Biography
David Zayas (born 31 December 1962) is a Puerto Rican theatrical, film, and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Angel Batista on Showtime's series Dexter and as Enrique Morales on the HBO prison drama Oz.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Running Man
2025
as Richard Manuel
Desperate to save his sick daughter, a working-class dad joins a deadly spectator sport where the longer he stays alive, the bigger the payout. Betwee...

Or Something
2024
as Uptown Mike
Two strangers show up at the same Brooklyn apartment to collect cash they’re both owed. Forced to spend the day together on a journey through New York...

Snag
2023
as Ramon
An Australian lone wolf's quiet existence is shattered when he learns that the woman he once loved and thought was dead is alive and held captive by r...

Adieu Aurora
2022
as Jon Castaneda
Investment bankers try to convince the brother of a recently deceased Rabbi to convert to a cult. It has an R rating for language throughout.

R♥️J
2021
as Fernando Capulet
Told entirely through social media and smartphone screens, this bold adaptation of Romeo and Juliet reinvents the world’s most enduring love story wit...

Force of Nature
2020
as John the Baptist
A gang of thieves plan a heist during a hurricane and encounter trouble when a disgraced cop tries to force everyone in the building to evacuate.

Our Lady of 121st Street
2020
as Edwin
In this hysterical and deeply moving play, a group of old friends find themselves at Harlem's Ortiz Funeral Home to mourn the death of a beloved nun f...

Body Cam
2020
as Sergeant Kesper
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.

Shine
2017
as Ramon
Two Puerto Rican brothers, Ralphi Matas and Junior, from New York's Spanish Harlem and the street’s best Salsa dancers, are separated after a tragedy ...

11:55
2017
as Maurice
Upon his return home, a U.S. Marine must face up to the consequences of a shameful tragedy that has defined his past before he runs out of time.

Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
2017
as Alberto Reyes (voice)
Tara Markov is a girl who has power over earth and stone; she is also more than she seems. Is the newest Teen Titan an ally or a threat? And what are ...

Lost Cat Corona
2017
as Ponce
A play-it-safe guy must search for his wife's missing cat, bringing him face-to-face with the colorful, wacky, and sometimes, the more dangerous eleme...

The Lennon Report
2016
as Officer Joseph Medina
The events on the night John Lennon was killed, seen through the eyes of those who lived it. The great men and women of NYC who did all they could to ...

Tallulah
2016
as Detective Richards
Desperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she bargaine...

The Wannabe
2015
as Pablo Guzman
Based on true events, The Wannabe, a story about Thomas, a man obsessed with Mafia culture during the 1990s in New York City. When Thomas’s failed at...

Annie
2014
as Lou
Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a bab...

Ride
2014
as Ramon
Overbearing mom, Jackie, travels cross-country to be with her son, Angelo, after he drops out of college to become a surfer. She meets a surf instruct...

Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret
2013
as Detective Flores
True story based on Jodi Arias, a seductive 28-year-old aspiring photographer found guilty of killing her former lover, Travis Alexander, who was foun...

Junction
2012
as Lt. Tarelli
Junction follows four strung-out meth-addicts who discover a dark secret about a homeowner during a burglary, pitting them not only against the police...

Samuel Bleak
2011
as Ruben Ramirez
In a quiet southern town, several lives are changed forever when an isolated mute with a dark secret is admitted to a mental institution.

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010
as Self
Sylvester Stallone's 90-minute video diary, covering the making of "The Expendables".

Skyline
2010
as Oliver
When strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, people are drawn outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to sw...

The Expendables
2010
as General Garza
Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons special...

Coach
2010
as Ramon
A slacker trust-fund type finds the motivation to pick up a job as the coach of middle school soccer team

13
2010
as Detective Larry Mullane
A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble be...

Wake
2009
as Grayson
When things get tough for offbeat Carys Reitman, she does what any emotionally isolated, modern girl would do - she goes to strangers' funerals...

Flying By
2009
as Tony
A real estate developer goes to his 25th high school reunion without his wife, and finds his old teenage band playing. They get him up on stage for a ...

Burning Mussolini
2009
as Hector
Ex-boxer Paul Choquino decides to finance his upcoming wedding by robbing reputed drug lord Benito Mussolini Bonacci. But everything that can go wrong...

The Savages
2007
as Eduardo
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

Michael Clayton
2007
as Detective Dalberto
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty ...

16 Blocks
2006
as Robert Torres
An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running t...

The Feast of the Goat
2006
as Antonio de la Maza
Urania Cabral returns to Santo Domingo, after several years, and remembers her and her family's relationship to Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican dictato...

The Interpreter
2005
as Charlie Russell
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to i...

Jailbait
2004
as Guard
Randy commits a crime that would normally get him probation and a hefty fine, but in the "three-strikes" world of justice, he finds himself locked up ...

Undefeated
2003
as Paulie
Lex 'El Animal' Vargas is a promising Portorican boxer in Queens, but lacks ambition to aim for the big career. That changes after his brother Paulie ...

Anne B. Real
2003
as Cynthia's Dad
Anne B. Real is the coming of age story of a young female rapper, who finds her inspiration by reading the Diary of Anne Frank.

A Gentleman's Game
2002
as Alfred D'Angelo
A drama revolving around characters whose lives are transformed one summer at an exclusive East Coast country club.
Washington Heights
2002
as David
"Washington Heights" tells the story of Carlos Ramirez, a young illustrator burning to escape the Latino neighborhood of the same name to make a splas...

Wit
2001
as Code Team Blue Head
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.

Sam the Man
2001
as Billy the Cop
A writer having difficulty completing his second novel goes on a journey of self-discovery.

The Yards
2000
as Officer Jerry Rifkin
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. W...

Bringing Out the Dead
1999
as Cop in Elevator
Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried ev...

Stepmom
1998
as Policeman
Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother t...

Above Freezing
1998
as Hector
A commitment-phobic flower shop wholesale worker struggles with his live-in girl friend in this standard sitcom-styled film.

Rounders
1998
as Osborne
A young reformed gambler must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.

Return to Paradise
1998
as Construction Foreman
Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays be...

All Revved Up
1998
as Omar
A lovely school teacher finds herself the victim of a scam artist - a garage owner who delights in ripping off his customers. Soon, she has two eager ...

Lena's Dreams
1997
as Jorge
A New York actress thinking of quitting the business is suddenly faced with opportunities.