He first made a name for himself with roles in the telenovelas Ramona as Tom, Clase 406 as Dagoberto Garcia, and Rebelde as Gaston Diestro.
He performed in Off-Broadway plays in New York such as The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and A Streetcar Named Desire.
The 2004 film Matando Cabos marked his first successful film role.
Born in Texas, he would later study acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York.
He had a role in the 2011 action flick Colombiana, which starred Zoe Saldana.
