Early life and education

Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Murciano attended Christopher Columbus High School and then Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He originally studied at New England School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts, for a time, but ultimately decided to pursue an acting career and left. He moved to Los Angeles, California, and began his career, making his feature film debut in the 1997 action film Speed 2: Cruise Control, which starred Sandra Bullock.

Career

In 2000, Murciano appeared in the film Traffic. In 2001, he starred as Francesco Torres on the short-lived MTV soap opera Spyder Games. That same year, he appeared in Black Hawk Down. It was there that he met Jerry Bruckheimer, leading to him being offered a starring role as Danny Taylor in the CBS mystery drama Without a Trace. The series centered around a missing persons unit of the FBI in New York City. The show ran for seven seasons from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. This role earned him two nominations from the ALMA Award in 2008 and in 2009.

His additional film credits include Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (his second film with Sandra Bullock), How to Go Out on a Date in Queens, The Lost City and Máncora. He also appeared in the music video "Yes We Can" by will.i.am and in the video directed by Demi Moore "Presidential Pledge".

In October 2009, Murciano appeared in the CBS police procedural drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in season 10: episode 4 titled "Coup de Gráce" (French for "stroke of mercy"), as Det. Carlos Moreno from the LVPD Vice Division.

In April 2011, Murciano had a recurring role in the CBS police procedural drama NCIS, as CIA Agent Ray "CI-Ray" Cruz appearing in season 8: episode 20 titled "Two-Faced" and the eighth season finale titled "Pyramid". In January 2012, he made his final appearance on the show in season 9: episode 13 titled "A Desperate Man".

In April 2012, Murciano returned to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation reprising his role of Det. Carlos Moreno, appearing in season 12: episode 20 titled "Altered Stakes", the twelfth season finale titled "Homecoming", the thirteenth season premiere titled "Karma to Burn" and season 13: episode 3 titled "Wild Flowers".

In October 2012, Murciano had a recurring role in the short-lived ABC supernatural/horror drama 666 Park Avenue, as Dr. Todd Scott Evans, appearing in the fifth episode titled "A Crowd of Demons", the sixth episode titled "Diabolic" and the seventh episode titled "Downward Spiral".

Murciano co-starred in the 3-D science fiction film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the 2014 sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

Personal life

Murciano is of Cuban descent, and speaks fluent Spanish as shown in Without a Trace in season 4: episode 6 titled "Viuda Negra" (Spanish for "black widow").

In 2006, People magazine ranked him #7 in its annual list of "The Sexiest Men Alive".

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	Speed 2: Cruise Control	Alejandro	Credited as Enrique Murciano Jr.
2000	Traffic	DEA Agent
2001	Black Hawk Down	Ruiz
2002	Case 42	Lazlo
2003	Cafe and Tobacco	Tico
2005	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	Jeff Foreman
	The Lost City	Ricardo Fellove
2006	How to Go Out on a Date in Queens	Junior
2008	Máncora	Iñigo	Also executive producer
2012	Water and Power	Water
2014	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Kemp
2016	Collateral Beauty	Stan	Filming
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Suddenly Susan	Enrique	1 episode 3.12: "Wedding-Bell Blues"
	The Pretender	Tony	1 episode 4.04: "Risque Business"
2001	Spyder Games	Francisco Torres	Series regular, 36 episodes
2002	Star Trek: Enterprise	Tolaris	1 episode 1.17: "Fusion"
2002-2009	Without a Trace	Danny Taylor	Series regular, 159 episodes
2004	A Separate Peace	Executive producer only	TV movie
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Det. Carlos Moreno	Recurring role, 1 episode 10.04: "Coup de Gráce"
2010	Off the Map	Manny Diaz	Dropped
	Marry Me	Harry	Mini-series, 2 episodes "Part 1" and "Part 2"
2011	Hail Mary	Carlos Moreno	TV movie
	NCIS	CIA Agent Ray "C-I-Ray" Cruz	Recurring role, 2 episodes 8.20: "Two-Faced" and 8.24: "Pyramid"
	Medium	Luis Amenabar	1 episode 7.13: " Me Without You"
2012	NCIS	CIA Agent Ray "C-I-Ray" Cruz	Recurring role, 1 episode 9.13: "A Desperate Man"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Det. Carlos Moreno	Recurring role, 4 episodes 12.20: "Altered Stakes", 12.22: "Homecoming", 13.1: "Karma to Burn" and 13.3: "Wild Flowers"
	666 Park Avenue	Dr. Todd Scott Evans	Recurring role, 3 episodes 1.5: "A Crowd of Demons", 1.6: "Diabolic" and 1.7: "Downward Spiral"
2013	The Saint	Insp. John Henry Fernack	TV movie
2014-2015	Power	Felipe Lobos	Recurring role, 8 episodes 1.1: "Not Exactly How We Planned", 1.4: "Who Are You?", 1.8: "Best Laid Plans", 2.1: "Consequences", 2.5: "Who You Are and Who You Want to Be", 2.7: "You're Not the Man", 2.8 "Three Moves Ahead", and 2.10: "Ghost is Dead"
2015	Bloodline	Marco Diaz	Recurring role, 13 episodes 1.1: "Part 1", 1.2: "Part 2", 1.3: "Part 3", 1.4: "Part 4", 1.5: "Part 5", 1.6: "Part 6", 1.7: "Part 7", 1.8: "Part 8", 1.9: "Part 9", 1.10: "Part 10", 1.11: "Part 11", 1.12: "Part 12" and 1.13: "Part 13"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]