Angel pursued acting in 2015 after being an extra on various shows such as Fox's Empire and NBC-Universal's Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, appearing in various independent films, and later landed a speaking role on an episode of Chicago Med in its third season as "Hector Ramirez." in 2020, he wrote and starred in a short film called "Clown Shoes", to which he received the Best Actor award in the Breakout Film Festival in 2023. He's since been featured in projects like Paramount's Run & Gun, Panhandle, The Winchesters, FBI: Most Wanted, Big Sky, Cobra Kai, Black Adam, and in season 1 of MacGruber. He starred as "Jorge Padilla" in Law and Order: SVU's 23rd season, and recurred in FX's Mayans, as well as Power Book IV: Force as "Rafael Nuñez", and "Robbie Trucotte" in Tulsa King.
