Acting

David Zayas

Born 1962-08-15 · Ponce, Puerto Rico

David Zayas (born August 15, 1962) is a Puerto Rican theatrical, film, and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Angel Batista on Showtime's series Dexter and as Enrique Morales on the HBO prison drama Oz. Since 1998, Zayas has been married to actress Liza Colón-Zayas; he portrays the husband of her character on The Bear (2022 - present).

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R.J. Decker
as Victor Ochoa
2026
The Running Man
as Richard Manuel
2025
Or Something
as Uptown Mike
2025
Dexter: Resurrection
as Angel Batista
2025
Snag
as Ramon
2023
The Night Agent
as Mike Fonseca
2023
Adieu Aurora
as Jon Castaneda
2022
The Bear
as David Marrero
2022
Elite Short Stories: Samuel Omar
as Hombre borracho 1
2021
Dexter: New Blood
as Angel Batista
2021
R♥️J
as Fernando Capulet
2021
NEXT
as Nacio Ramos
2020
Power Book II: Ghost
as Uncle Frank
2020
Force of Nature
as John the Baptist
2020
Our Lady of 121st Street
as Edwin
2020
Body Cam
as Sergeant Kesper
2020
Deadly Class
as El Alma Del Diablo
2019
Deadly Class
as El Angel Del Diablo
2019
FBI
as Antonio Vargas
2018
Seven Seconds
as Medina
2018
Shine
as Ramon
2017
The Guest Book
as David
2017
11:55
as Maurice
2017
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
as Alberto Reyes (voice)
2017
Lost Cat Corona
as Ponce
2017
Shut Eye
as Eduardo Bernal
2016
The Lennon Report
as Officer Joseph Medina
2016
Tallulah
as Detective Richards
2016
The Wannabe
as Pablo Guzman
2015
Quantico
as Charlie
2015
Annie
as Lou
2014
Ride
as Ramon
2014
Gotham
as Sal Maroni
2014
Saint George
as Junior
2014
Chicago P.D.
as Carlos Mendoza
2014
The Blacklist
as Manny Soto
2013
Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret
as Detective Flores
2013
The Following
as Tyson Hernandez
2013
Elementary
as Juan Murillo
2012
Junction
as Lt. Tarelli
2012
Grimm
as Salvadore Butrell
2011
Person of Interest
as Ernie Trask
2011
Samuel Bleak
as Ruben Ramirez
2011
Bob's Burgers
as Bubble Master (voice)
2011
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
as Self
2010
Skyline
as Oliver
2010
Blue Bloods
as Governor Martin Mendez
2010
The Expendables
as General Garza
2010
Coach
as Ramon
2010
13
as Detective Larry Mullane
2010
Wake
as Grayson
2009
Flying By
as Tony
2009
Burning Mussolini
as Hector
2009
In Plain Sight
as Harrison Locke
2008
The Savages
as Eduardo
2007
Michael Clayton
as Detective Dalberto
2007
Burn Notice
as Javier
2007
Dexter
as Angel Batista
2006
Shark
as Alvarez
2006
Conviction
as Cartwright
2006
16 Blocks
as Robert Torres
2006
The Feast of the Goat
as Antonio de la Maza
2006
The Closer
as Brian
2005
The Interpreter
as Charlie Russell
2005
Numb3rs
as Carlos Costavo
2005
Jailbait
as Guard
2004
Mimmo & Paulie
as Paulie
2004
Angels in America
as Super
2003
La Araña
2003
Undefeated
as Paulie
2003
Anne B. Real
as Cynthia's Dad
2003
Without a Trace
as Gabriel Molina
2002
CSI: Miami
as Ben Porterson
2002
A Gentleman's Game
as Alfred D'Angelo
2002
Washington Heights
as David
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Stanley Maas
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Fire Marshall
2001
Wit
as Code Team Blue Head
2001
Sam the Man
as Billy the Cop
2001
The Yards
as Officer Jerry Rifkin
2000