Joel de la Fuente

Joel de la Fuente Biography

Joel de la Fuente (born April 21, 1969) is an American actor. He first gained recognition for his role as 1st Lieutenant Paul Wang in Space: Above and Beyond, and is best known for his roles as Dr. Johann Pryce in Hemlock Grove, Kempeitai Chief Inspector Kido in The Man in the High Castle and recurring appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Technical Assistance Response UnitTech Ruben Morales.

Early life

De la Fuente was born in New Hartford, New York, the second of three brothers born to Filipino immigrant parents. He is of Filipino, Chinese, Malaysian, Portuguese, and Spanish ancestry. He grew up in Evanston, Illinois, and graduated from the North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, Illinois, in 1987. He received his BA degree in Theatre Arts in 1991 from Brown University, and his MFA degree in 1994 from NYU's graduate acting program at the Tisch School of the Arts.

Filmography

Film

Roommates (1995)
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)
The Happening (2008)
Taking Chance (2009)
Forgetting the Girl (2010)
Brief Reunion (2011)
Julia (2014)

Television

Due South: episode "Chinatown" (1994, as Charlie Wong)
High Incident (1996)
Space: Above and Beyond (1996)
When the Cradle Falls (1997)
Brave New World (1998)
100 Centre Street (2001)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002-2011)
All My Children (2007)
Canterbury's Law (2008)
Hemlock Grove (2013)
The Man in the High Castle (2015)

Videogames

The Warriors (2005)
Homefront (2011)