Kirk Acevedo
Biography
Born and raised in Bronx and spent most of his formative years hanging out in New York City, Kirk Acevedo, who is of Puerto Rican/Chinese descent, received his BFA from SUNY Purchase and founded a theater company called The Rorschach Group. After guest-starring on several television shows like New York Undercover (1994) and Law & Order (1990), he landed his best-known role as Alvarez, a morose and violent prisoner struggling for redemption on HBO's notoriously gritty Oz (1997). Though he was nominated for a Cable Ace award and an ALMA award for his work on Oz (1997), it was Acevedo's role as Pvt. Tella in The Thin Red Line (1998) that won him an ALMA.
54years old
Turns 55 on November 27in 16 days
- Born Brooklyn
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Kirk M. Acevedo
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 18 years2000 to 2018
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Early training
Acevedo earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from SUNY Purchase in the 1990s, and after classmates landed parts auditioning for Oz, he tried out and won the role of Miguel Alvarez.
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Worked with
Kirk Acevedo shares two films with Jamie Kennedy, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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