Jorge-Luis Pallo

Born: 1974-01-08

Birthplace: Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Jorge-Luis Pallo (born Jorge-Luis Christian Pallo, January 8, 1974, in Queens, New York) is an American actor of Hispanic descent who earned a BFA in Dramatic Arts from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. A SAG-AFTRA member with over 80 film and television credits, he is also a teacher, podcaster, producer, and director, and has taught acting at Scott Sedita Acting Studios in Los Angeles. He won the Best Ensemble award at the 2017 Fringe Festival for his role as Jackie in Stephen Adly Guirgis' Motherfucker with The Hat. His most notable film credits include the Pre-Crime Public Service Announcer in Minority Report (2002, directed by Steven Spielberg), an Army Private in War of the Worlds (2005, also directed by Steven Spielberg), an Intel Officer in Eagle Eye (2008), Brian in Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013, directed by James Wan), a Cop in Furious 7 (2015, also directed by James Wan), and Deputy Diaz in Cry Macho (2021, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood). On television he is best known as series regular Marc Molina in The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2009, 17 episodes, ABC), with recurring and guest credits in American Horror Story (2017, 3 episodes, FX), NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–2016, 3 episodes), Sons of Anarchy (2012, 2 episodes, FX), Goliath (2016, 4 episodes, Amazon, with Billy Bob Thornton), 24 (2009, 2 episodes), The Shield (2002), Fear the Walking Dead (2015, AMC), 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020), The Rookie (2018, NBC), Magnum P.I. (2020), Whiskey Cavalier (2019), Criminal Minds (2005), Numb3rs (2005), Desperate Housewives (2004), CSI: NY (2004), Charmed (1998), and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996)