Marco Sanchez

Native to Los Angeles, Sanchez grew up in Palm Desert but later returned to the city. While studying at UCLA's drama school during the early 1990s, he became one of the founders of the Buffalo Nights Theatre Company. After Sanchez has a brief stint on the primetime soap opera "Knots Landing" (CBS, 1979-1993), his career took off, with the exceedingly good-looking guy become a regular on the ocean-set sci-fi show "SeaQuest 2032," starring Roy Scheider. Before long, he became a fixture on latter episodes of "Walker, Texas Ranger," playing Detective Carlos Sandoval, an ally of Chuck Norris' tough title character. Sanchez reprised Sandoval for the spin-off "Sons of Thunder," but the series wasn't picked up for a full season. Guest spots on various major shows followed, and Sanchez snagged a recurring role on "NCIS," also appearing briefly in the J.J. Abrams alien movie "Super 8" (2011). In 2013, he portrayed a lawyer on "The Client List," featuring Jennifer Love Hewitt, and had a minor part in another Abrams film, the blockbuster sequel "Star Trek Into Darkness."