Just last month we saw Gabriel Luna as a CIA operative agent in The Terminal List season two.. Now he changes gear this month stepping into the world of Dexter as one of its most unsettling new killers. In Dexter: Resurrection Season 2, Luna plays Ray Ballard, a serial killer known as “The Sleepy-Eyed Stranger.” He joins a season already crowded with Brian Cox’s New York Ripper and Dan Stevens’ Five Borough Killer. All circling Michael C. Hall’s Dexter Morgan in New York City. Ballard arrived in episode 2 as another figure from Leon Prater’s (Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones”) network, and Dexter and Charley (Umma Thurman, “Kill Bill”) set out to lure him in. 

The Synopsis

The second season of Dexter: Resurrection finds Dexter Morgan (Hall) caught between two killers — one with decades of notoriety and a lifetime of kills behind him, and the other a fresh young face terrorizing New York in ways no one has ever seen. Meanwhile, Dexter battles a new and unexpected enemy: a mid-life crisis. Harrison (Jack Alcott) continues his own pursuit of justice as father and son face their darkest chapter yet. 

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Gabriel Luna was born December 5, 1982, in Austin, Texas. He studied at St. Edward’s University, where he earned his BFA in 2005 and made his stage debut as Romeo. His early screen work included a guest spot on Prison Break and a supporting role in Richard Linklater’s Bernie. His breakout came as luchador-turned-spy Tony Bravo in El Rey’s Matador. Marvel fans then embraced him as Robbie Reyes, the Ghost Rider, on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.  He played the shape-shifting Rev-9 in Terminator: Dark Fate and co-starred opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger as Boro in Netflix’s FUBAR. Since 2023 he has played Tommy Miller, Joel’s younger brother, in HBO’s The Last of Us, and he is now filming the show’s third season. Recent credits also include Detective Rafael Tovar in Peacock’s Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy and last month fan-favorite CIA officer Freddy Strain in season 2 of Prime Video’s The Terminal List.

I connected with Gabriel Luna yesterday afternoon to talk about joining the franchise, getting inside the head of a killer and sharing scenes with Michael C. Hall. He also discussed his projects currently airing back to back and much more!

Dexter: Resurrection Season 2 is now streaming on Paramount+ Premium Plan, with new episodes weekly through December.

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