[2] After completing theater throughout the years since high school, Valdez pursued an acting career in film and television and he moved to Los Angeles in 2004.
In 2012, Valdez played the recurring role of Trey Mitchell in the ABC soap opera television series General Hospital, until 2013 for 99 episodes, which earned Valdez a nomination for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series.
From 2014 to 2015, Valdez played the role of crime boss Carlito Solano Jr. in the drama television series Graceland for 11 episodes.
In 2021, he portrayed the character Kyle Cushing in the superhero television series Superman & Lois, which premiered on The CW, featuring Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch.
[4][5][6] In 2015, Valdez proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Candice Lopez, a hostess for Radio Disney, and they married in 2016.