A Martinez

Adolfo Larrue Martínez III (born September 27, 1948), credited as A Martinez, is an American actor and singer. He had roles in the daytime soap operas Santa Barbara, General Hospital, One Life to Live, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Days of Our Lives, and the primetime dramas L.A. Law, Profiler, Longmire and Dark Winds. His feature films include The Cowboys (1972), Powwow Highway (1989), Curse of Chucky (2013), Ambulance (2022) and Far Haven (2023).

Early life and education

Martinez was born Adolfo Larrue Martínez III in Glendale, California. His family referred to him as "A", "Little Adolfo", and "Little A" as a child to distinguish him from his father and grandfather. Over time, "A" became the name he would use.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His heritage is Mexican and Apache on his father's side, and Piegan Blackfeet and Northern European on his mother's side.<ref name="Scarecrow Press">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="indiancountrymedianetwork.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Martinez attended Sunland Elementary School and Mt. Gleason Junior High School in Sunland/Tujunga, where he played Kiwanis youth softball each summer (he was a formidable pitcher) and starred in numerous school musical productions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Scarecrow Press"/><ref name="indiancountrymedianetwork.com"/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He graduated from Verdugo Hills High School in Tujunga. In high school, he was in a rock band and on the track team.

After intending to study political science at UCLA,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> he turned to acting instead.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

After graduating college, he played on a semi-pro baseball team for five seasons.<ref name="Bentley"/>

Film

Martinez has appeared in a number of feature films, including The Cowboys (1972), Starbird & Sweet William (1973), Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974), Joe Panther (1976), Shoot the Sun Down (1978), The Honorary Consul (1983), Walking the Edge (1985), Powwow Highway (1989), She-Devil (1989), The Cherokee Kid (1996), What's Cooking? (2000), Wind River (2000), Curse of Chucky (2013), Ambulance (2022) and Far Haven (2023).

Television

The majority of his acting roles have been on television. He had a significant appearance, playing the stable hand Luis, who aids Little Joe on the Bonanza episode "Gideon the Good" in 1970. Also in 1970 he appeared in the episode "Log 114--The Hero" on Adam-12. He had a recurring role on All in the Family as a helper at Archie's bar. In 1973, he appeared in the Hawaii Five-O episode "A Bullet for El Diablo". In 1974, he appeared in an episode of the short-lived ABC police drama Nakia. In 1976, he played a novice bullfighter in the Columbo episode "A Matter of Honor". Martinez appeared as Tranquilino Marquez in three episodes of the mini-series Centennial in 1979.

In 1979 episode of Quincy, M.E., "Walk Softly Through the Night", he played a pre-med student.

In 1979, Martinez made an appearance on Barney Miller, playing Claudio Ortiz in the sixth-season episode, "The DNA Story". He returned in 1981 to portray Joseph Montoya in the episode "The Doll".

Martinez played a grape picker in 1982 on CBS's Falcon Crest, Native American 'Low Wolf' on the short-lived Born to the Wind, and a police detective in the 1983–1984 series Whiz Kids. In 1983 he had a guest role in a Season 5 episode of Hart to Hart as Jose. From 1984-1992 he played the role of Cruz Castillo on the daytime soap opera Santa Barbara.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Martinez has also worked on prime time television, including starring roles in series such as Profiler and L.A. Law.<ref name="Pier">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In September 2008, Martinez joined the cast of the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live in the role of Ray Montez and was written out in June 2009.

In February 2011, Martinez appeared in several episodes of the CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful as Dr. Ramon Montgomery. He returned in January 2012 for a few additional episodes.

In 2012, he landed the recurring role of Jacob Nighthorse in the television series Longmire.<ref name="Pier"/>

In April 2014, it was rumored he was joining The Young and the Restless. In July 2014, he appeared on the NBC television show The Night Shift as Dr. Landry, de la Cruz's father. In late 2014, he also appeared in Othello on stage at the Odyssey Theatre in west Los Angeles.<ref name="Bentley"/>

From September 2015 to 2017, Martinez appeared on the NBC daytime drama Days of Our Lives as Eduardo "Eddie" Hernandez. He returned to the show in 2020.

Martinez played Sheriff Mayo in the third season of the television series Queen of the South.

In June 2022, Martinez was cast as Master Pakku in the Netflix live-action series Avatar: The Last Airbender.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2023, he plays Sheriff Gordo Sena in the second and third seasons of Dark Winds.

