Kirk Acevedo

Acting

Kirk Acevedo

Born 1971-11-27 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Kirk Acevedo (born November 27, 1971) is an American actor. Notable is his portrayal of Miguel Alvarez in the HBO series Oz, Joe Toye in Band of Brothers and his role as FBI Agent Charlie Francis in the science-fiction series Fringe from 2008 onwards.

Acting credits

Insidious: The Last Key poster
6.3

Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.

Insidious: The Last Key

2018

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes poster
7.3

A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

The Thin Red Line poster
7.4

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from the surprise of an unopposed landing, through the bloody and exhausting battles that follow, to the ultimate departure of those who survived.

The Thin Red Line

1998

No artwork available
NR

A cult leader is put on trial after causing his devoted followers to be burned alive.

Deify

Invincible poster
7.0

Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public consensus was that it was a waste of time – no one good enough to play professional football was going to be found this way.

Invincible

2006

Boiler Room poster
6.7

A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.

Boiler Room

2000

The New World poster
6.5

A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.

The New World

2005

Bait poster
5.7

Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves responsible for the missing gold. His partner, Bristol, is still at large. Alvin wants only to get out of prison and start fresh with his girlfriend, Lisa, and when the Feds, led by U.S. Treasury investigator Clenteen, set him loose on a sketchy deal, he thinks his luck has changed. Alvin has his freedom and the Feds have found their bait.

Bait

2000

Dinner Rush poster
7.0

One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.

Dinner Rush

2000

Witness to the Mob poster
7.1

Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's brother and his own boss, Paul Castellano, saw him rise to under-boss in the Gambino crime family. However, betrayals within the family saw him break the code of silence and became the highest ranking member of the mob to turn into a rat - 'a rat in a suit,- assisting the government to finally put away the Teflon Don, John Gotti.

Witness to the Mob

1998

Collision Earth poster
5.9

A huge solar flare blasts Mercury out of it's orbit and provides it with an intense magnetic field and it's on collision course for Earth.

Collision Earth

2011

Paradise poster
4.1

Televangelist Bobby Paradise "saw God" in some space debris when he was returning to Earth as an astronaut. Or at least he was convinced he did by his wife, a Cape Canaveral groupie at the time Bobby was with NASA. Now they have built up an extensive TV empire. When their proposal to merge with a somewhat tarnished mogul is investigated by the government, skeletons in the Paradise closet come to light and the family either rallies behind or disparages the enterprise.

Paradise

2004

No artwork available
NR

Made by Scott William Winters, Starwater is a star-studded experimental film shot while doing the HBO series ‘Oz’.

Starwater

2001

The Making of 'Band of Brothers' poster
7.0

Interviews made of the various actors and cast members that provide the knowledge and production skills and sets required to make the film a success.

The Making of 'Band of Brothers'

2001

5up 2down poster
4.0

Struggling with drug addiction in modern-day New York City, an artist and his best friend complete a spiritual journey started 140 years earlier on the Underground Railroad.

5up 2down

2006

Arresting Gena poster
5.5

A directionless teenager (Aesha Waks) becomes involved with a headstrong runaway (Summer Phoenix) and her drug-dealing brother (Sam Rockwell).

Arresting Gena

1997

The Sunshine Boys poster
5.0

Two aging comedians, who acrimoniously dissolved their act eight years earlier, must overcome their differences when they have the chance for a lucrative movie comeback.

The Sunshine Boys

1996

In the Weeds poster
6.9

It's Martha's first night as a waitress in an upscale New York restaurant. Veteran Chloe shows her the ropes and introduces her to the lives of the restaurant staff. Adam, a hopeful playwright, suffers for his art while dealing with a very indecisive (ex-?)girlfriend. Marlon is a cocky young actor, certain that his big break is just around the corner. When the restaurant's obnoxious owner, Simon, brings a special client in for dinner, pressures mount until an explosion seems inevitable.

In the Weeds

2000

The Visit poster
7.9

A young man dying in prison brings his family together for a fateful visit, and proceeds to put his life back together.

The Visit

2001

No artwork available
NR

Rising MMA star Cole 'Pretty Boy' Thomas is unwittingly drawn into a violent criminal world. When a nightclub arms deal goes wrong and his sister is shot, Cole must choose a path: Walk away and let the violence spread... or fight back. Unarmed, outnumbered, and against impossible odds.

Unarmed

Kirk and Kerry poster
7.5

An actual couple, Kirk Acevedo and Kerry Johnson perform (or perhaps manifest) the problems of being a couple.

Kirk and Kerry

1997