Jay Hernandez agents. From 1998 to 2000 he played Antonio Lopez on the NBC series "Hang Time". Hernandez subsequently hit success with his role opposite Kirsten Dunst in "Crazy/Beautiful". He has since appeared in several major Hollywood films, including playing the lead roles in "", the 2005 horror film "Hostel" and "World Trade Center". Hernandez appeared in the action/crime film "Takers", which was released in August 2010. Hernandez appeared in the 2005 crime prequel "", playing Carlito Brigante, the role originated by Al Pacino in the original 1993 film "Carlito's Way". Hernandez portrayed Paxton in Eli Roth's "Hostel" (2005) and its 2007
Al Pacino featured Pacino as a CIA recruiter and co-stars Colin Farrell. The film received mixed reviews, and has been described by Pacino as something he "personally couldn't follow". Pacino next starred as lawyer Roy Cohn in the 2003 HBO miniseries "Angels in America", an adaptation of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same name. For this performance, Pacino won his third Golden Globe, for Best Performance by an Actor, in 2004. Pacino starred as Shylock in Michael Radford's 2004 film adaptation of "The Merchant of Venice", choosing to bring compassion and depth to a character traditionally played as a