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name: "Carlos Bernard"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "12 October 1962"
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updated: "2026-09-17T20:17:34.229624+00:00"
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# Carlos Bernard

Director. Born 12 October 1962 in Evanston, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 12 October 1962, Evanston, Illinois, USA
- **Also known as:** Carlos Bernard Papierski 
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313793, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076167/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25867

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

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## Biography

Carlos Bernard Papierski is an American actor and director. Born on 12 October 1962 in Evanston, Illinois, he graduated from New Trier High School and earned a bachelor's degree in fine art from Illinois State University. He later received an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

Bernard is best known for playing Tony Almeida in the series *24* (2001–2006), reprising the role in *24: Solitary* (2014) and *24: Legacy* (2017). His other acting credits include recurring or guest roles in *CSI: Miami* (2011–2012), *Castle* (2013), *Supergirl* (2015), *The Orville* (2017) and *The Lincoln Lawyer* (2022). He began his career in stage productions and appeared regularly on the soap opera *The Young and the Restless*.

As a director, Bernard has helmed episodes of *Law & Order* (2022–2025), *FBI* (2020–), *Chicago Fire*, *Criminal Minds*, *MacGyver* and *FBI: Most Wanted*. He also wrote and directed the short film *Your Father's Daughter*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Also known for

- *Supergirl* (2015), Oscar Rodas
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), Director
- *Chicago Fire* (2012), Director
- *Castle* (2009), Jared Stack
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), Chris Channing, Director
- *24* (2001), Tony Almeida
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), Diego Navarro
- *The Orville* (2017), Capt. Marcos

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