Biography

Named after his grandfather, Pedro Gonzalo de Armas, Pino was born one of five boys in Miami, Florida and is of Cuban descent. He attended Rockway Middle School and graduated from Miami Coral Park High School in 1992, and from Florida International University in 1996 where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He also attended New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 2000.

Career

Pino is known for his critically acclaimed performance as Mexican druglord and serial rapist, Armadillo Quintero, on FX's The Shield. He has also appeared in The Lost City and Flicka which featured Tim McGraw. Pino also starred in the hit CBS series Cold Case as Detective Scotty Valens. In 2011, Pino joined the cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for its thirteenth season along with Chase actress Kelli Giddish coinciding with the departing Christopher Meloni. Pino's role on SVU was NYPD Detective Nick Amaro, a detective transferring from the narcotics squad to the Special Victims Unit.

Pino has also written two episodes of Cold Case: "Stealing Home" and "Metamorphosis". Starting in 2005, he has been in six CBS Cares public service announcements, with other stars of CBS original programs. He has made single appearances on The Sharon Osbourne Show in 2004, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in 2005, The Drop in 2005, Entertainment Tonight in 2008, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2011. In 2016, he played Alex Vargas in Scandal.

Personal life

Pino has been married to his lovely wife, Lilly, since 2002 and they have two sons, Luca Daniel, born on February 15, 2006, and Julian Franco, born on June 5, 2007.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
Television
2001-2002	Men, Women & Dogs	Clay	Guest star, 13 episodes
2003	The Shield	Armadillo Quintero	Guest star, 4 episodes
2003-2010	Cold Case	Detective Scotty Valens	Main Character
2007	CSI: NY	Detective Scotty Valens	Cold Case crossover, 1 episode
2010	Burn Notice	Adam Scott	Guest star, 2 episodes
2011-2015	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Detective Nick Amaro	Main Character
2014-2015	Chicago P.D.	Detective Nick Amaro	Episodes: "They'll Have to Go Through Me", "The Number of Rats"
2016	BrainDead	Luke	Pre-production
2016	Scandal	Alex Vargas	Recurring role
Film
2002	Point of Origin	Burn Victim	TV movie
2003	Lucy	Desi Arnaz	TV movie
2004	NYPD 2069	Eddie Vega	TV movie
2005	Between	Victor
2005	Rx	Carlos
2005	The Lost City	Alberto Mora
2006	Flicka	Jack
2008	The Burning Plain	Santiago
2009	Across the Hall	Terry
2010	Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright	Gabriel Garza
2011	Metro	Douglas Romero	TV movie

Awards and nominations

Pino has won two awards so far and has been nominated for five, all from his work on Cold Case and Law in Order: Special Victims Unit .

Year	Award	Category	Result	Notes
2005	Imagen Award	Best Supporting Actor—Television	Nominated	Cold Case
2006	Imagen Award	Best Actor—Television	Nominated	Cold Case
2008	ALMA Award	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Television Series	Nominated	Cold Case
2009	ALMA Award	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Television Series	Nominated	Cold Case
2010	Imagen Award	Best Actor—Television	Won	Cold Case
2012	ALMA Award	Outstanding Actor in a Drama Television Series	Nominated	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2015	Imagen Award	Best Supporting Actor-Television	Won	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

[ Source: Wikipedia ]