Al Calderon is preparing for a brilliant role…

The 31-year-old Latino American actor and Days of Our Lives star will appear on season two of NBC’s Brilliant Minds, premiering in September.

Calderon joins fellow incoming series regulars Brian Altemus and John Clarence Stewart.

Inspired by the life and work of author and physician Oliver Sacks, Brilliant Minds follows Dr. Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto), a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist, and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier – the human mind – while grappling with their own relationships and mental health.

Calderon will play Nurse Scotty Silva, who runs the hospital and looks good doing it. With charisma to spare, he’s widely regarded as the Mayor of Bronx General. His warm, funny and outgoing charm may or may not be the reason why he knows everything about everyone at work.

The cast also includes Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh LaThrop, Alex MacNicoll, Aury Krebs, Spence Moore II, Teddy Sears and Donna Murphy.

Bellamy Young recently joined as a recurring guest star.

Calderon is a bilingual actor, singer and dancer whose work spans Broadway (13: A New Musical) and television (Step Up: Highwater).

Of Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Caucasian descent, Calderon is coming off a contract role on Days of Our Lives, but continues to play Javi Hernandez on the long-running Peacock sudser, returning with new episodes in 2026.

He was a former series regular in both YouTube Red/Starz’s dance series Step Up: Highwater & Snapchat’s Dead Girl’s Detective Agency.

His screen credits include Ryan Murphy’s Grotesquerie, Max’s Minx, AMC’s The Walking Dead: World Beyond, OWN’s The Haves and the Have Nots, and the Fox pilot Amy’s Brother opposite Melissa McCarthy.

On the feature side, he appeared in Detachment, Stealing Cars and the musical drama Hello Again opposite Audra McDonald and Martha Plimpton.