Martinez joined the cast of the television series Blue Ridge as part of its main ensemble.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The first season premiered on the Cowboy Way Channel before becoming available on Amazon Prime Video, where it became a sleeper hit, ranking among the service’s Top 10 most-watched shows.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Awards

Over the years, Martinez has been nominated for numerous awards, and received some, including a Daytime Emmy Award, a Red Nation Film Award of Excellence, an award as Best Supporting Actor at the Red Dirt International Film Festival (for his own written short film called "Four Winds),<ref name="Bentley"/> and three from the Soap Opera Digest Awards.Template:Citation needed

Personal life

In 1981, he was married briefly to actress Mare Winningham, who was also cast on the 1978 miniseries The Young Pioneers; they divorced later that year. In 1982, he married Leslie Bryans; they have a son and two daughters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He moved from Malibu to Thousand Oaks, California in 2014.<ref name="Bentley">Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1968	The Young Animals	Johnny
1969	Change of Habit	Second Teen	Uncredited
1972	The Cowboys	Cimarron
1973	Starbird and Sweet William	Starbird
	Once Upon a Scoundrel	Luis Manuel
1974	The Take	Tallbear
1976	Joe Panther	Billy Tiger
1978	Shoot the Sun Down	Sunbearer
1983	The Honorary Consul	Aquino
1985	Walking the Edge	Tony
1989	Powwow Highway	Buddy Red Bow
	She-Devil	Garcia
1995	One Night Stand	Jack Gilman
1997	Double Tap	Johnny Escobar
2000	What's Cooking?	Daniel
2001	Ordinary Sinner	Father Ed
2005	Once Upon a Wedding	El Comandante
2009	Fist of the Warrior	Anthony Black
	The Terminators	Sheriff Carpenter
2012	California Solo	Warren
	California Winter	Miguel Morales
2013	Four Winds	Old Man	Short film
	Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian	Bear Willie Claw
	Curse of Chucky	Father Frank
2014	Before Your Eyes	Berto Galvan	Short film
2021	Symphoria	Carl Witting
2022	Ambulance	Papi
2023	Far Haven	Abraham

