Miguel Sandoval (born November 16, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his role on the NBC/ CBS drama series '' Medium'' (2005–2011), where he played D.A. Manuel Devalos.

Biography

Sandoval was born in Washington, D.C. He began working as a professional actor in 1975 when he joined a mime school in Albuquerque,

New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...

. He later joined the troupe full-time and continued his study of mime."Miguel Sandoval"
by John Crook at '' Chicago Tribune'' He began his film career in the early 1980s. He had small roles in such acclaimed films as '' Do the Right Thing'', '' Jungle Fever'', and '' Jurassic Park''. After appearing in '' Clear and Present Danger'' in 1994, he began to take on larger roles, and appeared in '' Get Shorty'', '' Up Close & Personal'', and '' Blow''. Having appeared briefly in '' Repo Man''"The Projector Takes On Film" by Jon Bowman at '' The Santa Fe New Mexican'' (May 20, 2005), Retrieved from and '' Sid and Nancy'', Sandoval has also played the major roles of Treviranus (in '' Death and the Compass''), Bennie Reyes (in '' Three Businessmen'') and Arizona Gray (in the microfeature '' Repo Chick'') for director Alex Cox. In addition to film, Sandoval has acted in numerous television shows, often in recurring roles. Though shows such as '' The Court'' and '' Kingpin'' failed, he found success with '' Medium'' in 2005, where he played D.A. Manuel Devalos until the series ended in 2011. Sandoval's other guest starring roles include appearances in popular series such as '' Frasier'', '' ER'', '' The X-Files'', ''

Seinfeld ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, with a total of nine seasons consisting of List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It ...

'','' Law & Order'' and '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. He was prominently featured in the first season of the ABC drama '' Murder One''. Sandoval has also directed, taking the helm for the third season '' Medium'' episode " Whatever Possessed You", which aired in March 2007. He directed one episode in each of seasons four through to seven. Sandoval co-starred as Judge Hernandez in '' Bad Judge'', an American legal comedy television series co-created by Chad Kultgen and Anne Heche. It premiered on NBC on October 2, 2014. After that, he had roles in '' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'', '' Sharp Objects'', and '' Station 19''.

Personal life

Sandoval resides in

Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. He and his wife Linda have a daughter, Olivia, an actress who portrayed his character's daughter on ''Medium''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video game

References

External links

*
Profile of Miguel Sandoval
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sandoval, Miguel 1951 births Living people Male actors from Albuquerque, New Mexico American male actors of Mexican descent American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors Hispanic and Latino American male actors Male actors from New Mexico Male actors from Washington, D.C.