'True Blood's' Kevin Alejandro 'Loves' Playing Gay Orderly Jesus

BY ON TOP MAGAZINE STAFF 
PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

Kevin Alejandro says he “loves” playing gay Latino orderly Jesus
Velasquez on the HBO vampire drama True Blood.

The show, which will air its third season finale Sunday, brought in 
Alejandro to play Velasquez, who becomes involved with flamboyant gay prostitute and blood dealer Lafayette Reynolds, earlier this year.

“This is probably one of the biggest things I've ever been able to be 
part of, and it's been pretty amazing for me,” the Texas native told the
 Boston Herald. “I'm not jaded by it. I'm new to it. It really puts a smile on
 my face. Every day I've had somebody be really kind and appreciative of the things we're doing [on the show], and personally I love it.”

In an earlier interview with gay glossy Out, Alejandro talked about his
 character's love life: “Jesus is a nice balance to Lafayette – the yin thing. 
They're opposites, but it works. They keep each other in check.”

NBC was first to nab Alejandro for their Los Angeles-based police dramaSouthland. The series, which features television's gruff gay cop, 
training officer Jon Cooper (played by Michael Cudlitz), will return for a third season on cable network TNT, which picked up the show last year.

Alejandro promised fans won't be disappointed with the show's finale: “It's actually going to be a really great finale.”

The 34-year-old Mexican-American actor also played gay on the second
season of HBO's Big Love.

Alejandro married his wife Leslie in 2004 and the couple has one child.