Born and raised in Bronx and spent most of his formative years hanging out in New York City, Kirk Acevedo, who is of Puerto Rican/Chinese descent, received his BFA from SUNY Purchase and founded a theater company called The Rorschach Group. After guest-starring on several television shows like New York Undercover (1994) and Law & Order (1990), he landed his best-known role as Alvarez, a morose and violent prisoner struggling for redemption on HBO's notoriously gritty Oz (1997). Though he was nominated for a Cable Ace award and an ALMA award for his work on Oz (1997), it was Acevedo's role as Pvt. Tella in The Thin Red Line (1998) that won him an ALMA.
早年经历
出生于美国纽约布鲁克林，拥有波多黎各及中国血统。从小他就对表演有着浓厚的兴趣，常常在家人面前即兴演出，高中时就参加学校的戏剧社。高中毕业后，Acevedo进入了普契斯学院学习，并获得了艺术学学士。
演艺经历
由于不少同学在《监狱风云》中获得了演出机会，他也受到激励前去试镜，并成功获得了MiguelAlvarez一角。他的其他作品有《法律与秩序：陪审团》《兄弟连》《24小时》《黑帮兄弟》等等。
2008年，在科幻恐怖电视剧《危机边缘》中，柯克扮演了一名优秀的FBI联邦探员查理·弗朗西斯（CharlieFrancis）。
2015年，在Syfy剧集《12猴子》中饰演主要角色。
2017年8月，柯克确定在CW电视台电视剧《绿箭侠》的第六季里饰演常驻角色理查德·龙。
