Tony Plana
Actor · Associate Producer · Story · Director
Born Apr 19, 1952 · Havana, Cuba
Active 1976–present
Tony Plana (born April 19, 1952) 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".
Filmography
R.J. Decker (2026) — Baltazar CruzOffice Romance (2026) — Francisco AlbertoBreaking Bear (2026) — (voice)Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Father MenendezMarvel's The Punisher (2017) — Rafael HernandezOnly Murders in the Building (2021) — GeorgeSeinfeld (1989) — MannyPrimal Fear (1996) — MartinezThe Blacklist (2013) — Mr. DiazPerson of Interest (2011) — J.P. SuarezCastle (2009) — Father ArguelloDesperate Housewives (2004) — Alejandro · DirectorJFK (1991) — Carlos Bringuier24 (2001) — OmarElementary (2012) — General Howard AlveroMonk (2002) — Cpt. AlamedaCSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) — Elindio ZapataPsych (2006) — Pablo NuñezBombshell (2019) — Geraldo RiveraEvil (2019) — Chet GarciaStar Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) — AmarosThe Legend of Vox Machina (2022) — Kamaljiori (voice)Jane the Virgin (2014) — Father OrtegaBlue Bloods (2010) — President Velverde