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1969	The Outcasts	The Indian	Episode: "A Time of Darkness"
	Mission: Impossible	Young Man	Episode: "The Code"
	The New People	Gradis	Episode: "Murderer!"
	Ironside	Manolo Rodriguez	Episode: "The Machismo Bag"
1970	Hunters Are for Killing	Jimmy Ramirez	TV movie
	Adam-12	Lauro Perez	Episode: "Log 114: The Hero"
	Mannix	Pancho Salinas	Episode: "Time Out of Mind"
	Bonanza	Luís Valdez	Episode: "Gideon the Good"
1970–1971	Storefront Lawyers	Roberto Alvarez	Main cast
1971	The Smith Family	Ramon Sanchez	Episode: "Chicano"
	The Man and the City	Tony	Episode: "Reprisal"
	The Bold Ones: The Lawyers	Carlos Estrada	Episode: "Justice Is a Sometime Thing"
1972	The Streets of San Francisco	Rafael Diaz	Episode: "Hall of Minors"
	Probe	Carlos Lobos	TV movie
	The Sixth Sense	Billy	Episode: "Echo of a Distant Scream"
1973	Hawaii Five-O	Pepe Olivares	Episode: "A Bullet for El Diablo"
	Police Story	Bermudez	Episode: "Man on a Rack"
1974	The Cowboys	Cimarron	Main cast
	Nakia	George	Episode: "The Non-Person"
	Movin' On	Manolo Higgins	Episode: "The Cowhands"
1974–1975	Kung Fu	Tigre Cantrell	2 episodes
1975	McCloud	Larry Moreno	Episode: "Sharks"
	Petrocelli	Mando Rivera	Episode: "The Gamblers"
1975–1976	The Streets of San Francisco	Officer Vega	Episode: "False Witness"
		Rudy Costa	Episode: "Alien Country"
1976	Columbo	Curro Rangel	Episode: "A Matter of Honor"
1976–1977	Barnaby Jones	Carlos Rojas	Episode: "Shadow of Guilt"
		Tomás Aguillar	Episode: "Deadly Homecoming"
1977	The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries	Henry Salazar	Episode: "Mystery of the Fallen Angels"
	Exo-Man	Raphael Torres	TV movie
	Wonderbug	Johnny Littlecloud	Episode: "Oil or Nothing"
	The Krofft Supershow	Johnny Littlecloud	Segment: "Wonderbug"
	All in the Family	Manuel	2 episodes
	Baretta	Frank	Episode: "Por nada"
	Police Woman	Dimi	Episode: "The Buttercup Killer"
1978	The Young Pioneers	Circling Hawk	Episode: "Sky in the Window"
1979	Centennial	Tranquillino Marquez	3 episodes
	The Incredible Hulk	Rick	Episode: "Kindred Spirits"
	Barnaby Jones	Tony Sierra	Episode: "Cry for Vengeance"
	Barney Miller	Claudio Ortez	Episode: "The DNA Story"
	B. J. and the Bear	Melendez	Episode: "The Murphy Contingent"
1979–1980	Quincy, M.E.	Dr. Tony Carbo	3 episodes
1980	Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop	Julio Mendez	TV movie
1981	The White Shadow	Officer Ramirez	Episode: "Cops"
	Barney Miller	Joseph	Episode: "The Doll"
	CHiPs	Dr. Rhodes	Episode: "A Simple Operation"
	Fantasy Island	Manuel Lopez	Episode: "Paquito's Birthday/Technical Advisor"
1982	American Playhouse	Juan	Episode: "Seguin"
	Cassie & Co.	Benny Silva	Main cast
	Falcon Crest	Julio Delgado	Episode: "Victims"
1983	Hart to Hart	Jose	Episode: "Straight Through the Hart"
1983–1984	Whiz Kids	Lt. Neal Quinn	Main cast
1984	Remington Steele	Guy Nickerson	Episode: "High Flying Steele"
	The Yellow Rose	Raoul Padilla	Episode: "Chains of Fear"
1984–1992	Santa Barbara	Cruz Castillo	Main cast
1989	Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker	Lt. Gil Carillo	TV movie
1990	ABC Afterschool Specials	Emanuel Jensen	Episode: "Testing Dirty"
1990–1994	L.A. Law	Daniel Morales	Main cast (seasons 7–8)
1991	In the Nick of Time	Charlie Minsch	TV movie
1994	Deconstructing Sarah	Kenny	TV movie
1996	Touched by an Angel	Jon Mateos	Episode: "Rock 'n' Roll Dad"
	Grand Avenue	Steven	TV movie
	Sweet Dreams	Chief Doug Harrison	TV movie
	The Cherokee Kid	Juan Cortina	TV movie
1996–1997	Profiler	Agent Nick Cooper	Recurring role (seasons 1–2)
1997	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Emperor (voice)	Episode: "The Shoemaker and the Elves"
1998	Welcome to Paradox	Agent Rasheed Kay	Episode: "News from D Street"
	Last Rites	Matt Santos	TV movie
1999	The Magnificent Seven	Raphael Cordero Martinez	Episode: "Love and Honor"
	A Memory in My Heart	Joe Vega	TV movie
1999–2002	General Hospital	Roy DiLucca	Recurring role
2000	The Hunger	Peter Deutch	Episode: "The Falling Man"
2002–2003	For the People	Michael Olivas	Main cast
2003	Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong	Bobby	TV movie
	The Law and Mr. Lee	Anthony Delgado	TV movie
2005	JAG	Chief Aurelio Pudero	Episode: "JAG: San Diego"
2005–2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Danilo Zamesca	4 episodes
2006	Huff	Jorge Corrales	2 episodes
	Desolation Canyon	Arturo Zetta	TV movie
2007	Raines	Aurelio Sanchez	Episode: "Meet Juan Doe"
	Viva Laughlin	Armando	Episode: "What a Whale Wants"
2008	Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story	Angel Cruz	TV movie
2008–2009	One Life to Live	Ray Montez	Recurring role
2009	Criminal Minds	Bunting	Episode: "Retaliation"
2010	Miami Medical	Garrett	Episode: "An Arm and a Leg"
	Castle	César Calderón	Episode: "Anatomy of a Murder"
2011	Mega Python vs. Gatoroid	Dr. Diego Ortiz	TV movie
2011–2012	The Bold and the Beautiful	Ramon Montgomery	Recurring role
2012–2017	Longmire	Jacob Nighthorse	Recurring role
2014	The Night Shift	Joacquin De La Cruz	Episode: "Storm Watch"
2015	NCIS	Tomas Orlando	Episode: "Patience"
2015–2020	Days of Our Lives	Eduardo Hernandez	Recurring role
2018	Queen of the South	Sheriff Mayo	3 episodes
2019	Christmas on the Range	Brick McCree	TV movie
2021	Cowboy Bebop	Stax	Episode: "Blue Crow Waltz"
2023–present	Dark Winds	Sheriff Gordon Sena	Recurring role (seasons 2–present)
2024	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Master Pakku	2 episodes
	The Rookie	Gundo	2 episodes
2024–present	Blue Ridge	Connor McGrath	Main cast

Web

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2014–present	The Bay	Nardo Ramos	Recurring role (season 1), main role (season 2-present)

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