Jay Hernandez Add to My Celebs Age 34 Birthday Feb. 20th, 1978 Born in Montebello, California, USA Height 174 cm

Jay Hernandez's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Six Degrees Carlos Green Body Politic Ben

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Takers 2008 - American Son 2008 - Quarantine 2008 - Nothing Like the Holidays 2008 - Lakeview Terrace 2007 - Hostel Part II 2007 - Grindhouse 2007 - Live! 2006 - World Trade Center 2005 - Hostel 2004 - Ladder 49 2004 - Torque 2004 - Friday Night Lights 2002 - The Rookie 2001 - Crazy/Beautiful

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

A rising talent with the requisite good looks and plenty of on-screen charisma, Jay Hernandez had one of those serendipitous experiences that led to his career. While riding an elevator in a high rise in his native Los Angeles, the young man was approached by talent manager, Howard Tyner, who suggested Hernandez had what it took to have a successful career in Hollywood. In 1998, he made his TV series debut as "Antonio Lopez", one of the high school basketball players, in the NBC Saturday morning teen sitcom "Hang Time" (1995) and stayed with the show for two seasons. Departing NBC, Hernandez moved to MTV with the short-term role of pizza delivery guy "Eddie" on the popular late-night serial _Undressed(1999)_ before segueing to the big screen. In 2001, Hernandez co-starred with Kirsten Dunst in the teen romance Crazy/Beautiful (2001) portraying stalwart, straight-A high school student "Carlos Nunez", whose plans to attend the US Naval Academy are threatened by his growing attraction to a self-destructive rich girl, (Kirsten Dunst). He next appeared in Disney's surprise hit film The Rookie (2002/I) as high school baseball team captain Joaquin "Wack" Campos. He also had a supporting role in the video-game-ish actioner Torque (2004). Also in 2004, he was in the action-packed drama, Ladder 49 (2004) as "Keith Perez" and in the other action-packed drama, Friday Night Lights (2004). In 2006, he next starred in Eli Roth's Hostel (2005), a brutal horror flick about two American college buddies (Hernandez and Derek Richardson) lured to an out-of-the-way hostel in a Slovakian town rumored to house desperate, but beautiful Eastern European women. Following their wrong heads, both Americans get trapped in a truly sinister situation that plunges them into the dark recesses of human nature.


TRIVIA:

• Is of Mexican Descent.
• The third of four children.
• Attended Schurr High School, Montebello, California, class of 1996.
• Was in the same Math Class with Skateboarder, Actor 'Frank Miranda (II)' (qv) at Don Bosco Technical Institute.
• Hernandez was discovered by an agent while in an elevator.
• Married his former co-star on _"Hang Time" (1995)_ (qv), 'Daniella Deutscher' (qv).
• (2002) Appeared in the season opener of _"American Family" (2002)_ (qv) but was replaced by A.J. Lamas.
• Has older brothers, Michael and Gabriel and younger sister Amelia.

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