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Yancey Arias

Born: 27 June 1971 (53 years old)
Gender: Male

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Yancey Arias is an American actor best known for his work on television crime dramas, particularly his roles as Miguel Cadena in the 2003 mini-series Kingpin and as Gabriel Williams in Thief (2006).

Of Colombian and Puerto Rican descent, Arias was born and raised in New York City and attended Moore Catholic High School and St. John's Preparatory School before studying theatre at Carnegie Mellon University.

His first big break came in the Broadway production of Miss Saigon in 1992, which he worked on in different capacities for several years.

In addition to television roles, he also continued to work on stage, including a starring role in The Wild Party in 2000.

In 2001 he moved to Los Angeles, where he currently lives with his wife, actress Anna Alvim who starred with him in Kingpin.


Television Roles

Show

Character

Colonel Victor Ramon

Detective Juan Cruz

Shaman Little River

Mayor Hector Ramos

Mayor Hector Ramos

Jacob

Chief Carl Villante

Chief Carl Villante

Inspector Cortez

Pablo Cordova

Delgado

Rafael Salinas

Ramon Cruz

Rick Devarro

A.D.A. Montez

Robert Castillo

Carter Del Toro

Arturo Casey

Ignacio

Javier Leon

Alex Torres

Alberto Torres

Special Agent Rick Medina

ATF Special Agent Miguel Aritza

Richard Carr

D.J. Rodriguez

Bobby Rock

Rafael Mercado

Senator Tom Kingsly

Senator Tom Kingsly

Victor Marquesa

Jose Garcia

Arnaz

Gabriel "Gabo" Williams

Jim


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