Joaquín Cosío

Joaquín Cosío Osuna (born 6 October 1962) is a Mexican actor and poet. He is best known for roles such as Rubén "Mascarita" in ''Matando Cabos'' (2004), General Medrano in ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008), Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo in '' Narcos: Mexico'' (2018–2021) and Major General Mateo Suárez in '' The Suicide Squad'' (2021), among others.

Life and career

Cosío began his theatrical career in the early 1980s.
He made his film debut in 2001 in the film ''The Blue Room'' and he has participated in over 30 feature films and several shorts. Cosío played a character named Hector, a multi-episode role in the HBO comedy '' Eastbound & Down''. He played General Medrano, one of the main villains in the James Bond film ''Quantum of Solace'', and acted alongside Benicio del Toro in Oliver Stone's gritty thriller, '' Savages''. Cosío appeared in Robert Duvall's ''A Night in Old Mexico'', and in Disney's 2013 film ''The Lone Ranger''. He played Don Neto in '' Narcos: Mexico'' in 2018. He played Casimiro "Pop" Morales in Netflix’s ''Gentefied'' from 2020 to 2021.

Awards

He was nominated for the Mexican Academy of Film Awards, the Ariel Awards, three times: in 2005 for his portrayal of the lovable and ruthless "Mascarita" in the Mexican box office hit ''Matando Cabos'', in 2011 for his work in the film '' El Infierno'' for which he won his first Ariel and also the National Board of Cinema's award for Best Actor. His most recent Ariel nomination was in 2012 for his work in ''Pastorela''. In 2012, he became the first Mexican recipient of the MGM My Favorite Award, which was created to honor international motion picture artists and with the purpose to ensure that great accomplishments from the international film-making industry professionals are recognized.

Filmography

Film

*''La habitación azul'' (2002) – Maestro de Obras
*''Una de dos'' (2002) – Tío Luis
*''Sin ton ni Sonia'' (2003) – Coronel Astorga
*''Matando Cabos'' (2004) – Rubén "Mascarita"
*''Hugoool'' (2004, Short) – The Commandment
*''La afición somos todos'' (2004, Short) – Apostador
*''El otro José'' (2005, Short)
*''Un mundo maravilloso'' (2006) – Vagabundo
*''Efectos secundarios'' (2006) – Conductor
*''La sangre iluminada'' (2007) – Isaías
*''La verdadera pasión'' (2007, Short)
*''Segurança Nacional'' (2007) – Héctor Gasca
*''Violonchelo'' (2008) – Agente Salas
*''El viaje de Teo'' (2008) – Manlio
*'' Arráncame la vida'' (2008) – Juan
*''Quantum of Solace'' (2008) – General Medrano
*''Rudo y Cursi'' (2008) – Arnulfo
*''Backyard'' (2009) – Peralta
*''Me importas tú... y tú'' (2009)
*''El mar muerto'' (2010) – Arturo
*''Sucedió en un día'' (2010) – Juan (segment "La historia del hombre que nunca fue Consalero")
*'' Segurança Nacional'' (2010) – Hector Gasca
*'' El Infierno'' (2010) – El Cochiloco
*''Te Presentó a Laura'' (2010) – Guadalupe
*'' Salvando al soldado Pérez'' (2011) – Rosalío Mendoza
*''Entre la noche y el día'' (2011)
*''A Better Life'' (2011) – Blasco Martinez
*''Pastorela'' (2011) – Agent Jesus Juarez
*''La revolución de Juan Escopeta'' (2011) – Juan Escopeta (voice)
*''Marcelo'' (2012) – Nico
*'' Savages'' (2012) – El Azul
*'' La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas'' (2012) – Burrona
*'' El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza'' (2012) – Police Officer (voice)
*''Las paredes hablan'' (2012) – Carlín
*''El Arribo de Conrado Sierra'' (2012) – Don Chalio
*''Bless Me, Ultima'' (2013) – Narciso
*''The Lone Ranger'' (2013) – Jesus
*''A Night in Old Mexico'' (2013) – Cholo
*''Jirón de Niebla'' (2013) – Vega
*''Familia Gang'' (2014) – Escolta Coyote 1
*''Cantinflas'' (2014) – Emilio 'Indio' Fernández
*''The Perfect Dictatorship'' (2014) – Agustín Morales
*''Heriberto y Demetrio'' (2014) – Heriberto
*''The Thin Yellow Line'' (2015) – Gabriel
*''Hot Pursuit'' (2015) – Vicente Cortez
*''Villa, itinerario de una pasión'' (2015) – Abraham Gonzalez
*''Las Aparicio'' (2015) – Camilo Gutiérrez
*''Compadres'' (2016)
*''Sundown'' (2016) – Pedro
*''Me gusta, pero me asusta'' (2017) – Don Gumaro
*'' Belzebuth'' (2017) – Emmanuel Ritter
*''Cinderelo'' (2017)
*'' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' (2018) – The Scorpion (voice)
*''Sonora, the Devil's Highway'' (2018) – Emeterio
*'' Rambo: Last Blood'' (2019) – Don Manuel
*'' The Suicide Squad'' (2021) – Mateo Suárez, Major General

Television

* ''Los Plateados'' (2005) – Kamal Bashur
* ''Sexo y otros secretos'' (2007) – Vicente
* ''Los héroes del norte'' (2010) – Don Hassan
* '' Eastbound & Down'' (2011; 3 episodes) – Hector
* ''Mentir para vivir'' (2013) – Joaquín Barragán
* ''The Strain'' (2015–16; 17 episodes) – Angel Guzman Hurtado / The Silver AngelJoaquin Cosio Joins The Strain as Badass Vampire-Killer The Silver Angel
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* '' Narcos: Mexico'' (2018–20; 11 episodes) – Ernesto 'Don Neto' Fonseca Carrillo
* '' El Candidato'' (2020; 10 episodes) – Rafael Bautista
* ''Gentefied'' (2020–present; 18 episodes) – Casimiro "Pop" Morales
* '' Maya and the Three '' (2021) – Camazotz (voice)

References

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Ariel Award winners
Living people
Mexican male film actors
Mexican male telenovela actors
Mexican male voice actors
Male actors from Nayarit
1962 births