Education
University of Texas at Austin.
University of Texas at Austin.
Alejandro is well known for his roles as Nate Moretta in the crime drama Southland, as Jesús Velásquez in the supernatural thriller True Blood, and as Sebastian Blood / Brother Blood in The CW series Arrow. Alejandro was featured on the American Broadcasting Company series Ugly Betty, playing Santos, the father of Justin Suarez and love interest of Hilda. At the time of the season 1 finale episode"s filming, he had just become a series regular on the Fox network"s newly introduced Drive, since cancelled.
He was a featured player in the second season of the Showtime original series Sleeper Cell, playing Benito Velasquez, and also played Dominic Hughes in The Young and the Restless.
He made an appearance, along with fellow Ugly Betty actor Eric Mabius, in the Computer Society of India: Miami episode "One of Our Own", and another as a gay hustler in Home Box Office"s Big Love. He also appeared on an episode of Charmed season 7 as Malvock, a cunning demon.
He also appeared in the first few episodes of 24"s fourth season, as a terrorist henchman, in which he also stars with Tony Plana, fellow Ugly Betty actor. Alejandro was a regular on the now defunct drama Shark as Deputy District Attorney Danny Reyes.
Recently he had a small role on The Cleaner, an A&East television series.
Alejandro also appeared in the movie Crossing Over, which was released in February 2009, alongside Harrison Ford. Southland was canceled by National Broadcasting Company Broadcasting, just two weeks prior to the première of the show"s sophomore run, but has since been picked up by the cable network TNT. He has also had a role in Weeds, season 4 and 5. Drop Dead Diva"s Season 1, Episode 5 also features Alejandro, as the wrongfully convicted Michael Fernandez.
He appeared on Season 1 of Sons of Anarchy as one of the Mayan Military Cross members, son of Marcus, the Military Cross"s president
Alejandro stars in the third and fourth seasons of the vampire series True Blood as Jesús Velásquez. In 2011, he appeared in the movie Red State, opposite John Goodman and directed by Kevin Smith, as well a horror film called Cassadaga.
He also played Tony Arroyo, a homicide detective in the 2013 television show, Golden Boy. Alejandro portrayed Sheriff Tommy Solano in the American Broadcasting Company / A&East series The Returned.
In 2013, Alejandro joined the District of Columbia Comics-produced CW series Arrow, as the villainous Brother Blood.
He recurred throughout the show"s second season. In January, 2016, he began his role on the Fox television series Lucifer as Detective Dan, a Los Angeles Police Department detective.