Jason Manuel Olazabal

• Born — 14 October 1973 • Birthplace — Santa Maria, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 2001–present

Olazábal was born in Santa Maria, California.

His acting career started in 2001 in Law & Order. He then appeared in The Education of Max Bickford in 2002 and Bad Boys II in 2003 as Detective Marco Vargas. Along with Law & Order, he has starred in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In 2006, he starred in Charmed and Inside Man. He appeared in House and Numb3rs in 2007. In Season 3 of Dexter, he starred as Ramon Prado in 9 episodes as a lieutenant, grieving over the loss of his brother, and later in the season, his other brother. He jointly received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series", along with other Dexter co-stars. He appeared in The Unit in 2009 and became a recurring character in Make It or Break It as Alex Cruz.

He married actress Sunita Param on February 6, 2004. Jason Manuel Olazabal is also a member of Iota Phi Theta fraternity, initiated at the Fraternity's Beta Sigma Chapter (U. of Northern Colorado) in 1994.

• Year — Film/Show — Role — Notes • 2001 — Law & Order — Jeffrey Sayles • 2002 — The Education of Max Bickford — Eduardo • 2003 — Law & Order — Jeffrey Sayles • Bad Boys II — Dt. Marco Vargas • Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Detective Upmann • 2005 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Sascha Hart • 2006 — Charmed — Java • Inside Man — ESU Officer Hernandez • 2007 — Numb3rs — Jimmy Lopez • House — Dr. O'Reilly, a.k.a. #11 • 2008 — This Is Not a Test — Johnny Dorey • Dexter — Ramon Prado — Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series • 2009 — The Unit — Mateo • Make It or Break It — Alex Cruz • 2011 — Person of Interest — Hector Alvarez — Season 1 Episode 9 - "Get Carter" • 2015 — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia — Worker — Season 10 Episode 7 - "Mac Kills His Dad" • Scorpion — Hector Menjivar — Season 1 Episode 20 - "Crossroads" • 2016 — Castle — Detective Menendez — Season 8 Episode 14 - "The GSD" • 2017 — Fear the Walking Dead — Dante Esquivel — Season 3 • I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore — Cesar • 2026 — Lanterns — Hector Hammond — Season 1 Episode 4 - "The Weenie"