
Jay Santiago
- Known for
- Acting
- Birthplace
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
Biography
Jay Santiago Suárez (born in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rician actor and voice actor. Jay performed as a skilled and trained dancer with the ensemble, Ita Medina, for the Original Telemundo Network in San Juan. He is a series regular in the APPLE TV+ series, Ghostwriter, and co-starred with Don Cheadle in the Showtime comedy, Black Monday. His series work also includes roles in S.W.A.T., Dick Wolf's CBS show FBI: Most Wanted, and a recurring role on Netflix's "Uncoupled" with Neil Patrick Harris and Marcia Gay Harden. He had numerous credits as a voice-over artist as well as in motion capture gaming including, Grand Theft Auto V. Some of Jay's other series and feature credits include, The Purge, Big Lake, Criminal Minds, Blue Bloods, Bruiser, Rainbow Ruthie and Bel Canto, and The Mick and the Trick, among others.
Known For
Filmography

Violent Mind
Movie · as Frank

The Pastor Who Preys
Movie · as Mayor Dougten

Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado
Movie · as Abuelo

Will Trent
TV · as Javi · 1 ep

Bruiser
Movie · as Hector

Uncoupled
TV · as Freddy · 1 ep

Sweet Navidad
Movie · as Luis Tirado

FBI: Most Wanted
TV · as Rafael Zamora · 1 ep

Ghostwriter
TV · as Grandpa Ernesto · 26 eps

The Other Two
TV · as Mr. Gutierrez · 1 ep

The Chosen
TV · as Father of Uzziah · 1 ep

Black Monday
TV · as El Sastre · 1 ep

Better Start Running
Movie · as Rodrigo

Bel Canto
Movie · as Monsignor Rolland

New Amsterdam
TV · as Patricia's Father · 1 ep

S.W.A.T.
TV · as General Emiliano Murido · 1 ep

Dead Man Down
Movie · as Latin Man