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<infobox> <image source="image" /> <title source="name"><default>A Martinez</default></title> <group> <header>Biographical information</header> <label>Full name</label> <label>Born</label> <label>Died</label> <label>First credit</label> </group> <group> <header>Further information</header> <label>Link(s)</label> </group> </infobox>Adolfo Larrue Martínez III is an American actor and singer best known for his roles in various daytime soap operas, including General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Days of Our Lives. He plays Pakku in Netflix's live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix) credits

Pakku

Appearances: 3

Selected other credits

Television

• Barnaby Jones
• Cassie & Co.
• Centennial
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• Days of Our Lives
• For the People
• General Hospital
• Insight
• L.A. Law
• Longmire
• One Life to Live
• Profiler
• Queen of the South
• Quincy M.E.
• Romance Theatre
• Santa Barbara
• Storefront Lawyers
• The Bay
• The Bold and the Beautiful
• The Cowboys
• The Streets of San Francisco
• Whiz Kids

Filmography

• Ambulance (2023)
• Symphoria (2021)
• Christmas on the Range (2019)
• In Embryo (2016)
• Curse of Chucky (2013)
• Jimmy P. (2013)
• California Winter (2012)
• California Solo (2012)
• Becoming Eduardo (2009)
• Fist of the Warrior (2007)
• Once Upon a Wedding (2005)
• Debating Robert Lee (2004)
• Ordinary Sinner (2001)
• Wind River (2000)
• What's Cooking? (2000)
• Double Tap (1997)
• Before the Night (1995)
• She-Devil (1989)
• Powwow Highway (1988)
• Walking the Edge (1985)
• The Honorary Consul (1983)
• Shoot the Sun Down (1978)
• Joe Panther (1976)
• The Take (1974)
• Once Upon a Scoundrel (1973)
• Starbird and Sweet William (1973)
• The Cowboys (1972)
• Change of Habit (1969)
• The Young Animals (1968)

Biographical information

Personal life

Martinez was born Adolfo Laurre Martínez III in Glendale, California. As a child, his family would refer to him as "A" and "Little A" to distinguish him from his father and grandfather, and he later adopted "A Martinez" as his stage name. He has Mexican and Apache heritage on his father's side, and Piegan Blackfeet and Northern European heritage on his mother's side.

After graduating high school, Martinez intended to study political science at UCLA, but pursued acting instead. In 1981, he was briefly married to actress Mare Winningham, but they divorced that same year. Since 1982, he had been married to Leslie Bryans, with whom he has three children: a son, Dakota Lee, and two daughters, Devon Makena and Ren Farren.

Career

Martinez began his acting career in 1968 appearing in the film The Young Animals, and has since had a wide range of acting roles across both television and film. In 1974 he appeared in the television series The Cowboys, followed by stints in Cassie & Co. in 1982 and Whiz Kids in 1983. In 1984 he joined the daytime soap opera Santa Barbara, and over an eight year stretch would go on to appear in over 1400 episodes, winning a Daytime Emmy Award and four Soap Opera Digest Awards. He also had a four year stint in the cast of L.A. Law, from 1990 to 1994.

In 2000, he joined the cast of General Hospital, appearing in nearly a hundred episodes and winning three consecutive ALMA Awards for his role, and in 2008 began appearing in the daytime drama One Life to Live, but was ultimately written out in June of next year. From 2011 to 2012 he appeared in the daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful, after which he landed a recurring role on the series Longmire. He returned to daytime dramas in 2015 with a role on Days of Our Lives, appearing until 2017 and later returning to the show in 2020. That same year, he earned an award for "Best Guest Actor - Drama" at the Indie Series Awards for his role in the series The Bay.

Awards

• 2021: Won a BIMIFF Award for Symphoria (Best Supporting Actor of Feature Film)
• 2021: Won an IndieFEST Film Award for Symphoria (Actor: Leading)
• 2020: Won an Indie Series Award for The Bay (Best Guest Actor - Drama)
• 2014: Won an award at the Red Dirt International Film Festival for Four Winds (Best Supporting Actor)
• 2013: Won a Red Nation Film Award of Excellence for Longmire (Supporting Actor)
• 2002: Won an ALMA Award for General Hospital (Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama)
• 2001: Won an ALMA Award for General Hospital (Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama)
• 2000: Won an ALMA Award for General Hospital (Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Soap Opera)
• 1991: Won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Santa Barbara (Outstanding Lead Actor: Daytime)
• 1990: Won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Santa Barbara (Outstanding Lead Actor: Daytime)
• 1990: Won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Santa Barbara (Outstanding Super Couple: Daytime)
• 1990: Won a Daytime Emmy for Santa Barbara (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series)
• 1988: Won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Santa Barbara (Outstanding Hero: Daytime)