Career
In 1995, Bustamante enrolled in the Parsons School of Design in New York, paying for school by working in retail as a security guard and eventually became the security manager in one of a retail store on Fifth Avenue.
In the fall of 1999, he used his work in the security field to transfer to San Francisco. While in the Bay Area, Bustamante attended the Shelton's Actors' Studio, where he studied under acting coach and mentor Jean Shelton, whose students have won Emmy and Tony Awards (such as Danny Glover).
In March 2000, Bustamante met acting coach Nancy Berwid, who invited him to an acting workshop. A year later, at a workshop Berwid hosted Hector met Donna Eckholdt, VP of talent development and casting for Paramount's Big Ticket Television. After seeing Bustamante's work, Eckholdt considered him for a series regular role on a project based on the life of a New York City private investigator.
A year later while still in San Francisco, Bustamante made his first major TV appearance on CBS' The Agency, playing the head of the Colombian police. Within weeks he landed his second role in NYPD Blue opposite Dennis Franz and Mark-Paul Gosselaar. In the spring of 2003 Bustamante resigned from his security job and moved to Los Angeles. Since then he has performed in co-star and guest star roles on such shows as 24, Crossing Jordan, Without A Trace, Monk, and films such as, Hostage opposite Bruce Willis and Sueño opposite John Leguizamo. Héctor is represented by Lin Bickelmann of Encore Artists Management.
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