Amaury Nolasco Biography

Amaury Nolasco Garrido (born December 24, 1970) is a Puerto Rican actor and producer, best known for the role of Fernando Sucre on the Fox television series Prison Break, and for his role in Transformers.

Early life

Nolasco was born in Puerto Rico, to Dominican immigrants. After various acting gigs, Nolasco moved to New York City.

Career

Nolasco has guest-starred in various television series such as Arli$$, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and ER. His first role on a feature film was in Takeshi Kitano's Brother, along others as "Orange Julius" in Universal's 2 Fast 2 Furious. He then went on to co-star opposite Bernie Mac in Mr. 3000.

Nolasco's additional television and film credits include guest-starring roles on George Lopez, CSI: NY and The Benchwarmers. He also appeared on Mind of Mencia as a guest on Sunday, April 29, 2007. He also starred in the movie adaptation of the Transformers, released during the summer of 2007. Director Michael Bay offered him to return to the sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, but he declined due to scheduling conflicts. His most high-profile role was Prison Break. Nolasco also has a role in "Telenovela."

In November 2009, Nolasco made an appearance in Wisin & Yandel's music video "Imagnate" featuring T-Pain alongside Wilmer Valderrama. He plays a jealous mobster who murders Valderrama's character for sleeping with his girlfriend. He also appears in Calle 13's music video "La Perla".

In March 2010, Nolasco guest-starred in 3 episodes during the second season of Southland as Detective Rene Cordero.

From September 2010 to May 2011, he costarred in the NBC show Chase, a one-season show about US Marshalls that hunt down fugitives. He starred in the short-lived ABC television series Work It which premiered on January 3, 2012.

Personal life

Nolasco started dating Jennifer Morrison in 2011; the relationship reportedly lasted three years. He was a supporter of the presidential campaign of Barack Obama. For the second year in a row, Nolasco was the host of the Amaury Nolasco & Friends Golf Classic that took place in El Conquistador Hotel in Fajardo, Puerto Rico from June 10-11, 2011. The Amaury Nolasco & Friends Golf Classic is a celebrity golf tournament, where all the profits go to Non-Profit Puerto Rican organizations. For the second season, the profits went to the University of Puerto Rico Pediatric Hospital and to the VAL Foundation (Vive Alegre Luchando) an organization who gives their funding to pediatric cancer patients.

Filmography

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Film

Year	Title	Role
2000	Brother	Victor
2002	Final Breakdown	Hector Arturo
2003	2 Fast 2 Furious	Orange Julius
	The Librarians	G-Man
2004	Mr. 3000	Jorge Minadeo
2006	The Benchwarmers	Carlos
2007	Transformers	Figueroa
2008	Street Kings	Detective Cosmo Santos
	Max Payne	Jack Lupino
2009	Armored	Palmer
2011	The Rum Diary	Segurra
2013	A Good Day to Die Hard	Murphy
	El Teniente Amado	Amado Garca Guerrero
2014	In the Blood	Silvio Lugo
	Small Time	Barlow
	Animal	Douglas
2016	Fate	Boss
	Criminal	Esteban Ruiza
2017	Locating Silver Lake	Jose

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Arli$$	Ivory Ortega
	Early Edition	Pedro Mendoza
2000	The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood	Cypriano
	The Huntress	Flaco Rosario
2001	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Hector Delgado
2002	ER	Ricky
2003	George Lopez	Young Manny
2004	Eve	Adrian
2005	CSI: NY	Ruben DeRosa
2005-09, 2017	Prison Break	Fernando Sucre	Main role
2007	Mind of Mencia	Himself
2009	CSI: Miami	Nathan Cole	Season 8, Episode 7
2010	Southland	Detective Rene Cordero	Recurring role
	Chase	Marco Martinez	Main role
2012	Work It	Angel Ortiz	Main role
2013-16	Rizzoli & Isles	Rafael Martinez
2013	Burn Notice	Mateo	Season 7, Episode 10
2014	Justified	Elvis Manuel Machado	Season 5, Episode 1
	Gang Related	Matias	Recurring role
2015-16	Telenovela	Rodrigo Suarez	Main role
2018	Deception	Mike Alvarez

Awards

Nolasco has been nominated three times for an ALMA Award, and once for a Teen Choice Award.

Year	Award	Nominated Work	Result
2006	Teen Choice Award: TV - Choice Sidekick	Prison Break
2006	ALMA Award: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Series	Prison Break
2008	ALMA Award: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Television Series	Prison Break
2009	ALMA Award: Actor in Television - Drama	Prison Break

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans