Guillermo Díaz has joined the cast of Law & Order: Organized Crime as Sergeant Bill Brewster, an officer in the narcotics task force working alongside the Organized Crime Control Bureau and Detective Elliot Stabler (played by Christopher Meloni). As Season 2 begins on NBC, Newsweek has everything you need to know about Díaz.
Nine Facts About Guillermo Díaz
1. Guillermo Díaz appeared in several big 1990s films
Díaz's first speaking role was as Spike in Boaz Yakin's Fresh, alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Giancarlo Esposito.
He went on to play roles in Half-Baked and 200 Cigarettes, appearing with Dave Chappelle in both films.
His other 1990s film credits include Stonewall, Girls Town, I'm Not Rappaport, In Too Deep, I Think I Do, High School High and Freeway.
2. Guillermo Díaz has made numerous guest TV appearances
In television, Díaz is best known for his role as Diego "Huck" Muñoz in the Shonda Rhimes drama Scandal, but he has also played multi-episode parts in Chappelle's Show, Mercy and Weeds.
He has made numerous guest appearances too, in the likes of ER, The Sopranos, Broad City and Girls—as well as Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
3. Guillermo Díaz once played a drag queen
In 1995, Díaz played a drag queen named La Miranda in Nigel Finch's film Stonewall, a fictionalized account of the days leading up to the Stonewall uprising in New York City on June 28, 1969—one of the events that gave birth to the modern LGBT rights movement in the U.S.
4. Guillermo Díaz is no stranger to playing gangsters and thugs
In 1996, Díaz played the extravagantly named gangster Paco de la Vega al Camino Cordoba Jose Cuervo Sanchez Rodriguez Jr in High School High. The same year, he portrayed Flacco, a gang member in Freeway.
In 2007, Díaz joined the cast of Weeds as Guillermo García Gómez, a drug dealer/trafficker.
He was also cast as a Latino gangster in the 2010 Kevin Smith movie Cop Out, starring alongside Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan and Kevin Pollak.
Speaking to The A.V. Club about fear of being typecast, Díaz said: "I [used to worry], but not really anymore. Now I'm just grateful that I'm working. I try to make everything different."
5. Guillermo Díaz was in a Britney Spears video
The actor can be seen in Britney Spears' video for her 2011 hit "I Wanna Go."
6. Guillermo Díaz appeared in Beyoncé and Jay-Z's "On the Run"
In 2014, Beyoncé and Jay-Z released a Bonnie and Clyde-style trailer to promote their upcoming "On the Run" tour.
Guillermo Díaz was one of the actors who appeared in the short film, alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Blake Lively, Rashida and Kidada Jones, Don Cheadle and Sean Penn.
7. Guillermo Díaz is a huge Madonna fan
Speaking on Ellen in 2014, Díaz revealed that he is a big Madonna fan and even has a tattoo of her face on his arm.
He said he had been to allher tours apart from the Virgin Tour and Who's That Girl.
8. Guillermo Díaz is an LGBTQ+ advocate
Díaz is gay and a prominent advocate for the LGBTQ+ community.
In 2013, he was named one of OUT Magazine's 100 most influential gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people. In 2017, he again made it on to the "OUT100" list, in recognition of his work and visibility in the community.
9. Guillermo Díaz is bilingual
Born in New Jersey to Cuban parents, Díaz can speak English and Spanish.
Law & Order: Organized Crime airs on Thursdays at 10 p.m ET on NBC.
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