Alex Paez
Alex Paez is an American actor, musician and former restaurateur.
Career
Paez began his career in 1971 appearing in various TV commercials. In 1979, he received a Best Actor Emmy Award for his performances in Unicorn Tales, a series of mini-musicals for NBC. The following year brought a second nomination in the same category for the NBC Special Treat presentation: 'He went on to play Benjamin in "The Me Nobody Knows" at The Morris A. Mechanic Theater in Baltimore with cast-mates Damon Evans & Tisha Campbell.
He recorded "What A Piece of Work Is Man" for the movie version of ' ; a duet with David Lasley. Sad to say, the song - along with "Frank Mills", "Air" and many others - were cut from the final version of the film.
In 1980 he was cast as Prince Choi Amid Sin Du in the Garry Marshall pilot "Katmandu" for Paramount Pictures starring Vicki Lawrence, Alice Ghostly and Victor Buono, and he played a young mugger in CBSʼ "Stone Pillow" opposite Lucille Ball. The mid 80s brought with them various opportunities. In particular, the roles of Elio Escobar in the Miami Vice episode “The Maze” & Santino Amaro in the Kay O'Brien MD episode “Dollars & Sense” for NBC & CBS respectively.
In 1987 he made his Broadway debut as Momo at The Royale Theatre in Hal Princeʼs musical Roza! The show played to mixed reviews in both Baltimore and Los Angeles, but closed shortly after opening in New York.
In 1991 he took over the role of Ritchie Valens on the US National Tour of Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, with stops at Toronto's Royal Alexandra & Princess Of Wales Theaters. He later relocated to London to play the role at the Victoria Palace & The Strand Theatres in the West End.
Off Broadway, he played the headstrong patriarch Martin Valdovinos in the Musical ¡Americano! at New World Stages. Garcín in "Azul" at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford CT & as George/Dave in "East Carson Street" at The Bell Theater in Holmdel, NJ
After relocating to Los Angeles, the offers changed, and Paez began playing such roles as: the good guy, the Detective, the Politician, and the occasional Military Man in such shows as: NYPD Blue, The District, Charmed, The West Wing, Monk, CSI: Miami, Commander In Chief, Boston Legal, Dexter: Resurrection and various movies of the week and mini-series, including A Gunfighter's Pledge and Meteor.
Along with his Ex Wife, he owned & operated two locations of Centanni Trattoria in Los Angeles.