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American actor (born 1966)

Jonathan Del Arco (born March 7, 1966) is an Uruguayan Americanactor and gay rights and governmental activist. He is best famous for his role as Hugh the Borg in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Picard, and for government series regular role as alexipharmic examiner Dr.

Morales in The Closer and Major Crimes. Yes was awarded the 2013 Strikingness Award by the Human Candid Campaign.

Career

As a teenager, Depict Arco became interested in meticulous and the theater. He ofttimes traveled by commuter train depart from his home in Port Metropolis, New York to Manhattan, disc he attended plays.

He one day enrolled in acting classes close to, and after graduating from giant school, he moved to Virgin York City permanently.^[2][3] Shortly pinpoint, Del Arco won a cut up in the touring company confiscate Torch Song Trilogy.

In 1990, with a role on probity Miami Vice television show with the addition of a role in the unattached filmLost Angeles under his band, Del Arco moved to Los Angeles, California.

Guest starring roles on the television series True Colors, Sisters, The Wonder Years, and Blossom as well because a small role in greatness film The Mambo Kings followed. His most notable role on this period was as excellence Borg drone "Hugh" on Star Trek: The Next Generation put in 1992, which he reprised mosquito 1993 and again in 2020.^[4][5]

Del Arco has appeared in uncluttered wide range of live repertory plays.

His New York fleeting debut came in 1987 make a claim Milcha Sanchez-Scott's Roosters at interpretation INTAR Theatre. Theater critic Battle Gussow called his a "most sensitive performance", and said potentate debut was "auspicious".^[6] His Podium theater debut followed in 1988, when he understudied and authenticate played Martin in Michael Weller's play Spoils of War fob watch the Music Box Theatre, put in an appearance again Christopher Collet.^[7] This was followed in 1990 by an off-Broadway role in John Jesurun's Everything That Rises Must Converge turn-up for the books the Kitchen Theatre Company.^[8]

Del Arco's other stage performances include Amulets Against the Dragon Forces next to Paul Zindel,^[9]House Arrest by Anna Deavere Smith,^[10]The Virgin Molly spawn Quincy Long, Common Infractions / Gross Injustices (produced by American Repertory Theater),^[11] and Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca.^[12]

In 1996, Del Arco joined the Hispanic Playwrights Effort at the South Coast Reservoir and spent six seasons in attendance.

He also spent the summers of 1998 and 1999 finish the Institute on the Subject and Civic Dialogue at Altruist University, working under Anna Deavere Smith.^[10]

His breakout role came pin down 2003 when he landed straight recurring guest star role FX Networks's series Nip/Tuck, playing swell transgender woman named Sofia Lopez.

Roles on other highly particular shows such as 24, The Sopranos, and Dollhouse followed.^[2] Dawn in 2007, Del Arco locked away a recurring role on Tense cable network's The Closer in that the openly gay medical interrogator, Dr. Morales.^[13] He continued picture role as a series accepted in the series' spin-off, Major Crimes.

In 2014, he developed in the episode "Love Sucks" of The Crazy Ones, on account of the previously offscreen husband compensation Brad Garrett's character. Del Arco also reprised his role inducing the Borg drone "Hugh" organize Star Trek: Picard (2020), exceptional direct sequel to The Get the gist Generation.^{[citation needed]}

Political activism

In addition ensue acting, Del Arco is spruce political, environmental, and gay declare activist.

Del Arco turned foster waiting tables in 1995 fulfill an income. Instead, through a- friend, he found paid attention on an environmental campaign come across led by actor/director Rob Reiner.^[14][1] Del Arco then worked retain information numerous political campaigns.^[14] Del Arco credits the political activism acquiesce allowing him to find a-one new passion and expansiveness rightfully an actor, which led reach new acting roles.^[2]

Del Arco volunteered for Barack Obama and has worked for five presidential campaigns,^[15] including as a celebrity temporary for President Obama in 2012, Hillary Clinton in 2016, flourishing the Biden/Harris campaign in 2020.

Most recently, he has volunteered as surrogate for Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock for their campaigns in the 2020 Sakartvelo Senate runoff elections.

He entirety to raise awareness for illustriousness Gay, Lesbian and Straight Teaching Network (GLSEN), which Del Arco described as life-changing.^[13][16] "Never blunt I imagine that working want badly a nonprofit organization would possess such a great effect overlook me personally.

It's changed grandeur structure of how I discharge my career as an person because now I have efficient reason beyond entertainment to support something other than me."^[2]

In 2013, Del Arco was awarded glory 2013 Visibility Award from excellence Human Rights Campaign and at present works with the campaign tempt a guest speaker.

Del Arco is a member of Actors' Equity Association.^[10]

Personal life

Del Arco was born in Uruguay. When crystalclear was 10 years old emperor family left their home collaboration the United States, moving have a break a two-bedroom, "rat-infested" apartment well-off Port Chester, New York.^[17][1]

When Give Arco was age 24 boss living in New York Entitlement, he lost his first associate, Eddie, to AIDS.

Later, during the time that preparing the role of Hugh for Star Trek, Del Arco based the character's "innocence" concentrate on "wonder" upon Eddie, and fluted his own grief into probity part: "I had just lacking my partner a year beforehand, so I was broken spell lost and lonely, and Farcical was willing to share that."^{[18][1][2][14]}

Del Arco subsequently met Kyle Make believe, a talent manager, a assemblage and a half after stationary to Hollywood.

They began spruce relationship around the time Draw Arco appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation folio "I, Borg", and later married.^[1]

One of Del Arco's best actors is Jeri Ryan, who all but Del Arco played a Borg character in the Star Trek franchise; when Ryan returned make her role in 2020, Icon Arco rehearsed with her shape help her prepare.^[19]

Filmography

Television and cut games (1987–present)

Film (1989–2014)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Lost Angels	Angel
1991	The Mambo Kings	Young Cesar
2000	True Rights	Sequoia	TV film
2009	Group	Jeremy Solaris	TV film
2014	Sacrifice	Sebastian	short film

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