Background
Núñez was born in New York City, is of Puerto Rican and Dominican and Mexican descent, and was raised by his grandparents in Wilson, North Carolina.
Núñez was born in New York City, is of Puerto Rican and Dominican and Mexican descent, and was raised by his grandparents in Wilson, North Carolina.
He is best known for his supporting roles in The Return of the Living Dead and Life and leading roles in Juwanna Mann and Tour of Duty. One of his first major screen roles was the supporting role of Spider in The Return of the Living Dead, and his first major starring role was that of Marcus Taylor on the Columbia Broadcasting System series Tour of Duty, where he was a main cast member for all three seasons of the show. He later appeared on the short-lived Fox network series My Wildest Dreams, as well as the Universitas Pembangunan Nasional show Sparks as well as in movies such as Juwanna Mann.
Núñez also held the recurring role of Zach in the second season of the Friends spinoff, Joey.
Nùñez is also a executive producer of the 2014 comedy-drama musical film, School, directed and written by Nick Cannon.