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Jay Hernandez(I)

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Director
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000326
Jay Hernandez
In 1955, five young Mexican-American caddies, out of the love for the game, were determined to learn how to play, so they created their own golf course in the middle of the South Texas desert.
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Carrying talent, the requisite good looks, and plenty of on-screen charisma, Jay Hernandez was born in Morelia, Mexico and grew up in Los Angeles, California, to Isis (Maldonado), an accountant and secretary, and Javier Hernandez, Sr., a mechanic. He is of Mexican descent. Jay had a serendipitous experience that led to his career. While riding an elevator in a high-rise building in Los Angeles, the young man was approached by talent manager Howard Tyner, who suggested Hernandez had what it took to have a successful career in Hollywood. In 1998, he made his TV series debut as "Antonio Lopez", one of the high school basketball players in the NBC Saturday morning teen sitcom, Hang Time (1995), and stayed with the show for two seasons. Departing NBC, Hernandez moved to MTV with the short-term role of pizza delivery guy "Eddie" on the popular late-night serial, Undressed (1999), before segueing to the big screen. In 2001, Hernandez co-starred with Kirsten Dunst in the teen romance, Crazy/Beautiful (2001), portraying stalwart, straight-A high school student "Carlos Nunez", whose plans to attend the US Naval Academy are threatened by his growing attraction to a self-destructive rich girl, (Kirsten Dunst). He next appeared in Disney's surprise hit film, The Rookie (2002), as high school baseball team captain Joaquin "Wack" Campos. He also had a supporting role in the video-game-ish action flick, Torque (2004). Also in 2004, he was in the action-packed drama, Ladder 49 (2004), as "Keith Perez", and in the other action-packed drama, Friday Night Lights (2004). In 2006, he next starred in Eli Roth's Hostel (2005), a brutal horror flick about two American college buddies (Hernandez and Derek Richardson) lured to an out-of-the-way hostel in a Slovakian town rumored to house desperate, but beautiful Eastern European women. Following their wrong heads, both Americans get trapped in a truly sinister situation that plunges them into the dark recesses of human nature.
BornFebruary 20, 1978
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BornFebruary 20, 1978
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000326
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    • Awards
      • 7 nominations

    Photos152

    Jay Hernandez and Jill Flint in Six Degrees (2006)
    Jay Hernandez and Jill Flint in Six Degrees (2006)
    Jay Hernandez and Jill Flint in Six Degrees (2006)
    Jay Hernandez and Jill Flint in Six Degrees (2006)
    Jay Hernandez, Zachary Knighton, and Stephen Hill in Blood Brothers (2019)
    Jay Hernandez in The Talk (2010)
    Jay Hernandez in Magnum P.I. (2018)
    Mila Kunis and Jay Hernandez in A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
    Jay Hernandez and Corina Calderon in Suicide Squad (2016)
    Jay Hernandez and Corina Calderon in Suicide Squad (2016)
    Jay Hernandez in Suicide Squad (2016)
    Martin Henderson, Jay Hernandez, and Will Yun Lee in Torque (2004)

    Known for

    Hostel (2005)
    Hostel
    5.9
    • Paxton
    • 2005
    Will Smith, Jared Leto, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adam Beach, Viola Davis, Jay Hernandez, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, and Karen Fukuhara in Suicide Squad (2016)
    Suicide Squad
    5.9
    • Diablo
    • 2016
    Heather Matarazzo and Bijou Phillips in Hostel: Part II (2007)
    Hostel: Part II
    5.5
    • Paxton
    • 2007
    Kirsten Dunst and Jay Hernandez in Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
    Crazy/Beautiful
    6.4
    • Carlos Nuñez
    • 2001

