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name: "Jose Pablo Cantillo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jose-pablo-cantillo"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 March 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T09:46:09.003767+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."
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# Jose Pablo Cantillo

Actor. Born 30 March 1979 in Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 March 1979, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA
- **Active:** 2002–2013
- **Also known as:** José Pablo Cantillo, Хосе Пабло Кантильо
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 71 (2)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $286m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Pablo_Cantillo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350014, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1504678/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20191

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Elysium*](https://film.one/film/elysium.md) (60)

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## Biography

Jose Pablo Cantillo is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Verona in *Crank* (2006), Caesar Martinez in the television series *The Walking Dead* (2010–), Hector Salazar in *Sons of Anarchy* (2008–), Sandro in *Elysium* (2013) and Yankie in *Chappie* (2015).

Born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, Cantillo grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana, where he attended Terre Haute South Vigo High School. He graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a double major in finance and marketing, then moved to New York City to pursue acting before relocating to California in late 2003. He has appeared in guest roles on numerous television series since the early 2000s and in supporting film roles from 2006 onwards.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Elysium* (2013), Fi1m 60, as Sandro — [page](https://film.one/film/elysium.md)
- *Terriers* (2010), Fi1m 82, as Felipe Prado — [page](https://film.one/tv/terriers.md)
- *The Shield* (2002), Fi1m 84, as Amando Rios — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)

## Complete filmography (72)

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

- *Memory of a Killer* (2026), series, as Detective Mario Garcia
- *The Rip* (2026), as DEA Agent Dayo Reyes
- *American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez* (2024), series, as Jose Baez
- *Will Trent* (2023), series, as Gabriel
- *Ambulance* (2022), as Jesus
- *Mayor of Kingstown* (2021), series, as Carlos
- *Oats Studios: Volume 1* (2021), as Quinn
- *OATS Studios* (2021), series, as Quinn
- *Copshop* (2021), as Officer Peña
- *Cherry* (2021), as Drill Sgt. Deco
- *El Chicano* (2019), as Detective Martinez
- *The Great Alaskan Race* (2019), Executive Producer
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, as Franco DeSantis
- *Magnum P.I.* (2018), series, as Mitch Desanto
- *S.W.A.T.* (2017), series, as Ricardo
- *Zygote* (2017), as Quinn
- *Taken* (2017), series, as Bernie
- *Man Down* (2016), as Taylor
- *Shooter* (2016), series, as Justin Singer
- *Damien* (2016), series, as Alex
- *Tales of Halloween* (2015), as Dutch
- *Solace* (2015), as Sawyer
- *Chappie* (2015), as Yankie (Amerika)
- *Constantine* (2014), series, as Hugo Lopez
- *The Last Ship* (2014), series, as Octavio
- *Where Hope Grows* (2014), Producer
- *Tom Holland's Twisted Tales* (2014), as Ricardo (segment "Cached")
- *Tom Holland's Twisted Tales* (2013), series, as Ricardo
- *Elysium* (2013), as Sandro — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/elysium.md)
- *TalhotBlond* (2012), as Wilkes
- *The Finder* (2012), series, as Luis Obispo
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), series, as Caesar Martínez — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)
- *Law & Order: LA* (2010), series, as Caesar Vargas
- *Lone Star* (2010), series, as Matt
- *Terriers* (2010), series, as Felipe Prado — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/terriers.md)
- *The Good Guys* (2010), series, as Santora
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Pierce
- *Dark Blue* (2009), series, as Raphael Garza
- *Virtuality* (2009), as Manny Rodriguez
- *Virtuality* (2009), series, Actor
- *Streets of Blood* (2009), as Det. Pepe Vasquez
- *Crank: High Voltage* (2009), as Ricky Verona
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, as Amadeo Valadez
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Angel
- *Sons of Anarchy* (2008), series, as Hector Salazar — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/sons-of-anarchy.md)
- *Redbelt* (2008), as Snowflake
- *After Sex* (2007), as Marco
- *Cleaner* (2007), as Miguel
- *Disturbia* (2007), as Officer Gutierrez
- *Standoff* (2006), series, as Duff Gonzalez
- *Crank* (2006), as Verona
- *The Bondage* (2006), as Spider
- *The Unit* (2006), series, as Rock
- *Just Legal* (2005), series, Actor
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Jose Vargas
- *Shackles* (2005), as Gabriel Garcia
- *The Closer* (2005), series, as Enrique Santos
- *Eyes* (2005), series, as Fransisco Lopez
- *Medical Investigation* (2004), series, as Rick Hain
- *The Manchurian Candidate* (2004), as Villalobos
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Mark Sisco
- *Nip/Tuck* (2003), series, as Marlon Ramirez — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/nip-tuck.md)
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Juan Fernandez
- *Monk* (2002), series, as Carlos
- *The Shield* (2002), series, as Amando Rios — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Jack Martinez
- *Crossing Jordan* (2001), series, as Danny Artega
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as I.A. Officer Galvez
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Wilberto 'Willie' Angel
- *ER* (1994), series, as Juan Enriquez — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *The Gift Horse*, as Ray Ordonez (rumored) · Co-Executive Producer
- *Widow*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Jose Pablo Cantillo at the premiere of Redbelt! at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/440795/gallery-5dfbeb19f05d.jpg) Jose Pablo Cantillo at the premiere of Redbelt! at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. — David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Jose_Pablo_Cantillo_by_David_Shankbone.JPG/1280px-Jose_Pablo_Cantillo_by_David_Shankbone.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jose Pablo Cantillo at the premiere of Redbelt! at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/440795/gallery-ff8f6fb3d782.jpg) Jose Pablo Cantillo at the premiere of Redbelt! at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. — David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Jose_Pablo_Cantillo_at_the_2008_Tribeca_Film_Festival.JPG/1280px-Jose_Pablo_Cantillo_at_the_2008_Tribeca_Film_Festival.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Walker Stalker Con, San Francisco, 2015](https://film.one/media/person/440795/gallery-a007a31c2331.jpg) Walker Stalker Con, San Francisco, 2015 — Daniel Hartwig, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Jose_Pablo_Cantillo_2015.jpg/1280px-Jose_Pablo_Cantillo_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jose Pablo Cantillo](https://film.one/media/person/440795/gallery-9ba16781907c.jpg) Jose Pablo Cantillo — Image via TMDB

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