David Zayas

David Zayas is best known for his role as Angel Batista on the award-winning series “Dexter” (Showtime). He reprised his role in the 2025 revival “Dexter: Resurrection,” as well as “Dexter: New Blood” in 2021. In 2025, Zayas also starred as Richard Manuel in Edgar Wright’s “The Running Man” (Paramount), based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. David is set to star opposite Dakota Fanning in Apple TV’s as-yet-untitled Alex Cary thriller. In 2024, Zayas joined the cast of FX’s critically acclaimed and award-winning series, “The Bear” in its third season. Additional television work includes “Shut Eye” (Hulu), “Gotham” (Fox), “Bloodline” (Netflix), “Blue Bloods” (CBS), “FBI” (CBS), and “Pose” (FX). He has appeared in the films The Interpreter, 16 Blocks, Michael Clayton, The Expendables, Ride, Tallulah, Annie, Body Cam, The Lennon Report, and R#J. David began his acting career with LAByrinth Theater Company in 1992. Productions include In Arabia We’d All Be Kings, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, and Our Lady of 121st Street all written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. On Broadway, he appeared in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz and directed by Emily Mann. In 2022, he starred in Manhattan Theatre Club’s Cost of Living, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award. Most recently, he starred in Manhattan Theatre Club’s Brooklyn Laundry, written and directed by John Patrick Shanley.