
Acting
JW Cortés is a multifaceted individual whose career spans military service, law enforcement, and acting. Born in 1975 in Brooklyn, New York, to Puerto Rican parents, Cortés enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps after high school, serving for 13 years, including a deployment to Iraq.

A House of Dynamite
as INDOPACOM Commander

Monsters and Men
as Officer Suarez

Black Wake
as Agent Miller

Habla y vota
as Self

Stop
as Officer Caceres

Gun Hill Road
as Police Officer

The Last Airbender
as Fire Lord Attendant

As Good As Dead
as Cop

American Gangster
as Narc Officer in Hallway (uncredited)

We Own the Night
as Bouncer (uncredited)