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Tony Plana

Tony Plana is a Cuban-American stage, film and television actor and director, best known for playing Ignacio Suarez, the father of the leading character on the television show "Ugly Betty".

Known For: Acting

Born: Havana, Cuba, 1952-04-19

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	The Boss' Son	Juan	0
2	1979	The Streets of L.A.	Alberto "Toto" Corona	50
3	1980	First Family	White House Gardener	30
4	1981	Madame X	Senor Rueda	65
5	1981	Zoot Suit	Rudy	61
6	1982	An Officer and a Gentleman	Emiliano Della Serra	70
7	1983	What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon	Officer Ignatz	50
8	1983	Listen to Your Heart	Julio	0
9	1983	Valley Girl	Low Rider	60
10	1983	Nightmares	Father Luis Del Amo (segment "The Benediction")	56
11	1983	El Norte	Carlos the Bus Boy	71
12	1983	Deal of the Century	Chicano Man	46
13	1986	The Best of Times	Chico	56
14	1986	Salvador	Major Maximilliano Casanova	70
15	1986	¡Three Amigos!	Jefe	63
16	1987	Disorderlies	Miguel	50
17	1987	Born in East L.A.	Feo	58
18	1987	The Gambler: The Legend Continues		59
19	1988	Break of Dawn	Rodriguez	60
20	1989	Buy & Cell	Raoul	51
21	1989	The Case of the Hillside Stranglers	Mike Hernandez	62
22	1989	Romero	Father Manuel Morantes	70
23	1990	Sweet 15	Samuel Dela Cruz	40
24	1990	So Proudly We Hail	FBI Agent Alonso	0
25	1990	In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing	Mario Portillo Grande	50
26	1990	The Rookie	Morales	59
27	1990	Havana	Julio Ramos	58
28	1991	One Good Cop	Beniamino	57
29	1991	JFK	Carlos Bringuier	76
30	1991	Keeper of the City	Gunman	55
31	1992	The Panama Deception	English Voice-over	69
32	1992	Live Wire	Al-Red	53
33	1993	Father & Son: Dangerous Relations	Torres	60
34	1994	A Million to Juan	Jorge	54
35	1994	The Burning Season	Galvao	62
36	1995	Nixon	Manolo Sanchez	69
37	1996	Peacock Blues		0
38	1996	Primal Fear	Martinez	77
39	1996	Lone Star	Deputy Sheriff Ray Hernandez	70
40	1996	Death in Granada		54
41	1997	Down for the Barrio	Cesar	0
42	1997	Gun	Innez	70
43	1997	Santa Fe	Chief Gomez	34
44	1997	One Eight Seven	Principal Garcia	67
45	1997	Canción desesperada		0
46	1997	Sub Down	Lt. Commander Melges	32
47	1998	The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit	Victor Medina	67
48	1998	Shadow of Doubt	Detective Krause	47
49	1998	Every Dog Has Its Day	Officer Tom	25
50	1999	Let the Devil Wear Black	Tall	41
51	1999	Justice	Orlando Reyes	48
52	1999	My Little Assassin		50
53	1999	Hard Time: Hostage Hotel	Mayor	67
54	2000	Knockout	Chuck Alvarado	28
55	2000	Noriega: God's Favorite	Colonel Diaz-Herrera	53
56	2000	The Princess and the Barrio Boy	Ramon Torres	50
57	2001	Vegas, City of Dreams	Captain Martin	20
58	2002	Fidel	Gen. Fulgencio Battista	50
59	2002	Half Past Dead	Warden El Fuego	51
60	2005	Goal!	Hernan Muñez	68
61	2005	Vampire Bats	Sheriff Herbst	46
62	2006	Slayer	Javier	47
63	2006	Arte 1 Documenta		0
64	2007	The Dead One	Aparicio	50
65	2007	Towards Darkness	Carlos Gutierrez	52
66	2007	Half Past Dead 2	Warden El Fuego	55
67	2008	Marina's Secret World		0
68	2009	Life Is Hot in Cracktown	Lou	60
69	2010	Flowers for Norma	Older Gentleman #1	0
70	2011	Legally Brown	Self - Host	0
71	2012	The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez	Dr. Dominguez	49
72	2013	Meddling Mom	Luis	43
73	2013	Pain & Gain	Captain Lopez	63
74	2013	Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret	Prosecutor Martinez	59
75	2013	A Miracle in Spanish Harlem	Mariano	0
76	2016	America Adrift	William Fernandez	0
77	2017	Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands: War Within The Cartel	El Cardenal	67
78	2017	Butterfly Caught	Michael Channis (Acting Coach)	53
79	2017	Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Jessie Salinas	63
80	2019	Bombshell	Geraldo Rivera	68
