Jon Huertas (born October 23, 1969) is an American actor. Huertas is
best known for his role as witch hunter Brad Alcerro in Sabrina the
Teenage Witch, Sergeant Antonio 'Poke' Espera in HBO's Generation
Kill, Joe Negroni in the film Why Do Fools Fall in Love, homicide
detective Javier Esposito in Castle and Miguel Rivas in This Is
Us.Huertas (birth name: Jon William Hofstedt) was born in New York
City, New York, to a Puerto Rican father and a Caucasian mother. He
was raised by his grandparents. Huertas studied at the ‘John Handley
High School’ in Winchester, Va. By 10 years of age, he began taking
part in the school plays. Once he had to sing a solo and his
performance seemed to have moved a nun (who had given him that role as
a punishment) in that strict Catholic Convent school. This helped him
make up his mind to pursue acting.Huertas's acting career started in
1993 when he played an uncredited part in The Webbers.In 1998, Huertas
portrayed Joe Negroni in the romantic drama Why Do Fools Fall in Love
alongside such stars as Halle Berry, Paul Mazursky, and Ben Vereen. In
1999, he appeared in two films: the horror movie Cold Hearts and the
action movie Stealth Fighter. In the 2000s, he appeared in many films,
but his biggest role was in television in 2008 as Sergeant Espera in
HBO's miniseries Generation Kill about the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
best known for his role as witch hunter Brad Alcerro in Sabrina the
Teenage Witch, Sergeant Antonio 'Poke' Espera in HBO's Generation
Kill, Joe Negroni in the film Why Do Fools Fall in Love, homicide
detective Javier Esposito in Castle and Miguel Rivas in This Is
Us.Huertas (birth name: Jon William Hofstedt) was born in New York
City, New York, to a Puerto Rican father and a Caucasian mother. He
was raised by his grandparents. Huertas studied at the ‘John Handley
High School’ in Winchester, Va. By 10 years of age, he began taking
part in the school plays. Once he had to sing a solo and his
performance seemed to have moved a nun (who had given him that role as
a punishment) in that strict Catholic Convent school. This helped him
make up his mind to pursue acting.Huertas's acting career started in
1993 when he played an uncredited part in The Webbers.In 1998, Huertas
portrayed Joe Negroni in the romantic drama Why Do Fools Fall in Love
alongside such stars as Halle Berry, Paul Mazursky, and Ben Vereen. In
1999, he appeared in two films: the horror movie Cold Hearts and the
action movie Stealth Fighter. In the 2000s, he appeared in many films,
but his biggest role was in television in 2008 as Sergeant Espera in
HBO's miniseries Generation Kill about the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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