JW Cortés is a multifaceted individual whose career spans military service, law enforcement, and acting. Born in 1975 in Brooklyn, New York, to Puerto Rican parents, Cortés enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps after high school, serving for 13 years, including a deployment to Iraq.
Monsters and Men
(Officer Suarez)
The Last Airbender
(Fire Lord Attendant)
Stop
(Officer Caceres)
American Gangster
(Narc Officer in Hallway (uncredited))
As Good As Dead
(Cop)
Black Wake
(Agent Miller)
We Own the Night
(Bouncer (uncredited))
Habla y vota
(Self)
A House of Dynamite
(INDOPACOM Commander)
The Blacklist
(Julian Flores)
Gotham
(Alvarez)
Gotham
(Detective Alvarez)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(Emmanuel Perez)
The Mysteries of Laura
(FBI Special Agent Lewis)