Edwin "Eddie" Velez (June 4, 1958 in New York City) is a Hispanic-American actor who stars in films and on television. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York Velez began acting while in the United States Air Force, when he was stationed in Sunnyvale, California at the Sunnyvale Air Force base. Sunnyvale ( or) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. In 1981, he was honorably discharged from the service and later on moved to Los Angeles to pursue his TV and film acting career.
In 1983, his first TV role was in the 1983 TV movie For Love and Honor, but in 1984, his big role came when he played Napoleon "Napo" Rodriguez in the 1984 cult classic film Repo Man.
Eddie got his first TV series role in the soap opera Capitol in 1986 as Alonzo. A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. Capitol is an American Soap opera which aired on the daytime schedule of CBS from March 29, 1982 to March 20 He later on that year starred in the hit NBC TV series The A-Team as Frankie "Dishpan" Santana from 1986-1987 as a new member of the team. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The A-Team is an American action Adventure Television series about a fictional group of ex- United States Army Special Forces The show was in its 5th and final season. Eddie's other TV roles were in the series Trial and Error in 1988 as John Hernandez. He starred in True Blue as Officer Frankie Avila. True Blue was a short-running NBC Television series set in New York City which aired on Friday evenings between 1989 and 1991
Eddie starred in the soap opera Port Charles and General Hospital as Det. Port Charles is a daytime Soap opera which aired on ABC from June 2 1997 to October 3 2003. General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is an American Soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network during the Alexander Garcia, and later on starred in the soap opera Days of Our Lives as Paul Mendez. Days of Our Lives is an American Soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8 1965 on the NBC network in the United
Some of Eddie's other feature film roles were Doin' Time (1985), The Women's Club (1987), Rooftops (1989), Traffic (2000), White Chicks (2004) and his most recent film is Beautiful Loser in 2006. Traffic is a 2000 Crime drama Film directed by Steven Soderbergh. White Chicks is a 2004 American Comedy film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written and produced Beautiful Loser is a forthcoming 2008 film Secrets and decisions of the past haunt the lives of a well-drawn cast of characters in this drama that introduces us to
Velez has made guest appearances on various programs, including Cagney & Lacey, Hill Street Blues, Walker, Texas Ranger, Pacific Blue, Charmed, and Numb3rs. Cagney & Lacey is an American television series that first aired on the CBS Television network for seven seasons from March 25 1982 to Hill Street Blues is a serial Police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987 Walker Texas Ranger is an American Television western / police drama series created by Lesie Grief and Paul Haggis. Pacific Blue was a one-hour television drama about a team of police officers who patrolled the beaches of Santa Monica California on bicycle NUMB3RS (pronounced Numbers) is an American Television show produced by brothers Ridley and Tony Scott.
Selected Filmography
- Beautiful Loser (2006)
- White Chicks (2004)
- Traffic (2000)
- Most Wanted (1997)
- Under Oath (1997)
- A Passion to Kill (1994)
- Body Bags (1993) TV movie
- Rooftops (1989)
- The Women's Club (1987)
- The A-Team(1986) 13 Episodes
- Doin' Time (1985)
- Repo Man (1984)
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Beautiful Loser is a forthcoming 2008 film Secrets and decisions of the past haunt the lives of a well-drawn cast of characters in this drama that introduces us to White Chicks is a 2004 American Comedy film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written and produced Traffic is a 2000 Crime drama Film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Most Wanted is a 1997 film starring Keenen Ivory Wayans and Jon Voight. The A-Team is an American action Adventure Television series about a fictional group of ex- United States Army Special ForcesDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic