Actor
Benito Martinez
June 28, 1971 · Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Benito Martinez (born June 28, 1971) is an American actor most known for his role as police captain (later city councilman) David Aceveda in FX Networks' acclaimed crime drama The Shield. Additionally, he has voiced Coyote Smith in the video game Killer7, Professor Candide in Vanquish as well as a number of characters in the PC game Age of Empires III, and played a criminal on Firefly. He also had a featured role as a boxing manager in the critical and commercial hit film Million Dollar Baby and was an extra on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Salazar. Benito trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in Earls Court London England and was in the same class as the actor Zen Gesner and actress Julie Hesmondhalgh. Martinez currently appears on the program "Saving Grace" as the husband to the forensic detective.
Notable work
8Million Dollar Baby (2004)
as Billie's Manager
7.4Saw (2004)
as Brett
8.3Supernatural (2005)
as Edgar
6.9American Made (2017)
as James Rangel
7.513 Reasons Why (2017)
as Sheriff Diaz
8.4The Mentalist (2008)
as Commander Delgado
8Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
as Santino Rojas
8.3Criminal Minds (2005)
as Chief Raul Montoya
7.6The Blacklist (2013)
as Robert Diaz
8.4The X-Files (1993)
as Orderly
8.2Bones (2005)
as Thomas Vega
8.5The Rookie (2018)
as Judge Rivas
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