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Magnum P.I. (2018)
      Magnum P.I.
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Thomas Magnum
      • 2018–2024
    • The Long Game (2023)
      The Long Game
      6.6
      • JB Peña
      • 2023
    • Scott Caan, Chi McBride, Meaghan Rath, Ian Anthony Dale, Alex O'Loughlin, and Beulah Koale in Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
      Hawaii Five-0
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Thomas Magnum
      • 2020
    • Will Arnett in BoJack Horseman (2014)
      BoJack Horseman
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Jay Hernandez (voice)
      • 2019
    • Tom Hanks, Keanu Reeves, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Christina Hendricks, Keegan-Michael Key, Ally Maki, and Jordan Peele in Toy Story 4 (2019)
      Toy Story 4
      7.7
      • Bonnie's Dad (voice)
      • 2019
    • Dave Hill, Kelen Coleman, Matt Jones, and Eloise Mumford in The Night Is Young (2019)
      The Night Is Young
      5.6
      • Dean
      • 2019
    • Will Smith and Joel Edgerton in Bright (2017)
      Bright
      6.3
      • Rodriguez
      • 2017
    • Kerry Washington in Scandal (2012)
      Scandal
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Curtis Pryce
      • 2017
    • Susan Sarandon, Christine Baranski, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Cheryl Hines, Kathryn Hahn, and Phil Pierce in A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
      A Bad Moms Christmas
      5.6
      • Jessie
      • 2017
    • Fergie: Save It Till Morning (2017)
      Fergie: Save It Till Morning
      6.7
      Music Video
      • Jimmy Rojas
      • 2017
    • Fergie in Double Dutchess: Seeing Double (2017)
      Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
      5.1
      • Jimmy Rojas (segment "Save It Til Morning")
      • 2017
    • Will Smith, Jared Leto, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adam Beach, Viola Davis, Jay Hernandez, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, and Karen Fukuhara in Suicide Squad (2016)
      Suicide Squad
      5.9
      • Diablo
      • 2016
    • Jada Pinkett Smith, Christina Applegate, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, and Annie Mumolo in Bad Moms (2016)
      Bad Moms
      6.2
      • Jessie Harkness
      • 2016
    • Shohreh Aghdashloo, Wes Chatham, Steven Strait, Frankie Adams, Cara Gee, and Dominique Tipper in The Expanse (2015)
      The Expanse
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Dimitri Havelock
      • 2015–2016
    • Carlos in Max (2015)
      Max
      6.6
      • Sergeant Reyes
      • 2015

    Producer

    • Magnum P.I. (2018)
      Magnum P.I.
      6.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2021–2024
    • The Long Game (2023)
      The Long Game
      6.6
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Katia Winter in You're Not Alone (2020)
      You're Not Alone
      3.8
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Beneath Us (2019)
      Beneath Us
      5.4
      • executive producer
      • 2019

    Director

    • Night Comes
      • Director
      • Pre-production
    • Magnum P.I. (2018)
      Magnum P.I.
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022–2023

    Videos43

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    Hostel
    Clip 0:58
    Hostel
    Hostel
    Clip 1:05
    Hostel
    Hostel
    Clip 1:18
    Hostel
    Hostel
    Clip 1:50
    Hostel
    'Suicide Squad' Stars Reveal Their First Credits
    Interview 1:29
    'Suicide Squad' Stars Reveal Their First Credits
    Quarantine
    Interview 0:14
    Quarantine
    Quarantine
    Interview 0:13
    Quarantine
    Quarantine
    Interview 0:22
    Quarantine

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
    • Born
      • February 20, 1978
      • Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
    • Spouse
      • Daniella Deutscher2006 - present
    • Parents
        Isis Hernandez (Maldonado)
    • Relatives
        Michael Hernandez(Sibling)
    • Other works
      Appeared in commercial for Gap clothing "Down on Khaki Street"
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Interview
      • 2 Articles
      • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Hernandez was discovered by an agent while in an elevator.
    • Quotes
      It was cool to be around that many Latinos, because when I'm on set it's usually white or whatever. It's no big deal, but to be around Mexicans and Latins, it's a little bit closer to family, more camaraderie. It's a different feeling, and it was cool to see that, and to realize that there actually is a part of Hollywood that is Latin [the set of American Family (2002)]

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