David Zayas
David Zayas (born August 15, 1962) is a Puerto Rican actor. He is best known for his roles as Angel Batista on Showtime's series "Dexter", Osborne the cop in "Rounders" (1998), Enrique Morales on the HBO prison drama series "Oz", Lou the bodega owner in "Annie" (2014) and Sal Maroni on Fox's series "Gotham", and General Garza in "The Expendables" (2010). Early life. Zayas was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and raised in The Bronx, New York. Career. Zayas joined the United States Air Force at age 19 and was a police officer with the New  York City Police Department for almost 15 years. His experience as a police officer allowed him to develop as a character actor, leading to a series of acting jobs on television and film, mainly playing law enforcement officers, but playing characters on the other side of the law, as well, such as Enrique Morales on HBO's long-running prison-drama "Oz". Zayas was a main cast member of "Dexter" for all of its eight seasons. Zayas has been a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company since 1992, a New York City-based traveling actors group. He branched out into  television and film projects, and has diversified with guest roles in such popular television series such as "New York Undercover", "Person of Interest", FBI , "NYPD Blue". At LAByrinth, he met his future wife, actress Liza Colón. Zayas played a corrupt police officer in "16 Blocks" (2006) and an NYPD officer in "Michael Clayton" (2007). He is featured in the independent film "Shadowboxing" (2010), which appeared on the film festival circuit. He appears in Sylvester Stallone's feature film "The Expendables" (2010) and The Brothers Strause's film "Skyline" (2010). In 2012, Zayas played Ernie Trask, a hotel super, in the  twelfth episode of season 1 of "Person of Interest". In the 2013 he portrayed Detective Esteban Flores in "Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret" a television movie about the murder of Travis Alexander. Zayas portrays mob boss Don Salvatore Maroni in the Batman prequel, "Gotham", which premiered on Fox on September 22, 2014. Shortly thereafter, he appeared in "Annie" (2014) as Lou, a gregarious bodega owner who helps Cameron Diaz's Hannigan learn to love herself.