David Zayas

David Zayas

1962-08-15 Puerto Rico 48 Credits

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.

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The Running Man

The Running Man

2025

as Richard Manuel

Acting

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

Or Something

2024

as Uptown Mike

4.0
Acting

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

Snag

2023

as Ramon

5.5
Acting

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

Adieu Aurora

2022

as Jon Castaneda

Acting

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

R♥️J

2021

as Fernando Capulet

6.6
Acting

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

Force of Nature

2020

as John the Baptist

5.1
Acting

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

Our Lady of 121st Street

2020

as Edwin

Acting

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

Body Cam

2020

as Sergeant Kesper

6.2
Acting

As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.

Shine

Shine

2017

as Ramon

7.2
Acting

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

11:55

2017

as Maurice

4.2
Acting

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

Teen Titans: The Judas Contract

2017

as Alberto Reyes (voice)

7.4
Acting

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

Lost Cat Corona

2017

as Ponce

5.4
Acting

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

The Lennon Report

2016

as Officer Joseph Medina

6.1
Acting

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

Tallulah

2016

as Detective Richards

6.7
Acting

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

The Wannabe

2015

as Pablo Guzman

5.2
Acting

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

Annie

2014

as Lou

6.2
Acting

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

Ride

2014

as Ramon

5.7
Acting

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

Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret

2013

as Detective Flores

5.9
Acting

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

Junction

2012

as Lt. Tarelli

5.4
Acting

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

Samuel Bleak

2011

as Ruben Ramirez

4.0
Acting

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'

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

2010

as Self

8.0
Acting

Sylvester Stallone's 90-minute video diary, covering the making of "The Expendables".

Skyline

Skyline

2010

as Oliver

5.0
Acting

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

The Expendables

2010

as General Garza

6.2
Acting

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

Coach

Coach

2010

as Ramon

5.1
Acting

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

13

13

2010

as Detective Larry Mullane

5.8
Acting

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

Wake

2009

as Grayson

5.1
Acting

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

Flying By

2009

as Tony

5.1
Acting

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

Burning Mussolini

2009

as Hector

6.4
Acting

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

The Savages

2007

as Eduardo

6.9
Acting

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

Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton

2007

as Detective Dalberto

6.8
Acting

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

16 Blocks

2006

as Robert Torres

6.4
Acting

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

The Feast of the Goat

2006

as Antonio de la Maza

5.1
Acting

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

The Interpreter

2005

as Charlie Russell

6.3
Acting

After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to i...

Jailbait

Jailbait

2004

as Guard

4.7
Acting

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

Undefeated

2003

as Paulie

2.8
Acting

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

Anne B. Real

2003

as Cynthia's Dad

3.6
Acting

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

A Gentleman's Game

2002

as Alfred D'Angelo

4.8
Acting

A drama revolving around characters whose lives are transformed one summer at an exclusive East Coast country club.

Washington Heights

2002

as David

7.3
Acting

"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

Wit

2001

as Code Team Blue Head

7.3
Acting

A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.

Sam the Man

Sam the Man

2001

as Billy the Cop

2.3
Acting

A writer having difficulty completing his second novel goes on a journey of self-discovery.

The Yards

The Yards

2000

as Officer Jerry Rifkin

6.2
Acting

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

Bringing Out the Dead

1999

as Cop in Elevator

6.6
Acting

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

Stepmom

1998

as Policeman

7.2
Acting

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

Above Freezing

1998

as Hector

7.0
Acting

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

Rounders

Rounders

1998

as Osborne

7.0
Acting

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

Return to Paradise

Return to Paradise

1998

as Construction Foreman

6.5
Acting

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

All Revved Up

1998

as Omar

5.8
Acting

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

Lena's Dreams

1997

as Jorge

Acting

A New York actress thinking of quitting the business is suddenly faced with opportunities.