Octavio Pizano

About

Actor most well known for his portrayals of Joe Velasco on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Julius on the television series If Loving You Is Wrong. He also starred as Hector Estrella in the 2016 film Love Kills.

Before Fame

Though he originally enrolled at the University of San Francisco to earn a degree in business, after performing at a spoken word show he eventually resolved to pursue a career in acting.

Trivia

In 2013, he made his silver screen debut in the film El Quetzal de Jade.

Family Life

He is of Italian and Spanish descent. At the age of seventeen, his parents sent him to Vancouver to escape violence in Mexico and to complete his studies.

Associated With

In the show If Loving You Is Wrong, he starred alongside Joel Rush and Amanda Clayton.