Jon Huertas

Jonathan William Scott Hofstedt, known professionally as Jon Huertas, is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as witch hunter Brad Alcerro in Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Sergeant Antonio 'Poke' Espera in HBO's Generation Kill, Joe Negroni in the film Why Do Fools Fall in Love, homicide detective Javier Esposito in Castle, and Miguel Rivas in This Is Us. Born on October 23, 1969, in New York City, New York, Huertas is of Puerto Rican and white descent. He began acting in school plays at the age of 10 and eventually pursued a career in acting after serving in the United States Air Force as an aircraft nuclear/conventional weapons specialist for 8 years, participating in Operation Just Cause and Operation Desert Storm.