Acevedo: (his thoughts on theater acting) I would say doing theater by far. I get asked all of the time, "What's harder TV, film or theater?" TV's hard for the hours. Film is hard because you just wait around all day. With film if one take didn't come out the way you wanted it to you've got 50 other takes from different angles. In theater you have one chance every night to get it right.
Acevedo: (On his character in "Oz") People are seeing you as a character and not a person doing a character. That's the great thing about being an actor.
Kirk Acevedo: (on his 'Oz' character Migel Alvarez ) I have to admit, it was fun for the first two or three seasons. Then it got really difficult trying to go to that same place over and over just because the first three seasons he was put into situations that were beyond his control. As an actor, I would say those are the scenes I love to do the most because they're more challenging and I'm able to show the sympathetic side.
Kirk Acevedo: (on 'Oz', Tom Fontana and the penal system) You would have to say that Tom's views about the penal system definitely weigh toward the left and so do mine. I think there's a theme about rehabilitation throughout the whole thing. I definitely think that in the right facility with the right programs inmates can be rehabilitated to live a normal life in society. I think Tom just leans toward that without knocking you over the head with it.
Kirk Acevedo: (his chances on a scale of 1-to-10 of surviving a real prison) I would have to say a '1' just because I think I'd be someone's cupcake.
When he was younger, he would perform before his family in improvised shows.
He is a founder of a theater company called The Rorschach Group.
He is of Puerto Rican and Chinese descent.
Since his childhood, he showed a lot of interest in acting.
He plays poker.
While he was in high school, he participated in his high school's drama club.
He received a BFA from SUNY Purchase.
Kirk co-founded the theater company The Rowschach Group with Shea Wigham.
Kirk's parents immigrated from Puerto Rico and found a home in Bronx where Kirk was born.
Kirk won an ALMA Award for his role in The Thin Red Line (1999). He was also nominated in 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2001 for his performance in Oz.
Kirk attended SUNY Purchase's acting school, he went to the same college as Wesley Snipes.
Like many actors who have landed roles as regulars on shows in the Law & Order franchise, Kirk Acevedo was first a guest star. He portrayed Richie Morales, "a cokehead salsa dancer" whose brother was gunned down by a crooked cop in the 7th season episode of Law & Order, "Corruption".
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