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Narcos (TV Series)
''Narcos'' is an American-Colombian crime drama television series created and produced by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro. Set and filmed in Colombia, seasons 1 and 2 are based on the story of Colombian narcoterrorist and drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, who is the leader of the Medellin Cartel and became a billionaire through the production and distribution of cocaine. The series also focuses on Escobar's interactions with drug lords, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, and various opposition entities. Season 3 picks up after the fall of Escobar and continues to follow the DEA as they try to shut down the rise of the infamous Cali Cartel. Season 1, comprising 10 episodes, originally aired on August 28, 2015, as a Netflix exclusive. The series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 2, 2016, with 10 episodes. On September 6, 2016, Netflix renewed the series for its third and fourth seasons. Season 3 premiered on September 1, 2017, but o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but also include comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as mystery, suspense or noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristina Umaña
Cristina Umaña (born December 24, 1974) is a Colombian actress. She studied drama from 1993 to 1995 in the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa. In Colombia she had the leading role of telenovelas, '' Yo amo a Paquita Gallego'' and '' La mujer del presidente''. She is best known for playing the role of Judy Moncada in the Netflix series ''Narcos'', and Gloria Bonalde in the TV series Jack Ryan, 2019. Filmography * '' Lecciones para un Beso'', 2011 * '' Dios los Junta y Ellos se Separan'', 2006 * '' El Rey'', 2004 * El Capo 2'', 2010 * '' ¿Quién Paga el Pato?'', 2000 * '' Mira Quien te Mira'', 1999 * '' Malamor'', 1999 Television * '' Jack Ryan'', 2019, Gloria Bonalde * '' Wild District Daniela Leon'', 2018 * ''Narcos'', 2015, Judy Moncada * ', 2008 * ''La Dama de Troya'', 2008 * ''Capadocia'', 2008 * ''Tiempo Final'', 2007 * '' Vuelo 1503'', 2005 * ''Todos Quieren con Marilyn ''Todos quieren con Marilyn'' is a Colombian telenovela original by Juan Carlos Perez F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José María Yazpik
José María Yazpik (born November 13, 1970) is a Mexican actor. Biography Yazpik was born in Mexico City, the son of gynaecologist Jose Maria Meza and housewife Cristina Yazpik. He has two siblings, Carlos and Cristina. When Yazpik was a child, Meza decided to move the family to San Diego, California. He started a practice in Tijuana, which bordered the two countries. The family settled in La Jolla, a wealthy district of San Diego. After loans were taken out on the forecasted profits of the new practice, the two boys were enrolled at St. Augustine High School, an all-boys school directed by priests. Meza failed in his gynaecology business and on other financial investments. After a year, with the dollar increasing in value against the Mexican peso, the family had to move to Tijuana. Cristina had to take on work to support their income. Through loaned money, José María and his brother Carlos continued to attend school in San Diego. Yazpik did not graduate from high school as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Whelan
Matt Whelan (born 1985) is a New Zealand actor and comedian. Whelan is known for his roles as Brad Caulfield in the New Zealand television comedy-drama programme ''Go Girls''. He has also played Playboy founder Hugh Hefner in the Amazon Original series '' American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story''. Whelan plays DEA agent Van Ness in the Netflix original series '' Narcos''. Early life Whelan was born in Christchurch, Canterbury on the South Island of New Zealand. Whelan graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, one of New Zealand's most prestigious drama schools located in Wellington. Completing a Bachelor of Performing Arts in acting in 2007, immediately upon graduating he joined the cast of Show of Hands, performing alongside Melanie Lynskey. Career In April 2017, it was revealed Whelan would be playing the prestigious role as Playboy founder, Hugh Hefner, in the 2017 Amazon original docu-series, American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story. The ten-episode series, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Stahl-David
Michael Stahl-David (born October 28, 1982) is an American actor, known for his role as Sean Donnelly on the NBC drama series ''The Black Donnellys'' and his lead role as Robert "Rob" Hawkins in the J. J. Abrams-produced film ''Cloverfield'' and the fanmade short film '' The Cloverfield Files''. Early life Stahl-David was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of physicians. He graduated from Columbia College Chicago. He is the older brother to Eric Stahl-David and R. Andrew Stahl-David, both of whom graduated from Whitney Young Magnet High School. Prior to his acting career, Stahl-David was a graffiti artist in Chicago. Career Stahl-David began his acting career in 2001, when he played a minor role of Rossetti in ''New Port South''. Later in 2003, he also played a minor role as Craig in ''Uncle Nino''. During this time he was active in the Chicago theater scene, appearing in plays at the Steppenwolf Theatre (''One Arm'', ''Theater District''), Victory Gardens Theater (''Cider House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Bishé
Kerry Lynne Bishé (born May 1, 1984) is a New Zealand-born American actress, known for her lead role as Donna Clark in the AMC television series '' Halt and Catch Fire''. Bishé played the lead/narrator role in the final season of the ABC medical sitcom ''Scrubs'' and starred in the drama film ''Argo'' in 2012. Early life Bishé was born in New Zealand. Shortly afterward, the family moved to Glen Ridge, New Jersey, in the United States. She graduated from Montclair Kimberley Academy, where her father, Kenneth Bishé, taught social studies. Bishé studied at Northwestern University. Career Bishé toured professionally with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks during the summer of 2004, performing the role of Juliet in ''Romeo and Juliet''. She also appeared in a 2006 production of Eugene O'Neill's ''The Hairy Ape'' and in the Roundabout revival of George Bernard Shaw's ''Pygmalion''. Bishé made her screen debut in 2007 when she portrayed Sarah Rosen in ''The Half Life of Mason Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Londo
