Gerardo Celasco is a Salvadoran actor, born in Miami and raised in San Salvador, El Salvador. An accomplished equestrian at a young age, he competed and represented El Salvador in the Central American Games. He attended the American School in El Salvador, and after graduating high school, he furthered his education at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He graduated in 2004 with a degree in Finance. In 2005 he relocated to Los Angeles in order to pursue an acting career, a dream he had since he was child. His TV debut came soon after in 2005 when he booked a lead role on the NBC Daytime show "Passions." He has followed that up with various film and tv roles, including Moneyball, Battleship, Bones, Person of Interest, among others.