He currently stars in the American short virtual reality project Carne y Arena (Flesh and Sand) written and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
A year later, at a workshop Berwid hosted Hector met Donna Eckholdt, VP of talent development and casting for Paramount's Big Ticket Television.
After seeing Bustamante's work, Eckholdt considered him for a series regular role on a project based on the life of a New York City private investigator.
A year later while still in San Francisco, Bustamante made his first major TV appearance on CBS' The Agency, playing the head of the Colombian police.
Within weeks he landed his second role in NYPD Blue opposite Dennis Franz and Mark-Paul Gosselaar.