Andrea Londo (born November 7, 1992) is a Mexican-American actress. She is known for portraying Maria Salazar in ''Narcos'' Season 3. Career Londo was born in San Diego and was going to school there, but her home was in Tijuana - she commuted across border. Londo has no formal training as an actress. She began her career doing short films. In 2015 she made her professional acting debut in '' Catfish: The TV Show'', her first TV credit. It was in 2016 that she appeared in her first TV guest star appearance on '' Faking it'', and her first co-star on ''Criminal Minds Beyond Borders'', and then her first recurring role on ''Narcos'' as Maria Salazar. In 2017, it was announced that Londo would be playing Carnalita in Kurt Sutter's ''Sons of Anarchy'' spinoff ''Mayans M.C.''. The role was later recast and went to Carla Baratta. Londo was still filming Narcos and her schedules ended up conflicting. Of the experience she said: "I had to get recast 3 days before I was scheduled to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Castro (Guatemalan Actor)
Arturo Castro (born November 26, 1985) is a Guatemalan actor best known for his portrayal of Jaimé Castro on the Comedy Central series ''Broad City,'' and David Rodríguez on the Netflix series ''Narcos''. Career Castro hosted his own show, ''Conexion'', on Guatemala's national network, a year before moving to New York City. In New York, he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and where he met Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer and landed the role of Jaimé in ''Broad City''. Castro had one of the leading roles in Ang Lee's war drama '' Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk'', playing Marcellino "Mango" Montoya, a member of Billy Lynn's Bravo Squad. In 2017 Arturo landed a role as David Rodríguez, son of Cali Cartel kingpin Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, in season 3 of the Netflix series ''Narcos''. He also played Jose in ''Bushwick'', a film about 20-year-old Lucy and war veteran Stupe depending on each other for survival when a Texas military force invades their Brooklyn neig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Cámara
Javier Cámara Rodríguez (born 19 January 1967) is a Spanish actor. He became known for two television roles as a priest in '' ¡Ay, señor, señor!'' and ''Éste es mi barrio''. He has since featured in films such as ''Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law'' (which earned him wide public recognition in Spain), ''Talk to Her'', ''Torremolinos 73'', ''Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed'', '' Truman'' and ''Forgotten We'll Be''. Other television credits include performances in series such as ''7 vidas'', ''The Young Pope'' and ''The New Pope'' (portraying a cleric again) or ''Narcos'', likewise starring as the title character in the Juan Carrasco politico-satirical saga (''Vota Juan'', ''Vamos Juan'' and ''Venga Juan''). Early life Javier Cámara Rodríguez was born on 19 January 1967 in Albelda de Iregua, province of Logroño. He trained his acting chops at the theatre group of IES Laboral (his high school) and the Logroño's Theatre School, later moving to Madrid to train at the RE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matias Varela
Louis Matias Karl Padin Varela (born 23 June 1980) is a Swedish actor. Early life Varela was born and grew up in Södermalm on the south side of Stockholm. Both of his parents are from Galicia and he did not learn Swedish until he started school. During middle school, he became friends with Gustaf Skarsgård, son of actor Stellan Skarsgård. Varela did not then know of the famous Skarsgård family because he mostly watched Spanish satellite television. When his friend Skarsgård applied to a selective upper secondary school, Södra Latin's drama program near where both boys lived, Varela wanted to do the same. The elder Skarsgård gave the young Varela a few hours of acting instructions and he was accepted by the school. Varela said he was surprised, because he had shown up in a track suit and looked more like a chav than an aspiring actor. Career After a brief appearance in the soap opera ''Nya tider'', he left Sweden for a while and on returning worked as a construction wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Denis
Francisco Denis (born 1961) is a Venezuelan actor and director. Denis runs his own theater company in Venezuela, and has acted in about 20 films there. Selected filmography * DEMONICA (TBA) *Takari de Chivo ( TBA) Also director and writer *Benigno Cruz (TBA) *Short Film DEMONICA (2021) *Operacion Orion (2021) *'' The Liberator'' as Simón Rodríguez (2013) *3 Bellezas (2014) *La Mula Muerta (2012) (Shortfilm) *De repente, la pelicula Selected television * ''Diario de un gigoló'' (2022) * ''The Revenge of Juanas'' (2021) * ''Jack Ryan'' * '' El Comandante'' as Fernando Brizuela (2017) * '' Narcos'' as Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Orejuela (born August 15, 1943) is a convicted Colombian drug lord, formerly one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel, based in the city of Cali. He is the younger brother of Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela. He married Miss Colo ... (2017) References External links * Living people Venezuelan male film actors Venezuelan male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Ammann
Alberto Ammann Rey (born 1978) is an Argentine actor. He has played various roles in films, television and theater, including the lead role in the Spanish film ''Cell 211'', which earned him a Goya Award for Best New Actor. He is also known for playing Pacho Herrera in '' Narcos'' and '' Narcos: Mexico''. Biography Ammann was born in Córdoba, Argentina, son of journalist, politician, and writer Luis Alberto Ammann and his wife Nélida Rey. In 1978, at the age of one month, he moved with his parents to Spain adrid and the Canary Islands), escaping from National Reorganization Process">the last military dictatorship of Argentina, returning to the country in 1982. Years later, he returned to Spain to complete his studies. He studied acting in the school of Juan Carlos Corazza, as well as the Theater Seminary Jolie Libois, located in Cordoba. Ruben Andalor, Willy Lanni and Ricky Ceballos were among his teachers. Acting career In the 2009 Spanish film ''Cell 211'', Ammann pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
