He returned to the United States and moved to Los Angeles, where he appeared as Fernandez in an episode of
The Bronx Zoo, "The Gospel Truth". He has worked in films such as
Saw,
Million Dollar Baby,
End Game and
The Dry Land. From 2015 to 2017, Martinez appeared as three different characters, Alonzo Gutierrez, Dominic Calderone and Luis Salazar in the crime drama television series
American Crime for 17 episodes. In animation and video games, he voices Lonestar in
¡Mucha Lucha!, Horatio Hidalgo in ''
What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Coyote Smith in Killer7, Manuel Noriega in Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Captain Julian Dawes in Battlefield Hardline''. In 2017, Martinez played
José Menendez in the
Lifetime original movie
Menendez: Blood Brothers, and appeared as James Rangel in the autobiographical action-comedy film
American Made, featuring
Tom Cruise,
Domhnall Gleeson,
Sarah Wright,
Jayma Mays,
Jesse Plemons and
Alejandro Edda. From 2021 to 2023, Martinez had a recurring role as
Texas Ranger Major Gabriel Reyes (father of Austin police officer Carlos Reyes) in the
FOX TV series
9-1-1: Lone Star. ==Filmography==