Nelson Oramas made his acting debut in the show Miami Vice as Bomb Squad Specialist Sam, who disarmed the explosive device tied to Trudy in the episode "Smuggler's Blues", as an unnamed Bomb Squad member (possibly Sam but not identified on camera) present when Orlando Calderone planned to blow up his sister Angelina Madeira in the episode "Sons and Lovers", and Victor Escalante, who made a deal with drug dealer Hawkins for arms in the episode "Over the Line". Oramas also co-wrote (with Daniel Sackheim) the fourth season finale "Mirror Image".