Daniel Gonzalo Pino (born April 15, 1974) is an American actor who
starred as Detective Scotty Valens on the CBS series Cold Case from
2003 to 2010, and as NYPD Detective Nick Amaro in the long-running NBC
legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2011 to 2015. In
2002, he appeared in London's West End in Up for Grabs with Madonna.
In May 2003, Pino played Desi Arnaz in a CBS special on the life of
Lucille Ball, Lucy. He is currently playing drug cartel leader Miguel
Galindo on Mayans M.C. (a Sons of Anarchy spinoff) airing on FX, and
FBI agent John Bishop in procedural crime drama Gone.Named after his
grandfather, Pedro Gonzalo de Armas, Pino was born in Miami, Florida,
to Cuban parents He attended Rockway Middle School and graduated from
Miami Coral Park High School in 1992, and from Florida International
University in 1996, He also attended New York University's Graduate
Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in
2000.Pino is known for his performance as the Mexican drug lord
Armadillo Quintero on FX's The Shield. He has also appeared in the
films The Lost City (2005) and Flicka (2006), which featured Tim
McGraw, and starred in the hit CBS series Cold Case as Detective
Scotty Valens. In 2011, Pino joined the cast of Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit for its 13th season, along with Chase actress Kelli
Giddish, coinciding with Christopher Meloni's departure. On SVU, Pino
portrayed NYPD Detective Nick Amaro, a detective transferring from the
narcotics squad to the Special Victims Unit.Pino wrote two episodes of
Cold Case: "Stealing Home" and "Metamorphosis". Starting in 2005, he
has been in six CBS Cares public service announcements, with other
stars of CBS original programs. He has made single appearances on The
Sharon Osbourne Show in 2004, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
in 2005, The Drop in 2005, Entertainment Tonight in 2008, and The
Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2011. In 2016, he played Alex Vargas in
Scandal and Democratic Senator Luke Healy in BrainDead.
starred as Detective Scotty Valens on the CBS series Cold Case from
2003 to 2010, and as NYPD Detective Nick Amaro in the long-running NBC
legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2011 to 2015. In
2002, he appeared in London's West End in Up for Grabs with Madonna.
In May 2003, Pino played Desi Arnaz in a CBS special on the life of
Lucille Ball, Lucy. He is currently playing drug cartel leader Miguel
Galindo on Mayans M.C. (a Sons of Anarchy spinoff) airing on FX, and
FBI agent John Bishop in procedural crime drama Gone.Named after his
grandfather, Pedro Gonzalo de Armas, Pino was born in Miami, Florida,
to Cuban parents He attended Rockway Middle School and graduated from
Miami Coral Park High School in 1992, and from Florida International
University in 1996, He also attended New York University's Graduate
Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in
2000.Pino is known for his performance as the Mexican drug lord
Armadillo Quintero on FX's The Shield. He has also appeared in the
films The Lost City (2005) and Flicka (2006), which featured Tim
McGraw, and starred in the hit CBS series Cold Case as Detective
Scotty Valens. In 2011, Pino joined the cast of Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit for its 13th season, along with Chase actress Kelli
Giddish, coinciding with Christopher Meloni's departure. On SVU, Pino
portrayed NYPD Detective Nick Amaro, a detective transferring from the
narcotics squad to the Special Victims Unit.Pino wrote two episodes of
Cold Case: "Stealing Home" and "Metamorphosis". Starting in 2005, he
has been in six CBS Cares public service announcements, with other
stars of CBS original programs. He has made single appearances on The
Sharon Osbourne Show in 2004, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
in 2005, The Drop in 2005, Entertainment Tonight in 2008, and The
Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2011. In 2016, he played Alex Vargas in
Scandal and Democratic Senator Luke Healy in BrainDead.
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