Juan Gabriel Pareja (born December 24, 1978) is an American

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. Born and raised in

Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

, to parents who immigrated from

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, Pareja is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

. Pareja's film credits have included '' The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada'' in 2005, '' The Mist'' in 2007, ''

From Mexico with Love ''From Mexico with Love'' is a 2009 American action-drama film directed by Jimmy Nickerson and stars Kuno Becker, Steven Bauer, Danay Garcia, Bruce McGill, and Stephen Lang. Plot Hector Villa is a young Mexican national and border-crossing migra ...

'' in 2009 and '' Machete'' in 2010. He was cast in the supporting role as

Morales Morales is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfredo Morales (born 1990), American footballer * Alvaro Morales (disambiguation), several people * Amado Morales (born 1947), Puerto Rican javelin thrower * Bartolomé Mo ...

in the television series, '' The Walking Dead'', which premiered in 2010.

Filmography

Film

* '' The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada'' (2005) * '' The Mist'' (2007) * ''

Soul Men ''Soul Men'' is a 2008 American musical comedy film directed by Malcolm D. Lee, and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal and Sean Hayes, released on November 7, 2008. It was one of three Bernie Mac films that were released after ...

'' (2008) * ''

'' (2009) * '' Machete'' (2010) * ''

Fort Bliss Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters in El Paso, Texas. Named in honor of William Wallace Smith Bliss, LTC William Bliss (1815–1853), a mathematics professor who was the son-in-law of President ...

'' (2013)

Television

References

External links

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MovieMikes.com: Interview with Juan Gabriel ParejaJuan Gabriel Pareja official site
1978 births American male film actors American male television actors Tisch School of the Arts alumni American people of Colombian descent Male actors from Houston Living people Hispanic and Latino American male actors 21st-century American male actors {{US-screen-actor-1970s-stub