Complex sentence: He was a regular on the 1980s TV series "Miami Vice" for playing two roles during its run on NBC, playing petty thief-turned-informant Izzy Moreno and also playing assassin Trini DeSoto in the pilot episode.
Split into simpler sentences: He was a regular on the 1980s TV Series "Miami Vice" for playing two roles during its run on NBC. While he is known for playing petty thief-turned-informant Izzy Moreno, he also played assassin Trini DeSoto in the pilot episode.