Daniel Gonzalo Pino (born April 15, 1974) is an American actor who starred as Detective Scotty Valens on the CBS series Cold Case from 2003 to 2010, and as NYPD Detective Nick Amaro in the long-running NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2011 to 2015. In 2002, he appeared in London's West End in Up for Grabs with Madonna. In May 2003, Pino played Desi Arnaz in a CBS special on the life of Lucille Ball, Lucy. He played drug cartel leader Miguel Galindo on Mayans M.C. which airs on FX, and FBI agent John Bishop in procedural crime drama Gone.

Danny Pino

Acting Born April 15, 1974 Miami, Florida, USA

Daniel Gonzalo Pino (born April 15, 1974) is an American actor who starred as Detective Scotty Valens on the CBS series Cold Case from 2003 to 2010, and as NYPD Detective Nick Amaro in the long-running NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2011 to 2015. In 2002, he appeared in London's West End in Up for Grabs with Madonna. In May 2003, Pino played Desi Arnaz in a CBS special on the life of Lucille Ball, Lucy. He played drug cartel leader Miguel Galindo on Mayans M.C. which airs on FX, and FBI agent John Bishop in procedural crime drama Gone.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Nick Amaro

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self

Chicago P.D.

Nick Amaro

CSI: NY

Scotty Valens

Scandal

Alex Vargas

The Shield

Armadillo Quintero

Cold Case

Scotty Valens

Burn Notice

Adam Scott

The Good Fight

Racehorse Diaz

Mayans M.C.

Miguel Galindo

Rachael Ray

Accused

Jake Harris