Background

Ruivivar was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a musician father. In January 1998 he married actress Yvonne Jung, who would later appear in seasons 5 and 6 (2003-2005) 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. In real life they have 2 children; son Kainoa was born on (2002-08-28) August 28, 2002 (age 13) and daughter Levi was born on (2006-05-03) May 3, 2006 (age 10).

Ruivivar's father is of Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish descent, and his mother is of German and Scottish descent. Given his physical appearance, Ruivivar usually portrays Hawaiian, Filipino, or Latino characters. Ruivivar also speaks Spanish, and he used it in Third Watch. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Boston University.

Career

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. Carlos started as a cocky rookie, often clashing with his superiors. Sometimes, he would display a presumptuous and uncaring attitude towards his patients, and other times he would act as a comic relief. He was the only paramedic to stay as a major character for the six seasons of the show.

After Third Watch, Ruivivar remained in the drama genre, usually playing a police officer, detective or FBI agent in various TV series, 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 is currently appearing in a recurring role as Alex Longshadow in Banshee and Batman/Bruce Wayne in Beware the Batman.

Filmography

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

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Law & Order	Raymond Cartena	1 episode: "Mad dog" S7E18
1999-2005	Third Watch	FDNY paramedic Carlos Nieto	Main character during the entire run of the show
2007	Traveler	Agent Guillermo Borjes	8 episodes
	Chuck	Tommy	2 episodes
	Numb3rs	Agent Cordero	1 episode
	Criminal Minds	Lt. Ricardo Davis	1 episode
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Detective Ruben Bejarano	1 episode
2009	Lie to Me	FBI Agent Dardis	1 episode
2010	The Whole Truth	Alejo Salazar	Main character
2011	American Horror Story: Murder House	Miguel Ramos	1 episode: "Afterbirth"
2012	Burn Notice	Rafael Montero	1 episode: "Mixed Messages"
	The Mentalist	Victor Phipps	1 episode: "Black Cherry"
2013	Beware the Batman	Bruce Wayne/Batman	Main character
	Southland	Officer Lucero	Recurring character
	Banshee	Alex Longshadow	Recurring character
	Revolution	General Carver
	Castle	Barrett Hawke	1 episode: "A Murder Is Forever"
2014	Avengers Assemble	Nighthawk	Season two
	Hawaii Five-0	Marco Reyes	4 episodes
	Nashville	Rolling Stone Reporter	Season 3, episode 7
2015	Quantico	Agent Jimenez	1 episode: "Run"
2015-2016	American Horror Story: Hotel	Richard Ramirez	2 episodes
2015	NCIS: Los Angeles	Agent Mark Ruiz	1 episode: "Unspoken"

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Marvel Heroes	Star-Lord

[ Source: Wikipedia ]