Jose Pablo Cantillo (born March 30, 1979) is an American actor. He is
best known for playing Ricky Verona in Crank, Hector Salazar in FX's
Sons of Anarchy, and Caesar Martinez in AMC's The Walking Dead.The son
of Costa Rican parents, Roberto Cantillo and Rita Bolaños, Jose Pablo
Cantillo (known as "Joey" in his high school days) was born in
Marshfield, Wisconsin. He grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana and attended
Terre Haute South Vigo High School, where he was a tennis standout for
all four years, leading the Terre Haute South Braves to a State
Runner-Up finish in 1996. He graduated from Indiana University
Bloomington in 2003 with a double major in marketing and finance from
the Kelley School of Business.Cantillo decided to pursue an acting
career in New York City after taking some drama classes at IU. In late
2003, he moved to California.After acting in Off-Broadway plays in New
York, Cantillo has landed guest roles on popular television series
since early 2000. He played a recurring role in The Walking Dead as
Caesar Martinez, and roles in two of Neil Blomkamp's films, the
science fiction action thriller Elysium (2013) and Chappie (2015). In
2019, he played the role of Detective Martinez in the "Latino
superhero movie" El Chicano.
best known for playing Ricky Verona in Crank, Hector Salazar in FX's
Sons of Anarchy, and Caesar Martinez in AMC's The Walking Dead.The son
of Costa Rican parents, Roberto Cantillo and Rita Bolaños, Jose Pablo
Cantillo (known as "Joey" in his high school days) was born in
Marshfield, Wisconsin. He grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana and attended
Terre Haute South Vigo High School, where he was a tennis standout for
all four years, leading the Terre Haute South Braves to a State
Runner-Up finish in 1996. He graduated from Indiana University
Bloomington in 2003 with a double major in marketing and finance from
the Kelley School of Business.Cantillo decided to pursue an acting
career in New York City after taking some drama classes at IU. In late
2003, he moved to California.After acting in Off-Broadway plays in New
York, Cantillo has landed guest roles on popular television series
since early 2000. He played a recurring role in The Walking Dead as
Caesar Martinez, and roles in two of Neil Blomkamp's films, the
science fiction action thriller Elysium (2013) and Chappie (2015). In
2019, he played the role of Detective Martinez in the "Latino
superhero movie" El Chicano.
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