Demetrius Navarro is an actor, writer and director as well as the CEO of D Street Films.
Career
Actor
His first professional acting job was for
Luis Valdez
Luis Miguel Valdez (born June 26, 1940) is an American playwright, screenwriter, film director and actor. Regarded as the father of Chicano film and playwriting, Valdez is best known for his play '' Zoot Suit'', his movie '' La Bamba'', and his ...
’s theater company, El Teatro Campesino.
Navarro made his film debut in ''
Friday
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''. He then played lead roles in ''187,'' opposite
Samuel L. Jackson, ''
Soldier Boyz
''Soldier Boyz'' is a 1995 action film directed by Louis Morneau and starring Michael Dudikoff. It was written by Darryl Quarles. The film revolves around a group of convicts on a mission in Vietnam to rescue the daughter of a rich man.
Plot
The ...
'', ''The Yard Sale''
and ''Runaways''. He spent 11 seasons on ''
ER'' as Morales,
while, at the same time, starring on Telemundo’s sitcom ''
Los Beltran''.
He has also had guest starring roles on ''
The O.C.
''The O.C. '' is an American teen drama television series created by Josh Schwartz that originally aired on Fox in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, with a total of four seasons consisting of 92 episodes. The serie ...
'', ''
CSI Miami
''CSI: Miami'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: Miami'') is an American police procedural television series that aired on CBS from September 23, 2002, to April 8, 2012. Featuring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Emily Procter as Detective ...
'', and ''
NYPD Blue
''NYPD Blue'' is an American police procedural television series set in New York City, exploring the struggles of the fictional 15th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwines several plots involving an ensemble ca ...
''.
Writer and Director
Navarro has written and directed four movies: ''American Lowrider'', ''Anything is Possible'',
''
American Justice
''American Justice'' is an American criminal justice television program airing on the A&E Network. From 1992–2005, the show was hosted by television reporter Bill Kurtis. The show features interesting or notable cases, such as the murder o ...
'' (which he co-write with Jerry Bryant and Tommy Lister),
and ''
Gone Hollywood''.
He also directed ''Lean like a Cholo'',
''Put Your Locs On'' and ''Silent No More''.
Producer
He produced ''Runaways'', which was nominated for several awards, including the Los Angeles FirstGlance Film Festival for Best Feature in 2004,
the Philadelphia FirstGlance Film Festival for Best Feature in 2005
and the Indie Gathering Film Festival for Best Feature in 2006.
Next, he produced and starred in ''
Purple Heart
The Purple Heart (PH) is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after 5 April 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, ...
.''.
He co-produced ''The Yard Sale,'' which won Best Picture at the
San Diego Latino Film Festival
The San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF) is an annual film festival held in San Diego, California. It was founded in 1993.
History
The festival helped pave the way for diverse groups and cultures in the film industry. Ethan van Thillo found ...
, and ''The Little Match Makers'', which won Best Picture at the San Diego Indie Fest in 2011.
Awards
He was nominated for an
ALMA Award
The American Latino Media Arts Award or ALMA Award, formerly known as Latin Oscars Award, is an award highlighting the best American Latino contributions to music, television, and film. The awards promote fair and accurate portrayals of Latino ...
in the Best Supporting Actor category in 2002.
As part of the ensemble cast of ''ER,'' he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Navarro is a 2014
Africa NAFCA nominate for Best Director in a Foreign Film.
Two of his films, ''Silent No More'' and ''Anything is Possible'', are nominees for Best Foreign Film.
Current projects
Navarro is the CEO of D Street Films.
References
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Male actors from Los Angeles
21st-century American male actors
American male television actors
Living people
1970 births