Date September 15, 2002
Miami native Enrique Murciano Jr., Columbus High class of '91,
plays an FBI agent in Without a Trace, the new CBS series about the
bureau's Missing Persons Squad. His character, Danny Taylor, is
"intense and private," according to CBS' website.
Murciano, 29, became enchanted with acting at 14 -- while watching
Andy Garcia in The Untouchables at Miracle Theater in Coral Gables.
"He shoots the bad guy. I remember being overwhelmed by how cool he
was, how smooth."
Murciano attended New England School of Law, but bailed out after a
year -- and moved to L.A. where he racked up big screen credits. He
played a young honeymooner in Speed 2, a DEA agent in Traffic, and a
Marine sergeant in Black Hawk Down. Jerry Bruckheimer, the Black
Hawk producer who shot the film for 5-1/2 months in Morocco, is also
an exec producer of Without A Trace. It debuts Sept. 26 at 10 p.m.
Murciano's folks, Enrique and Cristina, live on Key Biscayne. Dad is
an anesthesiologist who runs South Miami Pain Center, and mom sells
real estate.