Jason Manuel Olazabal (born October 14, 1973), also just known as Jason Olazabal, 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 ...

, known for playing Ramon Prado in Showtime TV series, '' Dexter''.

Life and career

Olazábal was born in

Santa Maria, California Santa Maria (Spanish for "St. Mary") is a city near the Central Coast of California in northern Santa Barbara County. It is approximately northwest of Santa Barbara and northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Its population was 109,707 at the 202 ...

. His acting career started in 2001 in '' Law & Order''. He then appeared in ''

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'' in 2002 and ''

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'' in 2003 as Detective Marco Vargas. Along with '' Law & Order'', he has starred in '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent''. In 2006, he starred in '' Charmed'' and ''

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''. He appeared in '' House'' and ''

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'' in 2007. In Season 3 of '' Dexter'', he starred as Ramon Prado in 9 episodes as a

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, grieving over the loss of his brother, and later in the season, his other brother. He jointly received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series", along with other Dexter co-stars. He appeared in ''

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'' in 2009 and became a recurring character in ''

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'' as Alex Cruz. He married actress Sunita Param on February 6, 2004. Jason Manuel Olazabal is also a member of Iota Phi Theta fraternity, initiated at the Fraternity's Beta Sigma Chapter (U. of Northern Colorado) in 1994.Greeks in Entertainment

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olazabal, Jason Manuel 1973 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors People from Santa Maria, California 21st-century American male actors