Joel de la Fuente (born April 21, 1969) is an American actor. He first gained recognition for his role as 1st Lieutenant Paul Wang in Space: Above and Beyond, and is best known for his roles as Dr. Johann Pryce in Hemlock Grove, Kempeitai Chief Inspector Takeshi Kido in The Man in the High Castle and recurring appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Technical Assistance Response Unit Tech Ruben Morales.
Early life and education
De la Fuente was born in New Hartford, New York, the middle of three boys born to Filipino immigrant parents, his older brother is two years older and his younger brother is six years younger. He grew up in Evanston, Illinois, and graduated from North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, Illinois, in 1987. He received his BA degree in theatre arts in 1991 from Brown University, and his MFA degree in 1994 from NYU’s graduate acting program at the Tisch School of the Arts.
Filmography
Film
Roommates (1995) as Toby
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002) as Thavi Matola
The Happening (2008) as Realtor
Taking Chance (2009) as Ticketing Agent
The Adjustment Bureau (2011) as Thompson’s aide
Brief Reunion (2011) as Aaron
Forgetting the Girl (2012) as Derek
Julia (2014) as Dr. Lin
Ava’s Possessions (2015) as Escobar
Red Sparrow (2018) as U.S. Senator
Television
Due South (1994) as Charlie Wong (Episode “Chinatown”)
Space: Above and Beyond (1995–1996) as Lt. Paul Wang (main role)
High Incident (1996) as Detective Aquino (3 episodes)
When the Cradle Falls (1997) as Bill Avila (TV Movie)
ER (1997) as Med Student Ivan Fu (2 episodes)
100 Centre Street (2001–2002) as Peter Davies (12 episodes)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002–2011) as TARU Tech Ruben Morales (52 episodes)
All My Children (2007) as Seamus Wong (4 episodes)
Canterbury’s Law (2008) as Assistant Attorney General Peter Upton (2 episodes)
Nurse Jackie (2011) as a priest (1 episode)
Hemlock Grove (2013–2015) as Dr. Johann Pryce (main role)
Blue Bloods (2015) as Edward Gomez (Episode: “Flags of Our Fathers”)
The Man in the High Castle (2015–2019) as Chief Inspector Kido (main role, 39 episodes)
Limitless (2016) as Daniel Lee (Episode: “A Dog’s Breakfast”)
Madam Secretary (2017–2019) as President Datu Andrada (3 episodes)
Bull (2017) as Brent Janson (Episode: “How to Dodge a Bullet”)
Manifest (2018–2020) as Dr. Brian Cardoso (2 episodes)
The Blacklist (2019) as Dr. Guillermo Rizal (Episode: Guillermo Rizal”)
Video games
The Warriors (2005) as Additional Civilian
Homefront (2011) as Hopper Lee
Theatre
Hold These Truths (2018) as Gordon Hirabayashi, others
External Links
Actor Joel de la Fuente – Wikipedia
