Miguel Piñero (December 19, 1946 – June 16, 1988) was a Puerto Rican playwright, actor and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café. He was a leading member of the Nuyorican literary movement.
As an actor, he had supporting roles in such films as The Jericho Mile (1979), Times Square (1980), Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981), Breathless (1983), Deal of the Century (1983), and Alphabet City (1984). He’s perhaps best remembered as drug lord Esteban Calderone in two episodes of the TV series Miami Vice in 1984 and drug cartel boss Esteban Revilla in another episode in 1985, as well as writing the 1984 episode "Smuggler's Blues". He also wrote the screenplay for the 1977 film Short Eyes. In 1985, Pinero returned to Miami Vice, appearing in Season II, as the drug lord Revilla.
