Jamie Hector

Haitian-American descent actor Jamie Hector was born on 7 October 1975 in Brooklyn, New York City. He spent his childhoods in the same city and also attended high school there. He started auditioning for plays and community theater companies immediately after high school. After playing some minor roles he enrolled in the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and graduated with a bachelor's of arts degree. Career Hector began his career with minor roles, he debuted with t role in the "New York Undercover" TV series in 1997. Followed by another minor role in "He Got Game"; he also appeared in “The Beat” and “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”; He even played a role in an award-winning film “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai” in 1999. Followed by several minor roles, one of them was "Paid in Full"; In 2003, Jamie got the breakthrough when he was chosen for the lead role in a short film “five deep breaths” directed by Seith Mann.

The short film officially got selected for the Sundance, Cannes, IFP, and Tribeca film festivals, and won 16 awards, after that hector appeared in several films. One of his most prominent roles is in the HBO television series “The wire”. From 2004 to 2008, he appeared in 32 episodes as Marlo Stanfield, the leader of a drug empire. The series not only brought him popularity but he was also praised and acclaimed for his portrayal of the determined, ambitious, smart, and ruthless head of the Stanfield Organization. Thus, in 2016 he was even ranked 2nd in a Rolling Stone list of the “40 Greatest TV Villains of All Time”. In 2014, hector got another big project "the Bosch" which was also a television series. From being a criminal in his first big project, he played a detective in this one, which made his way much higher in stardom.

Personal life Jamie Hector is very private about his personal life. But a sure thing is that he is married to Jennifer Amelia since 2005 or 2006 and a father of two beautiful daughters. A tragic incident happened during their first baby shower when a man broke in with a gun and started to shoot. While many people were hurt and a teen boy died, the hector and his wife were safe.