JB Tadena

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JB Tadena (born in the early 1980s) is an American actor from Los Angeles who grew up in Virginia. He is the son of Filipino immigrants and earned a BA from Penn State. After college, he worked full-time as a satellite engineer in Washington, D.C., while acting at Studio Theatre in the evenings. His father, who was ill with cancer, urged him to chase his dream, and after his father’s death Tadena moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting full-time. His first professional role came on Grey’s Anatomy in 2014. He has since appeared on SEAL Team, Westworld, and NCIS. His first recurring role was in Naruto: Climbing Silver. He played Sebastian Cailao in Kung Fu on The CW, starting in season 2, and was promoted to the main cast in season 3. He voices the recurring character Lolo Ben on Firebuds and has done voice work for Call of Duty: Vanguard and provided additional vocals for Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). In 2024 he joined The Cleaning Lady in a recurring role as Paolo Bazella. In 2025 he was cast in the David Fincher Netflix film The Adventures of Cliff Booth.