Tony Plana
Department: Acting
Biography
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
Half Past Dead
2002
Primal Fear
1996
Every Dog Has Its Day
1998
JFK
1991
An Officer and a Gentleman
1982
Justice
1999
The Best of Times
1986
Havana
1990
One Eight Seven
1997
Salvador
1986
¡Three Amigos!
1986
Disorderlies
1987
Goal!
2005
Romero
1989
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
1987
Half Past Dead 2
2007
Nightmares
1983
Slayer
2006
First Family
1980
Valley Girl
1983
Zoot Suit
1981
Let the Devil Wear Black
1999
Vampire Bats
2005
Knockout
2000
Buy & Cell
1989
Pain & Gain
2013
Lone Star
1996
Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret
2013
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
1993
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989
A Miracle in Spanish Harlem
2013
Nixon
1995
Seneca
2019
The Dead One
2007
A Million to Juan
1994
Fidel
2002
The Boss' Son
1978
One Good Cop
1991
So Proudly We Hail
1990
Sub Down
1997
The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
2012
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998
A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023
Noriega: God's Favorite
2000
Life Is Hot in Cracktown
2009
Union of Kings
2024
Born in East L.A.
1987
Arte 1 Documenta
2006
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
1999
Deal of the Century
1983
Towards Darkness
2007
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
1983
Marina's Secret World
2008
El Norte
1983
Death in Granada
1996
Sweet 15
1990
The Princess and the Barrio Boy
2000
Legally Brown
2011
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands: War Within The Cartel
2017
My Little Assassin
1999
The Rookie
1990
Live Wire
1992
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017
Shadow of Doubt
1998
Break of Dawn
1988
Listen to Your Heart
1983
Butterfly Caught
2017
Keeper of the City
1991
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
1990
America Adrift
2016
Down for the Barrio
1997
Meddling Mom
2013
Bombshell
2019
Peacock Blues
1996
Wasp Network
2020
Santa Fe
1997
Vegas, City of Dreams
2001
The Burning Season
1994
Canción desesperada
1997
The Streets of L.A.
1979
Madame X
1981
Holy Cash
2024
The Panama Deception
1992
These Little Ones Perish
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Office Romance
—
Flowers for Norma
2010
Godzilla 1985
1985
The Sinner in the Mask
1993
Falcon Crest
1981
Nash Bridges
1996
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Seinfeld
1989
Martial Law
1998
Remington Steele
1982
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
John Doe
2002
T. J. Hooker
1982
21 Jump Street
1987
L.A. Law
1986
The Division
2001
The Golden Girls
1985
What's Happening!!
1976
Monk
2002
The Pretender
1996
Miami Vice
1984
Beauty and the Beast
1987
Quincy, M.E.
1976
24
2001
Room 104
2017
Superstore
2015
Hill Street Blues
1981
Cagney & Lacey
1982
The Equalizer
1985
Ugly Betty
2006
JAG
1995
Hunter
1984
500 Nations
1995
ER
1994
Bakersfield P.D.
1993
Dave's World
1993
Resurrection Blvd.
2000
Brooklyn South
1997
Marvel's The Punisher
2017
Total Security
1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
Veronica Clare
1991
The Good Fight
2017
David Makes Man
2019
Psych
2006
Blue Bloods
2010
The Fosters
2013
Jane the Virgin
2014
White House Plumbers
2023
The West Wing
1999
Not Dead Yet
2023
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Castle
2009
Hunter
1984
Body of Proof
2011
Hunter
1984
The Blacklist
2013
Person of Interest
2011
One West Waikiki
1994
Law & Order: LA
2010
Lethal Weapon
2016
Santo Bugito
1995
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
1990
StartUp
2016
Clifford the Big Red Dog
2000
Blue
2012
One Day at a Time
2017
Elementary
2012
Murder One
1995
Madagascar: A Little Wild
2020
Playing with Fire
2019
Victor and Valentino
2019
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Connecting...
2020
Commander in Chief
2005
Shooter
2016
Mayans M.C.
2018
Desperate Housewives
2004
The Legend of Vox Machina
2022
Alpha House
2013
Evil
2019
Miami Vice
1984
The Closer
2005
Coach
1989
The Drew Carey Show
1995
Colony
2016
Ally McBeal
1997
Less than Perfect
2002
Snoops
1989
It's Garry Shandling's Show
1986
Madam Secretary
2014
Harry's Law
2011
Only Murders in the Building
2021
The Affair
2014
Deputy
2020