Nelson Enrique Tallaferro Kodinsky is an American actor who was raised in a culturally diverse environment. Born in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela and partially raised in Barquisimeto and Caracas. Neal is a polyglot versed in Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Italian and German in addition to English Neal started his acting career after retiring from playing baseball, and was selected from a worldwide Spanish talent search from NBC Telemundo which gave him an opportunity to be trained by his mentor and Academy Award nominee Adriana Barraza. Consequently, Neal swiftly gained trust and recognition to work as a Series Regular and Lead in some of the best NBC soap opera productions at the time including: "The Devil Knows Best (Mas Sabe El Diablo)", "Analía (El Rostro De Analía)", "Amores De Luna", "The Cartel of Snitches (El Cartel De Los Sapos)", "The Mafia Dolls" and "Untamed Soul" Neal Continued his career moving to New York to study and work on theater before moving to Los Angeles where he resides as of September 2016 and has successfully landed roles in Y:1883, The Falcon & The Winter Soldier, NCIS, Alita Battle Angel, The Brave and NCIS Los Angeles to name a few