Alex Paez
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Alex Paez is an award-winning American actor, musician and restaurateur.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0655979/bio for his performances in Unicorn Tales, a series of mini-musicals for NBC. The following year brought a second nomination in the same category for the NBC Special Treat
presentation: “NYC Too Far From Tampa Blues.”
In 1980 he was cast as “The Prince” in the Garry Marshall
pilot “Katmandu” staring Vicki Lawrence, Alice Ghostly and Victor Buono, and he played a young mugger in CBSʼ “Stone Pillow” opposite Lucille Ball.
In 1987 he made his Broadway debut as Momo (Mohammed) at the Royale Theater in Hal Prince
ʼs musical Roza. The show played to mixed reviews in both Baltimore and Los Angeles, but closed shortly after opening in New York.
In 1991 he took over the role of Ritchie Valens
in the national tour of Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story. He later relocated to London to play the role in the West End. While there he met and married his wife, Helen.
After relocating to Los Angeles, the roles offered changed, and Paez played such parts as: the good guy, the Detective, the Politician, and the occasional Military Man in such shows as: NYPD Blue
, The District
, Charmed
, The West Wing, Monk
, CSI: Miami
, Commander In Chief
, Boston Legal
and various movies of the week and mini-series, including A Gunfighter's Pledge
and Meteor
.
Career
Paez began his career in 1971 appearing in various TV commercials. In 1979, he received a Best Actor Emmy AwardEmmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0655979/bio for his performances in Unicorn Tales, a series of mini-musicals for NBC. The following year brought a second nomination in the same category for the NBC Special Treat
Special Treat
Special Treat is an occasional series of specials on NBC that were geared toward teenagers, similar to ABC's Afterschool Special. It debuted in 1975 and ran through the 1985 - 86 season.-See also:* ABC Afterschool Special...
presentation: “NYC Too Far From Tampa Blues.”
In 1980 he was cast as “The Prince” in the Garry Marshall
Garry Marshall
Garry Kent Marshall is an American actor, director, writer and producer. His notable credits include creating Happy Days and The Odd Couple and directing Nothing In Common, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Valentine's Day, and The Princess Diaries.-Early life:Marshall was born in the New York City...
pilot “Katmandu” staring Vicki Lawrence, Alice Ghostly and Victor Buono, and he played a young mugger in CBSʼ “Stone Pillow” opposite Lucille Ball.
In 1987 he made his Broadway debut as Momo (Mohammed) at the Royale Theater in Hal Prince
Hal Prince
Harold Smith Prince is an American theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway musical productions of the past half-century...
ʼs musical Roza. The show played to mixed reviews in both Baltimore and Los Angeles, but closed shortly after opening in New York.
In 1991 he took over the role of Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens was a Mexican-American singer, songwriter and guitarist....
in the national tour of Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story. He later relocated to London to play the role in the West End. While there he met and married his wife, Helen.
After relocating to Los Angeles, the roles offered changed, and Paez played such parts as: the good guy, the Detective, the Politician, and the occasional Military Man in such shows as: NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
, The District
The District
The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Police Department .-Premise:...
, Charmed
Charmed
Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...
, The West Wing, Monk
Monk
A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
, CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
, Commander In Chief
Commander in Chief (TV series)
Commander in Chief is an American drama television series that focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen , the first female President of the United States, who ascends to the role from the Vice Presidency after the death of the sitting President from a sudden cerebral...
, Boston Legal
Boston Legal
Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC...
and various movies of the week and mini-series, including A Gunfighter's Pledge
A Gunfighter's Pledge
A Gunfighter's Pledge is a 2008 western television film starring Luke Perry. The film premiered on Hallmark Channel in July 2008. It was filmed at Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley, California.-Plot:...
and Meteor
Meteor (TV miniseries)
Meteor is a 2009 disaster television miniseries about the asteroid 114 Kassandra on a collision course with the Earth. The surrounding meteorites crash into various locations worldwide, including the small town of Taft, California, with little success in their elimination by the military.The first...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | The Stowaway | Peter | NBC Short |
| 1977 | The Magnificent Major | Marin | NBC Short |
| 1977 | The Magic Hat | Andy | NBC Short |
| 1978 | Big Apple Birthday | Aladdin | NBC Short |
| 1978 | Carnival Circus | Andy | NBC Short |
| 1978 | Alex And The Wonderful Doo-Wah Lamp | Alex | NBC Short |
| 1979 | NYC Too Far From Tampa Blues | Tom | NBC Special Treat |
| 1980 | Katmandu | Prince | Pilot (Garry Marshall Producer) |
| 1980 | Coach Of The Year | Hector Estrada | NBC Movie Of The Week |
| 1985 | The Cosby Show | Al | Episode: "Jitterbug Break" |
| 1985 | Miami Vice | Elio Escobar | Episode: "The Maze" |
| 1985 | Stone Pillow | Young Thug | CBS Movie Of The Week |
| 1986 | Charley Hannah | Lance | NBC Movie Of The Week |
| 1986 | Kay O'Brien | Santino Amaro | Episode: "Dollars & Sense" |
| 1988 | Tattingers | Julio Martinez | Episode: "Rest In Peas" |
| 1989 | A Man Called Hawk | Victor Lael | Episode: "The Divided Child" |
| 2001 | The District | Diego Salvador | Episode: "Night Moves" |
| 2001 | NYPD Blue | INS Agent Joe Ramos | Episode: Episode: "Puppy Love" |
| 2002 | The West Wing | David Guerrero | Episode: "College Kids" |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Detective Martin Puig | Episode: "Breathless" |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Detective Martin Puig | Episode: "Losing Face" |
| 2003 | Charmed | Cop 1 | Episode: "The Importance Of Being Phoebe" |
| 2003 | Monk | The Patient Waiter | Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes To Mexico" |
| 2005 | Boston Legal | Officer Coulier | Episode: "Schmidt Happens” |
| 2005 | Commander In Chief | Carlos | Episode: "Rubie Dubidoux And The Brown Bound Express" |
| 2006 | Mystery Woman: Oh Baby | Detective Ortiz | Hallmark Series |
| 2007 | Pandemic | Jose Ruiz | TV Mini Series |
| 2008 | A Gunfighter's Pledge | Eddie Aguilar | TV movie |
| 2007 | Depth Charge | Lieutenant Tim Michaels | TV movie |
| 2009 | Meteor | Lieutenant Finn | TV Mini Series |
| 2011 | Blackout | Detective Bert Jackson | TV Mini Series |