The gotham actor uses his vast life experience to help war veterans and people with autism. He portrays alvarez on gotham.
Currently cortés plays the recurring role of detective carlos alvarez on fox s hit prime time series gotham.
J w cortes gotham. But for actor singer and marine veteran j w. Currently cortés plays the recurring role of detective carlos alvarez on fox s hit prime time series. Cortés speaks on gotham war veterans and autism.
Cortes patrols new york s penn station with a machine gun across his body. Gotham cop and real. Cortes is an american actor former new york cop and former us marine.
Cortes as detective alvarez on gotham a born and raised sunset parker has a new address in gotham. Born and raised in sunset park brooklyn to inspiring puerto rican parents he developed an interest in the arts along with a desire to serve his community and country. Jw cortés is a marine combat veteran turned actor singer and philanthropist.
Cortés joined cafecito host feliciano garcia and opened up about his acting career and hollywood his experiences with his autistic son and his time in the u s. Cortes at the internet movie database. The brooklyn bred cortes isn t just a cop on tv he s actually a real life officer for new york s metropolitan transit authority.
Jw cortes pulls double duty. Born and raised in sunset park brooklyn to inspiring puerto rican parents he developed an interest in the arts along with a desire to serve his community and country. Cortes uses his vast life experience to help war veterans and people with autism you started life in a new york city neighborhood filled with gangs and went on to become a soldier.
In the interview he told how he just received word that he was cast as detective alvarez on gotham and spoke of how he hopes he won t have to be a cop much longer. Jw cortés is a marine combat veteran turned actor singer and philanthropist. Cortes was featured in the popular humans of new york project by photographer brandon stanton while still working as nypd officer in penn station.
On november 3 2014 j w. Three days a week gotham actor j w. Cortes who joined the cast of the hit fox show gotham in 2014 playing detective alvarez the journey from sunset was not an easy one.
As a member of the city s metropolitan transportation authority police.
