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Murciano in April 2006
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Born |
Enrique Ricardo Murciano July 9, 1973 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Other names | Enrique Murciano Jr. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1997–present |
Enrique Ricardo Murciano (born July 9, 1973) is an American actor. He is best known for playing FBI agent Danny Taylor in the CBS mystery drama Without a Trace from 2002 to 2009.
Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Murciano attended Christopher Columbus High School and then Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He originally studied at New England School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts, for a time, but ultimately decided to pursue an acting career and left. He moved to Los Angeles, California, and began his career, making his feature film debut in the 1997 action film Speed 2: Cruise Control, which starred Sandra Bullock.
In 2000, Murciano appeared in the film Traffic. In 2001, he starred as Francesco Torres on the short-lived MTV soap opera Spyder Games. That same year, he appeared in Black Hawk Down. It was there that he met Jerry Bruckheimer, leading to him being offered a starring role as Danny Taylor in the CBS mystery drama Without a Trace. The series centered around a missing persons unit of the FBI in New York City. The show ran for seven seasons from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. This role earned him two nominations from the ALMA Award in 2008 and in 2009.