---
name: "Michael Irby"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-irby"
fi1m_id: "michael-irby"
imdb_id: "nm0409831"
tmdb_id: 124304
wikidata_id: "Q522493"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 November 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T06:31:12.706804+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."
---

# Michael Irby

## Identity

Michael Irby

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-irby
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-irby
- **IMDb ID:** nm0409831
- **TMDB ID:** 124304
- **Wikidata ID:** Q522493
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Irby, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q522493, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409831/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124304

Actor. Born 16 November 1972 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 November 1972, Palm Springs, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Michael Clinton Irby
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 63 (1), 2020s 58 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Irby, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q522493, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0409831/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124304

## Biography

Michael Irby, also credited as Michael Clinton Irby, is an American actor. He was born on 16 November 1972 in Palm Springs, California.

Irby trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. His screen credits include the role of Obaid in the 2005 film *Flightplan*, Detective Garza in *Law Abiding Citizen* (2009), Zizi in *Fast Five* (2011) and *Fast X* (2023), and recurring television roles such as Charles Grey in *The Unit* (2006–2009), Beltran in *The Mentalist* (2008), Detective Elvis Ilinca in *True Detective* (2014), Obispo 'Bishop' Losa in *Mayans M.C.* (2018–2023) and Cristobal Sifuentes in *Barry* (2018–2023).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Flightplan* (2005), Fi1m 63, as Obaid — [page](https://film.one/film/flightplan.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Fast X* (2023), Fi1m 58, as Zizi (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-x.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

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

- *The Hawk* (2026), series, as Gustavo Meyer
- *Osiris* (2025), as Reyes
- *Breaking Tradition* (2024), as Josh
- *Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!* (2023), series, as Merric Thorngage
- *Fast X* (2023), as Zizi (archive footage) — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-x.md)
- *The Night Agent* (2023), series, as Michael
- *The Lincoln Lawyer* (2022), series, as Agent James de Marco
- *Last Seen Alive* (2022), as Oscar
- *Mayans M.C.* (2018), series, as Obispo 'Bishop' Losa
- *Barry* (2018), series, as Cristobal Sifuentes — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *SEAL Team* (2017), series, as Adam
- *Taken* (2017), series, as Scott
- *The Expanse* (2015), series, as UN Admiral Delgado — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-expanse.md)
- *The Player* (2015), series, as Javier Cruz
- *Rosewood* (2015), series, as Agent Giordano
- *Stalker* (2014), series, as Silas Martin
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), series, as Bernie — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *True Detective* (2014), series, as Detective Elvis Ilinca — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)
- *Almost Human* (2013), series, as Richard Paul
- *Duke* (2013), as Evelio
- *K-11* (2013), as Lieutenant Hernandez
- *The Following* (2013), series, as Andrew Sharp
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Xande Diaz
- *Common Law* (2012), series, as Jason
- *The Finder* (2012), series, as Detective Quinones
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Fermin Ordoñez — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *Fast Five* (2011), as Zizi
- *The Cape* (2011), series, as Tommy Malinari / Poker Face
- *Faster* (2010), as Vaquero
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Rafael Salgado — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *Rizzoli & Isles* (2010), series, as Oscar Acedo
- *Law Abiding Citizen* (2009), as Detective Garza
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Montrell Perez
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Ricky Packer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Castle* (2009), series, as Shane Winters — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, as Ronnie Bacca
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Beltran — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *Raising the Bar* (2008), series, as Wilfredo Villamaria
- *The Unit* (2006), series, as Charles Grey
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Cesar Jones — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Flightplan* (2005), as Obaid — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/flightplan.md)
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Police Officer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Once Upon a Wedding* (2005), as Lewis
- *CSI: NY* (2004), series, as Eduardo
- *The Raft* (2004), Actor
- *Line of Fire* (2003), series, as Amiel MacArthur
- *Klepto* (2003), as Marco
- *Final Draft* (2003), as Elijah
- *MDs* (2002), series, as Jaime Lopez
- *Haunted* (2002), series, as Dante
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Ignatio Paez
- *24* (2001), series, as Adrion Bishop — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *The Last Castle* (2001), as Enriquez
- *Piñero* (2001), as Reinaldo Povod
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Adrian Flores
- *FX: The Series* (1996), series, Actor
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Boca, Diego Garza, John Acosta — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Gallery

- ![Michael Irby](https://film.one/media/person/360560/gallery-91506122154a.jpg) Michael Irby — Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Michael_Irby_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg/1280px-Michael_Irby_2019_by_Glenn_Francis.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Irby speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.](https://film.one/media/person/360560/gallery-fabcb67bf94b.jpg) Michael Irby speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Michael_Irby_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Michael_Irby_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Irby of Barry at the 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards](https://film.one/media/person/360560/gallery-39101f19e359.png) Michael Irby of Barry at the 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards — Max, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Michael_Irby_2024_Emmys_01_%28cropped%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Michael Irby](https://film.one/media/person/360560/gallery-f50d1b831dcb.jpg) Michael Irby — Image via TMDB

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