---
name: "David Maldonado"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dave-maldonado"
fi1m_id: "dave-maldonado"
imdb_id: "nm1296223"
tmdb_id: 1327175
wikidata_id: "Q77514930"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 March 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-02T23:27:42.892048+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Maldonado

## Identity

David Maldonado

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dave-maldonado
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dave-maldonado
- **IMDb ID:** nm1296223
- **TMDB ID:** 1327175
- **Wikidata ID:** Q77514930
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77514930, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1296223/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1327175

Actor. Born 2 March 1973 in New Iberia, Louisiana, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 March 1973, New Iberia, Louisiana, USA
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Also known as:** Dave Maldonado
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 71 (1), 2020s 64 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 63 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 3, Crime 2, Horror 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $493m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77514930, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1296223/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1327175

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Deepwater Horizon*](https://film.one/film/deepwater-horizon.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Maldonado, also credited as Dave Maldonado, is an American actor. Born on 2 March 1973 in New Iberia, Louisiana, he graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a Bachelor of Arts in General Studies, focusing on art and theatre. He relocated to Texas in 2002.

Maldonado is known for film roles including Capt. Curt Kuchta in *Deepwater Horizon* (2016), a soccer coach in *The 5th Wave* (2016), Dodd in *The Tomorrow War* (2021), Henry Dunlap in *The Devil All the Time* (2020), and Dr. Temme in *Greyhound* (2020). Television appearances include Bo Elkins in *Homeland* (2011), Brewin in *Tulsa King* (2022), Lt. Brendan Cusack in *Your Honor* (2020), and Hogwood in *Sinners* (2025). He has also appeared in series such as *The Purge* (2018) and *Treme*.

*Sources: imdb.com, thedailyiberian.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *HIS & HERS* (2026), Fi1m 55, as Sheriff — [page](https://film.one/tv/his-and-hers.md)
- *Sinners* (2025), Fi1m 79, as Hogwood — [page](https://film.one/film/sinners.md)
- *Love & Death* (2023), Fi1m 56, as Detective Jim Cochran — [page](https://film.one/tv/love-and-death.md)
- *Greyhound* (2020), Fi1m 66, as Dr. Temme — [page](https://film.one/film/greyhound.md)
- *Deepwater Horizon* (2016), Fi1m 71, as Capt. Curt Kuchta — [page](https://film.one/film/deepwater-horizon.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *HIS & HERS* (2026), series, as Sheriff — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/his-and-hers.md)
- *Sinners* (2025), as Hogwood — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/sinners.md)
- *Caddo Lake* (2024), as Sheriff Mark Tanner
- *Deadland* (2023), as Mitch - ICE Driver
- *The Burial* (2023), as Jim Lafont
- *Marisol* (2023), as Frank
- *Love & Death* (2023), series, as Detective Jim Cochran — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/love-and-death.md)
- *Will Trent* (2023), series, as Sheriff Eppley
- *Tulsa King* (2022), series, as Brewin
- *National Champions* (2021), as Kevin McDonald
- *The Tomorrow War* (2021), as Dodd
- *Your Honor* (2020), series, as Lt. Brendan Cusack
- *The Secrets We Keep* (2020), as Officer Brouwer
- *The Devil All the Time* (2020), as Henry Dunlap
- *Greyhound* (2020), as Dr. Temme — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/greyhound.md)
- *The Banker* (2020), as Bank Examiner
- *Into the Ashes* (2019), as Jordan
- *Poms* (2019), as Tom
- *Sanitatum* (2018), as Anthony Denton
- *Behind the Movement* (2018), as Police Chief
- *The Purge* (2018), series, as Clint
- *God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness* (2018), as Roger
- *Overexposed* (2018), as Stuart Shelby
- *68 Kill* (2017), as Ken Mckenzie
- *Hot Air* (2016), as Agent Ellis
- *Deepwater Horizon* (2016), as Capt. Curt Kuchta — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/deepwater-horizon.md)
- *Organizatsiya* (2016), Actor
- *Free State of Jones* (2016), as Polling Station Clerk
- *The 5th Wave* (2016), as Soccer Coach
- *Jack's Apocalypse* (2015), as Jack
- *Bad Guy #2* (2015), as Kingpin
- *99 Homes* (2015), as Detective #1
- *Zipper* (2015), as Father
- *Rogue Strike* (2014), as Russian Helmsman
- *Killing Mr. Right* (2014), as Reporter
- *Cat Run 2* (2014), as LaMonde, Lamonde
- *Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs* (2014), as Richard Alvey
- *Sleepy Hollow* (2013), series, as Derek (Fireman)
- *Revolution* (2012), series, as Sgt. Barry Nichols
- *Trespass* (2011), as Security Guard
- *Homeland* (2011), series, as Bo Elkins — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *In Plain Sight* (2008), series, as Jack Ducey
- *El Cantante* (2006), Producer
- *Surface Calm* (2001), as Neil Perry

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