81	2020	Wasp Network	Luis Posada Carriles	60
82	2020	Seneca	Father Ruben	0
83	2023	A Snowy Day in Oakland	Jesus Salgado	66
84	2024	Union of Kings	Jorge de Armas	0
85	2024	Holy Cash	Actor	20
86		These Little Ones Perish		0
87		Office Romance	Francisco Alberto	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1976	What's Happening!!		75
2	1976	Quincy, M.E.		75
3	1981	Hill Street Blues		76
4	1981	Falcon Crest	Sal Tortino	55
5	1982	T. J. Hooker	Chuy Vallestero	64
6	1982	Cagney & Lacey	Freddie	69
7	1982	Remington Steele	Hector Sanchez	71
8	1984	Miami Vice	Ernesto Guerrero	75
9	1984	Miami Vice	Cinco	75
10	1984	Hunter	Vern, Mechanic	72
11	1984	Hunter	Otero	72
12	1984	Hunter	D.A.	72
13	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Desi Ortega	75
14	1985	The Golden Girls	Alvarez	75
15	1985	The Equalizer	Antonio Cruz	72
16	1986	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Jorge Herrera	72
17	1986	L.A. Law	Roberto Rivera	71
18	1987	21 Jump Street	Robert Mendez	72
19	1987	Beauty and the Beast		75
20	1989	Coach	Albert	68
21	1989	Seinfeld	Manny	83
22	1989	Snoops	Eduardo Montoya	50
23	1990	Drug Wars: The Camarena Story	Pavon Reyes	61
24	1991	Veronica Clare		60
25	1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Amaros	79
26	1993	Bakersfield P.D.	Luke Ramirez	80
27	1993	Dave's World	Juan Gallegos	64
28	1994	One West Waikiki		74
29	1994	ER	Priest	78
30	1995	Santo Bugito	Paco (voice)	0
31	1995	500 Nations		76
32	1995	The Drew Carey Show	Andrew Rodriguez	66
33	1995	Murder One	A.D.A. Julio Salazar	78
34	1995	JAG	Colonel Okarman	73
35	1996	Nash Bridges		67
36	1996	The Pretender	Det. Guerra	74
37	1997	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	David Sanders (segment "The Unknown Patient")	72
38	1997	Ally McBeal	Judge Warren Figueroa	66
39	1997	Brooklyn South	Lieutenant Casisas	97
40	1997	Total Security		0
41	1998	Martial Law		71
42	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Father Menendez	79
43	1999	The West Wing	Mickey Troop	83
44	2000	Resurrection Blvd.	Roberto Santiago	80
45	2000	Clifford the Big Red Dog	Victor / Pedro (voice)	66
46	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Elindio Zapata	76
47	2001	The Division		70
48	2001	24	Omar	78
49	2002	Monk	Cpt. Alameda	79
50	2002	John Doe		72
51	2002	Less than Perfect	Owl Inspector	69
52	2004	Desperate Housewives	Alejandro	79
53	2005	The Closer	Alonzo Lopez	79
54	2005	Commander in Chief	Pete Ragone	77
55	2006	Psych	Pablo Nuñez	79
56	2006	Ugly Betty	Ignacio Suarez	63
57	2009	Castle	Father Arguello	80
58	2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self	73
59	2010	Blue Bloods	President Velverde	78
60	2010	Law & Order: LA	Jorge Gomez	68
61	2011	Harry's Law	Judge Tomás Garcia	73
62	2011	Body of Proof	Armando Rosas	70
63	2011	Person of Interest	J.P. Suarez	81
64	2012	Blue	Stribling	71
65	2012	Elementary	General Howard Alvero	76
66	2013	Alpha House	Benito 'Benny' Lopez	71
67	2013	The Fosters	Victor Gutierrez	76
68	2013	The Blacklist	Mr. Diaz	76
69	2014	Madam Secretary	Admiral Ed Parker	70
70	2014	Jane the Virgin	Father Ortega	79
71	2015	Superstore	Ron Sosa	75
72	2016	Colony	Proxy Alcala	69
73	2016	StartUp	Adolfo Morales	71
74	2016	Lethal Weapon	Ronnie Delgado	73
75	2016	Shooter	Guitierez	72
76	2017	One Day at a Time	Berto Riera	78
77	2017	The Good Fight	Oscar Rivi	76
78	2017	Room 104	Bracamonte	57
79	2017	Marvel's The Punisher	Rafael Hernandez	81
80	2018	Mayans M.C.	Devante	80
81	2019	Playing with Fire	Peter	57
82	2019	Victor and Valentino	El Pintor (voice)	60
83	2019	David Makes Man	Joe Padilla	67
84	2019	Evil	Chet Garcia	78
85	2020	Madagascar: A Little Wild	Pedro (voice)	70
86	2020	Connecting...	Ramon	55
87	2022	The Legend of Vox Machina	Kamaljiori (voice)	82
88	2023	Not Dead Yet	Carlos Garza	70
89	2023	White House Plumbers	Eugenio Rolando 'Musculito' Martinez	63