Carlos Bernard Papierski (born October 12, 1962 in Evanston, Illinois), is an American actor, best known for his role as Tony Almeida in 24.
Bernard received a Master of Fine Arts degree from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco after attending Illinois State University.
He performed in A.C.T. stage productions:
At the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, he performed in Scenes From an Execution, with Frank Langella.
Bernard has made guest appearances on Walker, Texas Ranger, F/X: The Series, Babylon 5, Maloney, and Silk Stalkings and appeared as a regular on the daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless. He has appeared in feature films such as Vegas, City of Dreams, The Killing Jar, and The Colonel's Last Flight.
Throughout all the roles he had, Bernard hadn't reached any major level of success until 2001 when he joined the cast of the FOX Network's television drama 24, where he played Tony Almeida, a government agent for a fictional agency called CTU (Counter Terrorist Unit).
Bernard held the role for three seasons until his character, along with several others, was written out at the end of Season 3 (2004). His absence was short-lived, however, as he returned midway through the fourth season (2005) credited as "Special Guest Star".
His name returned to be credited on the main cast at fifth season (2006), only to have his ultimate ending. This made a total of 95 appearances in the series, the most appearances by any character other than Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer.
Carlos is Spanish (his mother's family was originally from Spain) and Polish (his father is from Poland).
Carlos Bernard married actress Sharisse Baker in 1999. They have one child, daughter Natalie, born in August, 2003.
