A Conversation with Henri Esteve
The actor and activist talks about his new role on Grown-ish.
Henri Esteve began his acting journey gracing the stages of New York City, before relocating to LA to pursue television.
He made his small-screen debut in Revenge, portraying the black hat hacker Javier Salgado, and continued on to play Abel in the award-winning Amazon show Homecoming, starring Julia Roberts.
Now, Esteve, an activist himself, can be seen as Javi — a well-educated Cuban Republican activist — on Grown-ish.
Below, Esteve talks about his journey to television, as well as his work advocating for mental health awareness and Latino education and arts.
Can you tell us a bit about your character Javier, on “Grown-ish”?
Javi is a first-generation Cuban-American grad student. He is a passionate political activist and ambitiously working towards a career in politics.
What has been the best part about working with the “Grown-ish” cast?
Just the familial nature of the set. It’s such a welcoming and creative energy on set. We all really have fun while working really hard to create a fun and poignant show for people to…
