David Zayas (born August 15, 1962) is a Puerto Rican theatrical, film, and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Angel Batista on Showtime's series Dexter and as Enrique Morales on the HBO prison drama Oz. Since 1998, Zayas has been married to actress Liza Colón-Zayas; he portrays the husband of her character on The Bear (2022 - present).

Filmography

• R.J. Decker — Victor Ochoa
• Dexter: Resurrection — Angel Batista
• 2025Or Something — Uptown Mike
• 2025The Running Man — Richard Manuel
• 2023Snag — Ramon
• The Night Agent — Mike Fonseca
• 2022Adieu Aurora — Jon Castaneda
• The Bear — David Marrero
• Dexter: New Blood — Angel Batista
• Elite Short Stories: Samuel Omar — Hombre borracho 1
• 2021R♥️J — Fernando Capulet
• 2020Body Cam — Sergeant Kesper
• 2020Force of Nature — John the Baptist
• NEXT — Nacio Ramos
• 2020Our Lady of 121st Street — Edwin
• Power Book II: Ghost — Uncle Frank
• Deadly Class — El Angel Del Diablo, El Alma Del Diablo
• FBI — Antonio Vargas
• Seven Seconds — Medina
• 201711:55 — Maurice
• 2017Lost Cat Corona — Ponce
• 2017Shine — Ramon
• 2017Teen Titans: The Judas Contract — Alberto Reyes (voice)
• The Guest Book — David
• Shut Eye — Eduardo Bernal
• 2016Tallulah — Detective Richards
• 2016The Lennon Report — Officer Joseph Medina
• Quantico — Charlie
• 2015The Wannabe — Pablo Guzman
• 2014Annie — Lou
• Chicago P.D. — Carlos Mendoza
• Gotham — Sal Maroni
• 2014Ride — Ramon
• Saint George — Junior
• 2013Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret — Detective Flores
• The Blacklist — Manny Soto
• The Following — Tyson Hernandez
• Elementary — Juan Murillo
• 2012Junction — Lt. Tarelli
• Bob's Burgers — Bubble Master (voice)
• Grimm — Salvadore Butrell
• Person of Interest — Ernie Trask
• 2011Samuel Bleak — Ruben Ramirez
• 201013 — Detective Larry Mullane
• Blue Bloods — Governor Martin Mendez
• 2010Coach — Ramon
• 2010Skyline — Oliver
• 2010The Expendables — General Garza
• 2009Burning Mussolini — Hector
• 2009Flying By — Tony
• 2009Wake — Grayson
• In Plain Sight — Harrison Locke
• Burn Notice — Javier
• 2007Michael Clayton — Detective Dalberto
• 2007The Savages — Eduardo
• 200616 Blocks — Robert Torres
• Conviction — Cartwright
• Dexter — Angel Batista
• Shark — Alvarez
• 2006The Feast of the Goat — Antonio de la Maza
• Numb3rs — Carlos Costavo
• The Closer — Brian
• 2005The Interpreter — Charlie Russell
• 2004Jailbait — Guard
• 2004Mimmo & Paulie — Paulie
• Angels in America — Super
• 2003Anne B. Real — Cynthia's Dad
• 2003Undefeated — Paulie
• 2002A Gentleman's Game — Alfred D'Angelo
• CSI: Miami — Ben Porterson
• 2002Washington Heights — David
• Without a Trace — Gabriel Molina
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Stanley Maas, Fire Marshall
• 2001Sam the Man — Billy the Cop
• 2001Wit — Code Team Blue Head
• The Beat — Rei Morales
• 2000The Yards — Officer Jerry Rifkin
• 1999Bringing Out the Dead — Cop in Elevator
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Detective Milton, Warren Fels
• Third Watch — Motorman
• 1998Above Freezing — Hector
• 1998All Revved Up — Omar
• 1998Bleach — Lt. Ballard
• 1998Return to Paradise — Construction Foreman
• 1998Rounders — Osborne
• 1998Scarred City — Cop #1
• 1998Stepmom — Policeman
• 1997Lena's Dreams — Jorge
• Oz — Enrique Morales
• Law & Order — McGinty, Raoul Cervantes, Carlos, John Mireles, Justin Cabrera
• Grind

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2010Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' — Self