American actor This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. Find sources: "Anthony Ruivivar" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) | Anthony Ruivivar Ruivivar at the 2013 SDCC Born| (1970-11-04) November 4, 1970 (age 51) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. Occupation| Actor Years active| 1990–present Spouse(s)| Yvonne Jung (m. 1998)​ Children| 3 Anthony Michael Ruivivar (born November 4, 1970 (1970-11-04)) is an American actor. He is known for playing Carlos Nieto on Third Watch and Alex Longshadow on Banshee. He also voiced Batman on Beware the Batman. ## Contents * 1 Early life and education * 2 Career * 3 Personal life * 4 Filmography * 4.1 Film * 4.2 Television * 4.3 Video games * 5 References * 6 External links ## Early life and education[edit] Ruivivar was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a musician father[1] of Filipino, Chinese and Spanish descent, while his mother is of German and Scottish descent.[2] ## Career[edit] This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. Find sources: "Anthony Ruivivar" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) | Ruivivar's early appearances include the films Race the Sun (1996) and a minor character in Starship Troopers (1997). Ruivivar's breakthrough role came in 1999 as Carlos Nieto, a paramedic in the action/drama series Third Watch (1999–2005), which centers around the life of police officers, paramedics, and firemen of a fictional precinct and fire station in New York City. In the show, Carlos was a Hawaiian-born Filipino-American who was abandoned by his family and spent his youth in various foster homes. After Third Watch, Ruivivar remained in the drama genre, usually playing a police officer, detective or FBI agent in shows such as Traveler, Quantico, Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (all 2007) and Lie to Me (2009). In 2010, he had a main role in ABC's The Whole Truth as Alejo Salazar. He also had recurring roles as Alex Longshadow in Banshee and Bruce Wayne / Batman in Beware the Batman. ## Personal life[edit] In January 1998 he married actress Yvonne Jung, who would later appear in seasons 5 and 6 (2003–05) of Third Watch as FDNY EMS Paramedic Holly Levine. In the show, Ruivivar and Jung's characters became a couple and got married in the series finale. They have 3 children; two sons, Kainoa and Kale, and a daughter, Levi, who is a member of the US Junior Women's Gymnastics national team.[3][4] He is fluent in Spanish and has incorporated this in Third Watch.[5] He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Boston University. ## Filmography[edit] ### Film[edit] Year | Film | Role | Notes | | | 1994 | White Fang 2 | Peter | 1996 | Race the Sun | Eduardo Braz | 1997 | Starship Troopers | Shujumi | 1998 | High Art | Xander | 1999 | Simply Irresistible | Ramos | 2004 | Poster Boy | Daniel | 2008 | Tropic Thunder | Platoon Sergeant | 2009 | A Perfect Getaway | Chronic | 2011 | The Adjustment Bureau | McCrady | 2012 | Junction | Tai | 2015 | Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant | Flight School Administrator | 2017 | Lost Cat Corona | Guillermo | 2021 | Mad God | Witch (voice) | ### Television[edit] Year | Title | Role | Notes | | | 1997 | Law & Order | Raymond Cartena | Episode: "Mad Dog" 1997 | All My Children | Enrique "Ricky" | 2 episodes 1999–2005 | Third Watch | Carlos Nieto | 131 episodes 2005 | Medical Investigation | Episode: "Half Life" 2006 | Close to Home | Detective Vega | Episode: "Escape" 2007 | Numbers | Agent Cordero | Episode: "Finders Keepers" 2007 | Criminal Minds | Lt. Ricardo Vega | Episode: "Ashes and Dust" 2007 | Traveler | Agent Guillermo Borjes | 8 episodes 2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Det. Ruben Bejarano | Episode: "Who and What" 2007 | Chuck | Tommy Delgado | 2 episodes 2009 | Lie to Me | FBI Agent Dardis | Episode: "A Perfect Score" 2010–11 | The Whole Truth | Alejo Salazar | 13 episodes 2011 | The Good Wife | Captain Moyer | Episode: "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" 2011 | American Horror Story: Murder House | Miguel Ramos | Episode: "Afterbirth" 2012 | Burn Notice | Rafael Montero | Episode: "Mixed Messages" 2012 | Major Crimes | D.D.A. Ozzy Michaels | 3 episodes 2012 | The Mentalist | Victor Phipps | Episode: "Black Cherry" 2013 | Southland | Officer Hank Lucero | 7 episodes 2013 | Castle | Barrett Hawke | Episode: "A Murder Is Forever" 2013–14 | Revolution | General Bill Carver | 4 episodes 2013–14 | Beware the Batman | Bruce Wayne / Batman, Thomas Wayne (voices) | 26 episodes 2013–15 | Banshee | Alex Longshadow | 17 episodes 2014 | Beauty & the Beast | Agent Henry Knox | 4 episodes 2014 | Hawaii Five-0 | Marco Reyes | 4 episodes 2014 | Nashville | Brett Rivers | Episode: "I'm Coming Home to You" 2014–15 | Avengers Assemble | Nighthawk (voice) | 7 episodes 2015 | Quantico | Agent Jimenez | Episode: "Run" 2015–16 | American Horror Story: Hotel | Richard Ramirez | 2 episodes 2015 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Mark Ruiz | Episode: "Unspoken" 2015–16 | Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street | Adam Hernandez | 5 episodes 2016 | Scream | Sheriff Miguel Acosta | 12 episodes 2016–17 | Frequency | Captain Stan Moreno | 9 episodes 2017 | Blue Bloods | Det. Tommy Jordan | Episode: "The Thin Blue Line" 2018 | The Haunting of Hill House | Kevin Harris | 8 episodes 2021 | Turner & Hooch | James Mendez | 12 episodes 2021 | NCIS: Hawaiʻi | Daniel Tennant | 3 episodes ### Video games[edit] Year | Title | Role | | 2015 | Marvel Heroes | Star-Lord ## References[edit] 1. ^ Anthony Michael Ruivivar Biography, filmreference.com; accessed August 23, 2017. 2. ^ Anthony Ruivivar biodata, imdb.com; accessed August 23, 2017. 3. ^ Levi Jung-Ruivivar, usagym.org; accessed March 20, 2021. 4. ^ Anthony Ruivivar's Instagram, instagram.com; accessed March 20, 2021. 5. ^ "History of the World". Third Watch. Season 1. Episode 8. November 21, 1999. ## External links[edit] * Anthony Ruivivar at IMDb Authority control General| * ISNI * 1 * VIAF * 1 * WorldCat National libraries| * United States Other| * Faceted Application of Subject Terminology *[m.]: married