Latino actor Danny Pino broke into showbusiness with a series of guest appearances as elusive Hispanic criminal Armadillo on the Michael Chiklis police drama The Shield (2003), and, that same year, received some critical praise for his evocation of Desi Arnaz Sr. in the TV biopic Lucy. Pino then signed to play Scotty Valens, the new partner of homicide investigator Lilly Rush (Kathryn Morris) on the weekly detective drama Cold Case (2003). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide