Jose Torres has joined the Intelligence Unit on 'Chicago P.D.' however he's been on the display sooner than. Here's the character's historical past and who plays him.
The April 13, 2022 episode of Chicago P.D. options some other new face operating with the Intelligence Unit. In "New Guard," Intelligence works with a young cop who Jay Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer) takes underneath his wing. But the persona is not precisely new — fanatics have observed Jose Torres earlier than.
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The show has attempted so as to add new characters in and around Intelligence for the last few seasons, reminiscent of Vanessa Rojas and Andre Cooper, however none of those new additions have stuck. Now the writers have gone again into the show's archives to find Torres, who originally appeared all over Season 8.
Here's the entirety you need to know about him and the actor who plays him — and why the character returning is a huge surprise even by means of Chicago P.D. standards.
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Who is Jose Torres on 'Chicago P.D.'?
Jose Torres was introduced in Chicago P.D. Season 8, Episode 4, "Unforgiven," when Intelligence investigated the homicide of police officer Mike Blaine. The investigation led them to a lady named Maria, who mentioned that Mike were protecting her from her abusive ex-boyfriend, Jose Torres.
Yep, the show's newest officer was once a homicide suspect ultimate season!
"Unforgiven" integrated Jose taking a bystander as a hostage when Halstead and Hailey Upton (Tracy Spiridakos) attempted to apprehend him. The episode ended with him being arrested and jailed for Officer Blaine's homicide.
Now just over a season later, he's dressed in a police uniform himself and dealing along the very same detectives who put handcuffs on him. Chicago P.D. has to a lot to unpack as far as explaining how Jose Torres went from felony to crime-fighter.
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Especially since Halstead and Upton confident Maria that Jose was going to be in jail "for a very long time," one thing large obviously came about in a somewhat quick amount of time, and the Chicago P.D. characters in most cases aren't the type to forgive and disregard.
Particularly not Hank Voight (Jason Beghe), who knew Officer Blaine prior to Jose was arrested for killing him. One episode is not going to make that pass away.
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Who performs Jose Torres on 'Chicago P.D.'? Meet actor Dennis Garcia.
Dennis Garcia is the actor who performs Jose Torres on Chicago P.D. Aside from showing in "Unforgiven," he was previously on the display in Season 6, Episode 1, merely credited as "Uniform Cop." That way he's kind of played a similar function ahead of, even though at least now he has a reputation.
Like many different actors in the One Chicago universe, Garcia began with smaller roles on other One Chicago displays earlier than getting the bigger a part of Torres.
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He appeared on the short-lived Chicago Justice in the episode "Lily's Law" as Santiago Mendoza, and then seemed in Chicago Med Season 3, Episode 18, "This Is Now," enjoying the persona Cameron. (Jesse Lee Soffer additionally happened to pop up during that same episode.)
In fact, rather then a 2006 episode of Carlos Mencia's Mind of Mencia, all of his TV appearances were in the One Chicago franchise.
Chicago P.D. audience will have to keep looking at to look if Torres actually sticks around the Intelligence Unit, or if the character fades away like other new recruits have sooner than him. If not anything else, the idea of a former dangerous guy turning into one among the excellent guys makes this Season 9 episode one to be talked about for a while.
Chicago P.D. airs on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. EST on NBC.
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