Benito Martinez
Benito Martinez (born June 28, 1971) is an American actor most known for his role as police captain (later city councilman) David Aceveda in FX Networks' acclaimed crime drama The Shield. Additionally, he has voiced Coyote Smith in the video game Killer7, Professor Candide in Vanquish as well as a number of characters in the PC game Age of Empires III, and played a criminal on Firefly. He also had a featured role as a boxing manager in the critical and commercial hit film Million Dollar Baby and was an extra on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Salazar. Benito trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in Earls Court London England and was in the same class as the actor Zen Gesner and actress Julie Hesmondhalgh. Martinez currently appears on the program "Saving Grace" as the husband to the forensic detective. Martinez was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico of Guatemalan ancestry. He holds an advanced certificate in stage combat that he obtained from LAMDA during his studies there. His sister Patrice is an actress. Benito Martinez appeared in season 8 of the hit show "24" starring Kiefer Sutherland
80 acting credits
Acting · 80
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
The Rookie
2018
Supernatural
2005
Criminal Minds
2005
The Mentalist
2008
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Bones
2005
The Blacklist
2013
Tracker
2024
S.W.A.T.
2017
Castle
2009
24
2001
FBI
2018
Hawaii Five-0
2010
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
The X-Files
1993
Monk
2002
Sons of Anarchy
2008
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
The Shield
2002
13 Reasons Why
2017
Chicago Hope
1994
Burn Notice
2007
NYPD Blue
1993
Numb3rs
2005
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
House of Cards
2013
The Leftovers
2014
Station 19
2018
9-1-1: Lone Star
2020
Shark
2006
Touched by an Angel
1994
Lie to Me
2009
The Unit
2006
Shooter
2016
Torchwood
2006
Big Sky
2020
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
CSI: Vegas
2021
Firefly
2002
Saving Grace
2007
American Crime
2015
Saw
2004
Code Black
2015
Once and Again
1999
L.A. Doctors
1998
The Forgotten
2009
Almost Human
2013
Mr. Mayor
2021
Outbreak
1995
Million Dollar Baby
2004
Carry-On
2024
American Made
2017
The Bronx Zoo
1987
With Love
2021
Unthinkable
2010
For the People
2002
Karen Sisco
2003
Takers
2010
Queen & Slim
2019
Beyond the Lights
2014
Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
2003
Fool's Paradise
2023
End Game
2006
Not Forgotten
2009
Kill Your Darlings
2006
Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico
2005
Ballistic
1995
Her Costly Affair
1996
The Shield: Family Meeting
2008
Bless Me, Ultima
2013
New Suit
2003
The Dry Land
2010
Mandrake
2010
Hollywood Grit
2025
Lies in Plain Sight
2010
Romeo and Juliet
2000
Menendez: Blood Brothers
2017