Early life

Grillo was born in New York City as the oldest of three children, and is of Italian heritage. He graduated from New York University with a business degree and spent a year on Wall Street before being asked to do a Miller Genuine Draft beer commercial.

Career

Film

Grillo started his acting career by appearing in commercials, for companies such as American Express and Sure deodorant. His first film role was in the 1992 film The Mambo Kings and went on to appear in the films Minority Report (2002), April's Shower (2006), and iMurders (2008).

Grillo was in the 2010 horror film Mother's Day in the role of Daniel Sohapi and the following year, had a supporting role in the 2011 film Warrior as MMA trainer Frank Campana. In 2012, he played Diaz in the survival thriller The Grey with Liam Neeson and as Sarge in End of Watch with Jake Gyllenhaal. In 2013, he starred with Jaimie Alexander in the romantic thriller film Collision and had a bit role in the action film Homefront with Jason Statham.

In 2014, Grillo was cast as HYDRA agent Brock Rumlow in the 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The same year, he starred in the sequel The Purge: Anarchy and a year later, he is set to return for The Purge 3 as Sergeant. He reprised the role of Brock Rumlow/Crossbones in the third installment of the Captain America film series, Civil War, which was released on May 6, 2016.

In October 2013, Grillo started filming for Jekyll Island, starring alongside Academy Award nominee Minnie Driver, Ed Westwick, AnnaSophia Robb, Dianna Agron, John Leguizamo, Mary McCormack, Christopher McDonald and Maggie Q. The film is directed by Aram Rappaport and produced by Hilary Shor, Atit Shah and Aaron Becker. Jekyll Island is set to release in 2016.

Grillo is also set to star in the upcoming films Demonic and Beyond Skyline, all set to release in 2015. He will also co-star alongside Aaron Tveit as brothers and gunmen, Jesse and Pru, in the upcoming drama thriller Big Sky.

Television

Grillo first appeared on television in episodes of Silk Stalkings (1993), and Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996) before being cast as oil tycoon Hart Jessup on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light in 1996 up until 1999. In 2002, he was cast in the series For the People as Det. J.C. Hunter and played Hunter until 2003. One of his more notable television roles was on the crime drama Prison Break where he played Nick Savrinn from 2005 to 2006. During that time, he also appeared on the Blind Justice as Marty Russo.

He was in the first and only season of The Kill Point in 2007, and played the role of Jimmy in the CSI: NY episode "The Things About Heroes," which aired in November 2007. In 2010, he starred in the sci-fi series The Gates opposite Marisol Nichols and Rhona Mitra. The series only lasted one season.

Since 2014, Grillo has starred in the DirecTV drama series Kingdom as MMA coach Alvey Kulina alongside Nick Jonas and Jonathan Tucker.

Personal life

He married his first wife Kathy in 1991, but the couple divorced in 1998. They had a son, Remy (b. January 1997). Grillo met fellow actress Wendy Moniz in 1996 on the set of Guiding Light, and moved in together in 1998. The couple were married on October 28, 2000. The couple have two sons: Liam (b. August 2004) and Rio (b. January 2008).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	The Mambo Kings	Machito
1993	Deadly Rivals	Det. Grogan
1996	Deadly Charades	Vince Carlucci
2002	Simplicity	General	Short film
2002	Minority Report	Pre-Crime Cop
2003	The Sweetest Thing	Andy
2004	Hunter: Return to Justice	Detective Terence Gillette
2005	Hunter: Back in Force	Detective Terence Gillette
2006	April's Shower	Rocco
2006	Hollis & Rae	Detective Henry Callaway
2007	Raw Footage	Ben Chaffin	Short film
2008	The Madness of Jane	Dr. Oliver Cornbluth
2008	Blue Blood	Sgt. Quarry
2008	iMurders	Joe Romano
2009	Pride and Glory	Eddie Carbone
2009	Blue Eyes	Bob Estevez
2010	Edge of Darkness	Agent One
2010	Mother's Day	Daniel Sohapi
2010	My Soul to Take	Paterson
2011	Warrior	Frank Campana
2012	The Grey	John Diaz
2012	Lay the Favorite	Frankie
2012	End of Watch	Sarge
2012	Zero Dark Thirty	Red Squadron Commanding Officer
2013	Disconnect	Mike
2013	Collision	Scott Dolan
2013	Mary and Martha	Peter
2013	Homefront	Cyrus Hanks
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Brock Rumlow
2014	The Purge: Anarchy	Sergeant
2015	Demonic	Detective Mark Lewis
2015	Big Sky	Jesse
2016	Captain America: Civil War	Brock Rumlow / Crossbones
2016	The Purge: Election Year	Sergeant	Post-production
2016	Jekyll Island	Guy Clifton	Post-production
2016	Beyond Skyline	Mark	Post-production
2016	Stephanie		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Silk Stalkings	Franco LaPuma	Episode: "Ladies Night Out"
1996	Poltergeist: The Legacy	Jerry Tate	Episode: "Ghost in the Road"
1996-1999	Guiding Light	Hart Jessup	74 episodes
1999	Wasteland	Cliff Dobbs	3 episodes
2000	Battery Park	Anthony Stigliano	7 episodes
2002	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Frank Barbarossa	Episode: "Deception"
2002-2003	For the People	Det. J.C. Hunter	18 episodes
2002-2003	The Shield	Officer Paul Jackson	4 episodes
2003	Karen Sisco	Garrison Kick	Episode: "Nostalgia"
2004	The District	Vince Dymecki	Episode: "Breath of Life"
2005-2006	Prison Break	Nick Savrinn	18 episodes
2005	Blind Justice	Marty Russo	13 episodes
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Gary Sinclair	Episode: "Happenstance"
2007	Without a Trace	Neil Rawlings	Episode: "Tail Spin"
2007	Las Vegas	Jeremy Shapiro	Episode: "The Burning Bedouin"
2007	The Kill Point	Albert Roman/Mr. Pig	8 episodes
2007	CSI: NY	Jimmie Davis	Episode: "The Thing About Heroes..."
2009	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Mark Van Kuren	Episode: "Transitions"
2010	The Gates	Nick Monohan	13 episodes
2011	Breakout Kings	Agent Stoltz	Episode: "Queen of Hearts"
2014-present	Kingdom	Alvey Kulina	Main role

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