Kirk Acevedo

About

Kirkland M. Acevedo (born November 27, 1971) is an American actor best known as Miguel Alvarez in Oz, Joe Toye in Band of Brothers, and FBI Agent Charlie Francis on Fringe. His best-known films are The Thin Red Line, Dinner Rush and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. He also was José Ramse on 12 Monkeys (2015–18), as well as Ricardo Diaz / The Dragon on Arrow (2017–19).

Acevedo’s parents were born in Brooklyn, New York City and lived in the Bronx, where both their sons, Richard and Kirk Acevedo, were born and raised there. Acevedo is of Puerto Rican descent. Since childhood, Acevedo has shown an interest in acting; he performed before his family in improvised shows. Acevedo was a drama major in high school.
After graduating from LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, Acevedo enrolled in the SUNY Purchase School of Acting (Purchase College). In the 1990s, Acevedo earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and, as some of his classmates had landed parts shortly after auditioning for Oz, he was also motivated to try out, and subsequently landed the role of the half-crazed gang leader prisoner Miguel Alvarez.

After landing the role of Miguel Alvarez…