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Jeff Lima (actor)

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Jeff Lima is an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role as Leon Cruz on Chicago Fire.

Jeff Lima La Voz Hispana December 12–18, 2019

Early life

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Jeff Lima was born in the Spanish Harlem neighborhood of New York City to a Puerto Rican family. At the age of 11, Lima began taking acting classes and merited a spot in a premiere New York City performing arts high school. While attending high school, he auditioned for a film in which he met Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez who introduced him to her agent, at the time, and he would later proceed to sign with them.

Career

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Lima landed his television debut on Guiding Light as Byron, opposite Jeff Branson and Gina Tognoni. He has appeared in numerous films including Stealing Cars,[1] released in 2015. Lima has guest starred in CBS's Blue Bloods and NBC's Taxi Brooklyn. He was a series regular in the HBO American Miniseries Show Me a Hero.[2] Jeff Lima also appeared in The Bobby Brown Story as Angel in the 2018 BET Network series. Notably, he appears as Leon Cruz in NBC's Chicago Fire.

Jeff Lima partnered with New York University Tisch School of the Arts to support the Film Program of the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television Graduate Division, by granting The Jeff Lima Production Award of $10,000 to be bestowed upon one directing student enrolled in the Graduate Film Program whose film project advances the Latinx presence on screen.[3] The grant is in its second year with a recipient to be announced every spring.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2017 Bushwick Gregory
2015 Stealing Cars Carlos
2015 Eugenia and John Latino Student
2013 Jack, Jules, Esther & Me Carlos
2011 Mr. Popper's Penguins Freddy
2011 Gun Hill Road Boy in Locker Room
2010 Cop Out youth#2
2009 Mariachi Carlos
2009 Osvaldos Jerry Dominguez
2006 Half Nelson Roodly

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2022 FBI Mateo Diaz 1 episode
2012-2019 Chicago Fire Leon Cruz 9 episodes
2018 The Bobby Brown Story Angel 1 episode
2016 The Get Down El Viejo 1 episode
2015 Show Me a Hero John Santos, Jr. 4 episodes
2014 Taxi Brooklyn Plex/ Maurice 1 episode
2013 Blue Bloods Thomas Lugo 1 episode
2009 Guiding Light Byron 2 episodes

References

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  1. ^ McNary, Dave (2013-11-19). "Long-stalled 'Stealing Cars' Draws Emory Cohen, Mike Epps, Felicity Huffman". Variety. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  2. ^ http://www.nubecine.com/people/174166-jeff-lima Archived 2015-02-08 at the Wayback Machine. Jeff Lima. MTDB.
  3. ^ "2019 Jeff Lima Production Award Granted to MFA Candidate at NYU's Graduate Film Program". 30 April 2019.