos
	Viva America	Ricardo	Short Film
	Halfway to Hell	Emilio
2014	Space Dogs: Adventure to the Moon	Chip (voice)
	Spiralmind	Ramon	Short Film
	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Terry
	Some Kind of Beautiful	Ernesto
2015	Tales of Halloween	Gambling Neighbor
2016	The Last Heist	Vendor
	Pup Star	Doberman Guard (voice)	[3]
	Ulterior Motives: Reality TV Massacre	Hector
	Bad Santa 2	Valet Boss
2017	The Bird Who Could Fly	Deputy Lombardo	Short Film
	Guerra	Carlo	Short Film
	Pup Star: Better 2Gether	Security Guard Dog (voice)	[3]
	Coco	Plaza Mariachi / Gustavo (voice)	[3]
2018	Josie	Romero
2019	Endings, Beginnings	Fruit Stand Vendor

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996–1997	Dangerous Minds	Fatty	2 episodes
1997	Baywatch	Hector Molina	Episode: "Matters of the Heart"
	Malcolm & Eddie	Ernesto	Episode: "The Courtship of Eddie's Mother"
	Walker, Texas Ranger	Luis 'Flaco' Lopez	Episode: "Mr. Justice"
	Nothing Sacred	Paco	Episode: "A Bloody Miracle"
1997–2001	NYPD Blue	Tino / George Ruiz / Gangbanger #3	3 episodes
1998	Sparks		Episode: "Flirting with Disaster"
	Gia	Hood #2	TV movie
	ER	Morris Campbell	Episode: "Exodus"
	C-16: FBI	Ernesto Cruz	Episode: "Hitting Olansky"
	L.A. Doctors	Manny	Episode: "Fear of Flying"
	Frasier	Delivery Man	Episode: "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz"
1998–1999	Silk Stalkings	Commissioner / Water Taxi Driver / Man on the Car	3 episodes
1999	Martial Law	Pablo	Episode: "Substitutes"
	To Serve and Protect	Tachi	Episode: "Part I"
	Becker	Hector	Episode: "Becker the Elder"
	The Pretender	Seelye	Episode: "Survival"
1999–2004	Rocket Power	Lars Rodriguez, Townsperson #2, Spectator #1, Boarder #2, Biker #2 (voices)	39 episodes
2000	The X-Files	Deputy Juan Molina	Episode: "X-Cops"
2001	The Division		Episode: "Forces of Deviance"
	Six Feet Under	Powerful	Episode: "Familia"
2001–2006	The Bernie Mac Show	Chuy	34 episodes
2002	Family Law	Officer Dash	Episode: "To Protect and Serve"
	First Monday		Episode: "Crime and Punishment"
	Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand	Lars Rodriguez (voice)	TV movie
	Shadow Realm	Perez	TV movie
	Night Visions	Perez	Episode: "Patterns/Voices"
2003	Kingpin	Romulo	2 episodes
	24	Ramon Garcia	2 episodes
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Jesse Commons	Episode: "All of Our Country"
	Boomtown	Eddie	Episode: "Wannabe"
2004	Threat Matrix	Victor Benitez	Episode: "Mexico"
	The D.A.	Diego Rodriguez	Episode: "The People vs. Oliver C. Handley"
	Taste	Carlos	TV movie
	Rocket Power: Island of the Menehune	Lars Rodriguez (voice)	TV movie
	Boston Legal	Ramone Valasquez	Episode: "Catch and Release"
2005	Without a Trace	Jorge Hernandez	Episode: "Neither Rain Nor Sleet"
	The Shield	Hernesto	Episode: "Hurt"
	Over There	Sergio Del Rio	9 episodes
	Joey	Dave	Episode: "Joey and the High School Friend"
2006	The Class	Scott	Episode: "The Class Runs Into a Convenience Store"
	Standoff	Felix Aguila	Episode: "Borderline"
2007	Biker Mice from Mars	Chaz Divini (voice)	Episode: Between Rump and a Hard Race"[3]
2007–2008	Notes from the Underbelly	Hector	3 episodes
2008	Raising the Bar	Freddy Valerio	Episode: "Bagels and Locks"
2009	The Closer	Victor Rivera	Episode: "Products of Discovery"
	Cold Case	Cal Acevedo	Episode: "Hood Rats"
	CSI: Miami	Carlos Guzman	Episode: "In Plane Sight"
2010	Modern Family	Jose	Episode: "Starry Night"
	Miami Medical	Eddie Del Valle	Episode: "88 Seconds"
2011	Southland	Mr. Estrada	Episode: "Failure Drill"
	Breakout Kings	Carlos Zepeda	Episode: "These Are Rules"
	Little in Common	Benny Pacheco	TV movie
2012	The Life & Times of Tim	Eduardo's Son	Episode: "Super Gay Eduardo/The Pros and Cons of Killing Tim"
	NCIS	Felix Quintero	Episode: "Secrets"
	Awake	Jose	Episode: "Ricky's Tacos"
	GCB	Duarte	Episode: "Revelation"
	Outlaw Country	Mexican	TV movie
2013	The Joe Schmo Show	Chico, the Ex-Con	Episode: "The Bounty Begins"
	Shameless	Manuel	Episode: "El Gran Cañon"
	The Garcias Have Landed	Ernie Garcia	TV movie
2014	Jessie	Boomer	3 episodes
	Real Husbands of Hollywood	Guard #2	Episode: "Black Is the Same Old Black"
2014–2016	Murder in the First	Edgar Navarro	32 episodes
2015	The Player	Carlos Salvado	Episode: "Downtown Odds"
2016	Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders	Cedro Pena	Episode: "The Ballad of Nick and Nat"
	Man with a Plan	Dad	Episode: "Thanksgiving"
2017	American Crime	Rodrigo	Episode: "Season Three: Episode Two"
2020	Better Things	Jose	2 episodes
2020–2021	Station 19	Johnny Alvarez	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Rocket Power: Extreme Arcade Games	Lars Rodriguez	[3]
2002	Rocket Power: Beach Bandits		[3]
2004	The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay	Theo / Alonzo / Barassa
2006	Happy Feet	Raul	[3]
2008	Turok	Gonzales
2011	Rango	Lupe
	Call of Juarez: The Cartel	Flaco, Additional voices	[3]

References

1. "Archived copy". www.borderlandnews.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Samples of Lombardo Boyar's voice (Spanish and English)". Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
3. "Lombardo Boyar (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2021-08-20.

External links

• Lombardo Boyar at IMDb