Jose Pablo Cantillo: Biography in Details
Who is Jose Pablo Cantillo?
Jose Pablo Cantillo is an American actor. He is popularly known for landing the role of Ricky Verona in the 2006 American action film Crank. He is also known for portraying Miguel in Cleaner (2007), Pepe in Streets of Blood (2011), Detective Martinez in El Chicano (2018), Hector Salazar in FX’s Sons of Anarchy, Caesar Martinez in AMC’s The Walking Dead, Duff in Standoff, and Dave in Taken (2017).
Jose Pablo Cantillo: Bio, Age, Nationality, Education
Jose Pablo Cantillo was born on March 30, 1979, in Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA. He spent his childhood in in Terre Haute, Indiana. He is 45 years old as of 2024. He is an American national and Caucasian. His birth sign is Aries.
He was born to Costa Rican parents, Roberto Cantillo and Rita Bolaños. He went to Terre Haute South Vigo High School. He was a tennis standout in high school for all four years, leading the Terre Haute South Braves to a State Runner-Up finish in 1996. After completing high school, he attended Indiana University Bloomington in 2003 with a double major in marketing and finance from the Kelley School of Business.
Net Worth and Salary
Jose has worked on various television series and films, and he has undoubtedly earned a considerable amount of money from his career.
As of 2024, his estimated net worth is around $1 million. His yearly salary is unknown. Most of his earnings are from his acting career, movies, television series, and other business ventures.
Career and Professional Life
Talking about his career, Cantillo chose to become an actor in New York City after taking drama classes at IU. In late 2003, he moved to California. In 2003, he made his television debut landing the role of Jack Martinez in an American police procedural drama television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
Subsequently, he made his guest appearances on various television series including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, CSI: Miami, Medical Investigation, and Crossing Jordan.
From 2006 to 2007, he portrayed the role of Duff Gonzalez in an American drama television series Standoff that premiered on the Fox network. Similarly, he also had a recurring role of Hector Salazar in an American action crime drama television series Sons of Anarchy created by Kurt Sutter for FX. He gained more popularity after he portrayed Caesar Martinez in an American post-apocalyptic horror drama television series The Walking Dead.
His other television credits include:
- Tales of Halloween as Dutch
- Damien as Alex
- Shooter as Jaustin Singer
- Taken as Dave
- The Last Ship as Octavio
- The Rookie as Franco DeSantis
- S.W.A.T.as Ricardo Fuentes
- Coyote as Javi Lopez
- Magnum P.I. as Mitch Desanto
- Mayor of Kingstown as Carlos Jiménez
Similarly, he has also worked on various films. He made his film debut landing the role of Villalobos in an American neo-noir psychological political thriller film The Manchurian Candidate directed by Jonathan Demme. In 2005, he was seen as Spider in a 2006 drama film The Bondage written and directed by Eric Allen Bell.
His other film credits include:
- Crank: High Voltage as Ricky Verona
- Virtuality as Manny Rodriguez
- Streets of Blood as Pepe
- Talhotblond as Wilkes
- American Citizen as Young Frank Ruiz
- Elysium as Sandro
- Chappie as Yankie (Amerika)
- Solace as Sawyer
- Man Down as 2nd Lt. Taylor
Controversy and Rumours
Jose has never been part of any controversial matter or rumours till now. The star has been preoccupied with his professional and private life.
It seems that he prefers enjoying his personal life and does not want to merge it with his professional life.
Body Measurements: Height and Weight
Jose has maintained a good body shape and has a decent height. He stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall and has an average weight. He has a black hair and has brown colour eyes. The info about his other body measurements such as biceps size, chest size, dress size and shoe size is under review.
Social Media: Instagram and Twitter
He is quite active on Instagram and holds more than 5.2k followers on Instagram. He has posted around 12 posts on Instagram under the username “@jp_cantillo”. Similarly, he holds around 33.8k followers on Twitter. However, he is not active on Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube.
