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Jay Hernandez

Jay Hernandez

4 films · 353 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20042024

Born 20 February 1978 · Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico

Javier Manuel Hernandez Jr. is a Mexican-born American actor and fashion model. After making his television debut in NBC's Hang Time, Hernandez made his film debut opposite Kirsten Dunst in the romantic drama Crazy/Beautiful (2001). He has since starred in numerous films, including Friday Night Lights (2004), Hostel (2005), Bad Moms (2016), and as Chato Santana / El Diablo in Suicide Squad (2016). He portrays Thomas Magnum in the CBS reboot of Magnum P.I.

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How their films are shot

Measured across 353 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jay takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 70% of their frames are night, 67% low key — the look of the work Jay takes.

Time of day

Night70%
Day24%
Interior4%

Lighting

Low key67%
Natural26%
High key4%

Shot size

Medium57%
Closeup18%
Wide18%
Establishing4%

Camera angle

Eye level79%
High angle12%
Low angle5%
Top down4%

Mood

Tense34%
Neutral33%
Ominous13%
Lonely6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 353 frames from Jay Hernandez's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.