J. R. Ramirez is a Cuban-American actor. He is best known for his series regular role of Detective Jared Vasquez on the NBC/Netflix series Manifest. Prior, he was a series regular as Julio on the Starz series Power and as Oscar Arocho on the Netflix / Marvel Television series Jessica Jones. Ramirez also played Ted Grant / Wildcat in a recurring role in the third season of Arrow.
Ramirez was born in Matanzas, Cuba.[citation needed] When he was a baby, his family moved to the United States and he was raised in Tampa, Florida.[1] He attended Tampa Catholic High School and graduated in 1999.
Ramirez played recurring character Julio on the first season of Power before being promoted to a regular cast member in the second season.[2] He followed up by having a recurring appearance as Ted Grant / Wildcat on the third season of Arrow,[3] before joining the second season of Jessica Jones as Oscar Arocho.[4][5] In February 2018, Ramirez was cast as Detective Jared Vasquez in the NBC series Manifest.[6]