Steven Michael Quezada (; born February 15, 1963) is an American actor, comedian and politician. He played Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Steven Gómez, the level-headed partner of Hank Schrader, in the AMC series Breaking Bad from 2008 to 2013 and reprised his role in its spin-off, Better Call Saul during season 5. As a touring comedian Quezada has headlined at The Laugh Factory and George Lopez's Punchliner Comedy Club for Carnival Cruise Line, he has a 2022 comedy special on Amazon Prime titled The New Mexican and, in December 2023, he opened Quezada's Comedy Club and Cantina in Santa Ana Star Casino.
From 2017 to 2025, he served on the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners.
Early life and education Quezada was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He graduated from West Mesa High School in 1981. After graduating from high school, Quezada attended Eastern New Mexico University where he studied theatre arts, but did not earn a degree.
Career Besides his role in Breaking Bad, he has appeared in films such as First Snow (2006), Beerfest (2006), and Kites (2010). He hosted the talk show The After After Party in Albuquerque from 2010 to 2012. Quezada portrays a priest presiding over a roadside funeral in country singer Eric Church's music video for the single Give Me Back My Hometown (2014).
On February 4, 2013, he was elected to the Albuquerque school board; He ran unopposed for the District 2 seat on the city's west side. In 2016, Quezada ran for and won the Democratic nomination for New Mexico's Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners for District 2. In a three-way race, Quezada won with 36 percent of the vote. He defeated Republican Patricia Paiz in the general election and was sworn in for a four-year term. He was re-elected in 2020 with no general election opposition.
Electoral history 2016
2020
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2005Three Wise Guys Rental Agent Television film 2006 Beerfest Mexican 2006 First Snow Mechanic Enrique 2008 Milagros Leon 2010 Love Ranch First Drunk 2010 Kites Cop 2011 The Reunion Col.Ramirez 2011 Surreal Estate Bearded Man 2011 Warrior Woman Miguel 2012 Powder Pigs Mr. Valdez 2013 Supernal Darkness Victor 2013The Rambler Guard #2 2015 Spare PartsMilitary Clerk 2015 La Vida Robot Salgado 2015 The Condemned 2 Raul Baccaro2016 Fender Bender Mario2016The Last Transmission ValShort 2016 Outlaws and Angels Alonzo2017Girlfriend's DayMunoz20193 from HellDiego2019Wish Man Juan Delgadillo2023Strange Darling Pete2024Harsh TreatmentHicks Pilford
Television Year Title Role Notes 2006 Wildfire Ernie Kent Episode: "Fear" 2008 In Plain Sight Luis Cruz Episode: "Hoosier Daddy" 2008–2013 Breaking Bad Steven Gómez Recurring; 33 episodes 2009 Crash Councilman Rizzario Episode: "You Set the Scene" 2015 Documentary Now! El Chingon Episode: "DRONEZ: The Hunt for El Chingon" 2015 Almost American Jesus Quezman Episode: "Teacher's Choice" 2015 Foreseeable Gabriel Flores Television film2020Roswell, New MexicoDean of SurgeryEpisode: "What If God Was One of Us?" 2020 Better Call Saul Steven Gómez Episodes: "The Guy for This", "Namaste" 2021 Magnum P.I. Uncle Bernardo Episode: "Before the Fall"
Music videos Year Artist Title Role 2014 Eric Church "Give Me Back My Hometown" Priest at roadside funeral
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