Biography
José Zúñiga is best known for his roles in films such as Alive, Ransom, Con Air, Fresh, Crooklyn, Next Stop: Wonderland, and Twilight. He has appeared in several television shows including 24, Prison Break, Law & Order, The O.C., NCIS, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Bones, Lie To Me, Dexter, Medium, The Event, and Scandal.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Life List
2025
as Samuel
When her mother sends her on a quest to complete a teenage bucket list, a young woman uncovers family secrets, finds romance — and rediscovers herself...

A Sudden Case of Christmas
2024
as Mark
An American couple bring their 10 year old daughter, Claire, to her grandfather Lawrence's hotel in The Dolomites, Italy. They usually come for Christ...

Sound of Freedom
2023
as Roberto
The story of Tim Ballard, a former US government agent, who quits his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers...

Reefa
2021
as Israel Sr.
Reefa Hernandez Jr, an 18-year-old Colombian immigrant and talented artist spending his last summer in Miami with friends, family and his new girl Fra...

Half Brothers
2020
as Evaristo
Mexican aviation exec Renato is shocked to learn that he has an American half-brother he never knew about: free-spirited Asher. They are forced on a r...

Electromagnetic
2020
as Tomas
A director and actress pay a visit to an obsessed film editor whose hypnotic soundscapes shatter their perceptions of reality. (ALTER)

Against the Clock
2019
as Ah Puch
After a CIA Agent is seriously injured during a mission, his wife, a former CIA operative, becomes determined to find out what happened - a truth the ...

Baja
2018
as Luis Bolanos
Four 22 year-olds on a Mexican road trip seem bound for disaster until they, and their trip, are unexpectedly redeemed by a series of miraculous event...

The Dark Tower
2017
as Dr. Hotchkiss
A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark...

The Most Hated Woman in America
2017
as Detective Campos
The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.

A Place in the Caribbean
2017
as Gael
Gael travels to the Island of Roatan to finish his last novel and finds love at first sight. Sofia and her father missed their cruise and are forced t...

Victor
2016
as Manuel
The inspiring true story of Víctor Torres - a migrant teen from Puerto Rico forced to survive the dark streets of Brooklyn in 1962. Enslaved by the po...

The Duel
2016
as General Calderon
A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.

Diablo
2016
as Guillermo
A young civil war veteran is forced on a desperate journey to save his kidnapped wife.

They Danced
2016
as Mister Martinez
A psychological thriller following Fernando, a senior in a Honduran high school who dances professional ballet, turning him into an easy target to bul...

Mary Loss of Soul
2015
as Victor Solis
After vanishing from her family’s lake house, 15 year-old Mary Solis returns without any memory of the traumatic events she experienced—and without pa...

The Call
2013
as Marco
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can co...

Eye of the Hurricane
2012
as Roberto Cruz
An Everglades community struggles to put their lives back together in the wake of a hurricane.

The Forger
2011
as Mr. Weathers
While staying at a picturesque village, a teen encounters the underground world of art forgery.

The Chaperone
2011
as Detective Carlos
An ex-con on the run from his criminal past, hides out from those he ratted on by chaperoning a field trip to New Orleans.

Twilight
2008
as Mr. Molina
When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be...

Tortilla Heaven
2008
as Isidor
Isidor's Tortilla Heaven is the best restaurant in New Mexico maybe even the world. But though his tortillas are scrumptious, his enchiladas divine, I...

Undoing
2007
as Randall
A crime drama set in LA's Koreatown, UNDOING introduces us to Samuel, who returns after a mysterious absence to reconcile the death of his best friend...

Next
2007
as Security Chief Roybal
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underw...

Mission: Impossible III
2006
as IMF Agent Pete
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, ...

The Alibi
2006
as Officer Sykes
Con man Ray Elliot decides to leave crime behind to start a company that sells fake alibis to clients who have been unfaithful to their significant ot...

Constantine
2005
as Detective Weiss
John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their in...

The Hunted
2003
as Bobby Moret
In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallam. A former Special Operations instructor is appro...

Snow White
2001
as Hector
Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's ...

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
2000
as Paquito D'Rivera
In the early 1970s, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) is torn between his own musical dreams and the dreams of his wife, Marianela (Mía Ma...

The Crew
2000
as Escobar
Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.

The Opportunists
2000
as Jesus Del Toro
Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved ...

Gun Shy
2000
as Fidel Vaillar
Legendary undercover DEA agent Charlie Mayough has suddenly lost his nerves of steel. On the verge of a career-induced mental breakdown, and in comple...

Happy Accidents
2000
as Jose
A comedy that pays tribute to the science fiction genre -- specifically, the sub-genre of time travel. But here the alternate reality is contemporary ...

Next Stop Wonderland
1998
as Andre de Silva
Dumped by her loser boyfriend, Erin's love life hits rock bottom when her overbearing mother places an embarrassing ad in the "personals" section of a...

Con Air
1997
as Sims
Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" takin...

Hurricane Streets
1997
as Kramer
Marcus is a New York City street kid torn between his friends' criminal activities and a girl trying to keep him out of trouble.

Ransom
1996
as David Torres
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.

Striptease
1996
as Chris Rojo
Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the ...

Day of the Warrior
1996
as Mexican Cop
The Legion to Ensure Total Harmony and Law (L.E.T.H.A.L.), is tracking a criminal mastermind known only as The Warrior. While investigating his combin...

Fresh Kill
1996
as Miguel Flores
Shareen and Claire, a lesbian couple living on Staten Island, find themselves ensnared in a vast conspiracy involving a ghost ship of nuclear refuse, ...

Stonewall
1995
as Randy
A group of gay friends try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.

Money Train
1995
as Victor
When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.

Blue in the Face
1995
as Jerry
A wacky group of locals visit the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times and finding plenty of hilarious fun. But when the greedy owner threa...

Flirt
1995
as Cab Driver
The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Tokyo). A lover has to choose whether to commit to a partner who is returni...

Nadja
1995
as Bartender
In a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their fathe...

Smoke
1995
as 2nd OTB Man / Jerry
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul t...

Fresh
1994
as Lt. Perez
Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his rival employers against each other.

Crooklyn
1994
as Tommy La La
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in...

Flirt
1993
as Cab Driver
In New York, Bill struggles to decide whether he has a future with Emily, while attempting to restrain Walter, the angry husband of a woman he thinks ...

Alive
1993
as Fraga
The amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull...
Riding the Rails
1988
Wiped out by a stock market crash, Sam Spencer suddenly finds himself broke and homeless in New York. When a friend offers him a job in California, Sa...
Mister Whisper
N/A
as Garcia
Liz has dedicated her life to protecting children. One day, Liz gets a tip that a young boy is being held prisoner in the basement of a secluded house...