Search

The Mexican

2001

Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.

Máscara Dorada

Máscara Dorada is the ring name of a Mexican luchador enmascarado (or masked professional wrestler) signed to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He is the son of Panterita del Ring and the nephew of Luciferno. He began his career in 2021 under the ring name Panterita del Ring Jr., winning the Mexican National Lightweight Championship later that year. In 2023, he adopted the ring name Máscara Dorada, previously used by Gran Metalik, and went on to win the 2023 Leyenda de Plata, the World Historic Welterweight Championship, and the CMLL World Trios Championship on multiple occasions.

Black Taurus

The Beast Mortos, better known by his former ring name Black Taurus, is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling. He also performs in their sister company Ring of Honor. He is primarily known for his work for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, International Wrestling Revolution Group, Lucha Libre Elite, The Crash Lucha Libre, Impact Wrestling, Major League Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as well as on the Mexican and independent circuit. His real name is not a matter of public record as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico.

Lluvia

Lluvia (Spanish for "Rain") is the ring name of a Mexican luchadora enmascarada, or masked female professional wrestler currently working for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a tecnico ("Good guy") wrestling character. Lluvia's real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans. Lluvia is a second-generation wrestler, the daughter of Sangre Chicana.

Bárbara de Regil

Cast · Known for Accidental Partners

Mexican television actress. She made her TV debut on the soap opera "Bajo el Alma". Her most recognizable work is Rosario, the lead character in the Mexican adaptation of the Colombian series of the same name, "Rosario Tijeras".

Shigeo Okumura

Shigeo Okumura is a Japanese professional wrestler who works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and is billed as Okumura. He also makes appearances for Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is one-half of the current MLW World Tag Team Champions in his first reign (with Satoshi Kojima). Okumura originally worked for Tokyo Pro Wrestling (TPW) and later on All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in Japan but moved to Mexico in 2005 to work for CMLL full-time. Okumura usually teams up with wrestlers from Japan who visit CMLL, currently as a group known as La Ola Amarilla (Spanish for "The Yellow Wave"). Okumura and Yujiro won the 2009 version of the Gran Alternativa tournament.

Logan

2017

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.

Natasha Dupeyrón

Mexican actress, singer, and spokesmodel. She has acted in various Mexican telenovelas and feature films since childhood. Dupeyrón was a member of the Mexican-Argentine pop band, Eme 15 from 2011 until 2014.

Carla Hool

Casting · Known for Apocalypto, Coco, The Chosen

Carla Hool is a Mexican-born casting director with over two decades of experience in both U.S. and Latin American film and television. Raised in Mexico City and from a lineage deeply rooted in entertainment—her grandmother was the Mexican Golden Age actress and dancer Constanza Hool, and her father is producer Conrad Hool—she was exposed to film production from an early age. She developed a passion for casting early in her career. She first worked supervising casting under her father’s guidance, and one of her earliest international credits came with Man on Fire (2004), co-produced by her father. Two years later, she earned her first standalone U.S. casting credit on Apocalypto (2006). After moving to Los Angeles around 2007, she continued to expand her career internationally, taking on a wide variety of casting projects while advocating for authentic representation of Latino talent. Across her career, she has worked on more than 100 films and television series, including major productions like Coco(2017) for which she won an Artios Award, Narcos (2015), Narcos: Mexico (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever(2022), Flamin’ Hot (2023), and Emilia Pérez (2024). Her professionalism and contributions have been recognised with several awards. She received NALIP’s Industry Pioneer Award in 2019, won the 2022 Heller Award for Feature Casting Director of the Year, and has had multiple nominations and wins from the Casting Society of America’s Artios Awards. She was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2020. Carla Hool is fluent in English and Spanish, with proficiency in Italian and some French. She continues to split her professional focus between projects in Los Angeles and international work, particularly across Latin America and Spain, pushing for authentic portrayals of Latino characters—not limited to stereotypical roles—while adhering to the highest standards of casting in Hollywood and abroad.

Rey Fénix

Cast · Known for Lucha Underground

Rey Fénix is a Mexican luchador enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) currently signed to WWE. He began his wrestling career in 2007 on the Mexican independent circuit under the ring name Máscara Oriental, wrestling in Puebla, Pachuca, and Querétaro. He is best known for his time in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where he was a AAA World Tag Team Champion, as well as for his tenure in Mexican promotions AAA and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), and in American promotions Ring of Honor (ROH), Major League Wrestling (MLW), Impact Wrestling, AAW Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). Rey Fénix is also recognized as one-half of the acclaimed tag team the Lucha Brothers alongside his elder brother, Penta, and has competed under the names Fénix and King Phoenix.

Jonathan Saharawi Barragán González

Jonathan Saharawi Barragán González is a Mexican professional wrestler who signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2025 under the ring name El Clon and is a member of the Don Callis Family. He debuted in 2007 after training under Blue Demon Jr., Gran Apache, Skayde, and Cuchillo, has competed across the Mexican independent scene and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), also working under the name Arez, and is a one-time AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion with Chik Tormenta as Los Vipers, a one-time AAA World Tag Team Champion with Komander, and a one-time DEFY Tag Team Champion with Gringo Loco as Los Desperados.

Damián García

Cinematographer · Known for Andor

Damián García is a Mexican cinematographer born in Mexico City in 1979. He grew up surrounded by filmmaking—his father and uncle worked in the industry—and decided early in life to pursue cinematography. He studied at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) in Mexico. He later specialised in direction of photography at the ESCAC in Barcelona. García's filmography includes several acclaimed works. With Güeros (2014), directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios, he captured the film's spontaneous, youthful spirit in striking black-and-white images, earning the Silver Ariel for Best Cinematography and the Tribeca Film Festival Jury Award for Best Cinematography. His work on I'm No Longer Here (2019), directed by Fernando Frías de la Parra, earned him another Silver Ariel, recognised for its textured, colour-rich portrayal of Monterrey's countercultural movement. He also shot Desierto (2015), directed by Jonás Cuarón, Museo (2018), Sr. Pig (2016), The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (2012), Pastorela (2011), Chicogrande (2010), Hell (2010), and Más que a nada en el mundo (2006), all of which earned him Ariel Award nominations. His television work includes the series Andor (2022), for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for the episode "Rix Road." In interviews, García has described his style as one that avoids imposing a fixed signature. Instead, he adapts his visual language to the emotional and thematic needs of each project, often favouring natural light and an unobtrusive camera. An example of this approach can be seen in Sr. Pig (2016), where he relied mainly on available light, even in confined scenes such as sequences shot inside a minivan. His collaborative philosophy emphasises supporting the director's vision rather than foregrounding his own. García's work has been widely recognised. His awards and nominations include Silver Ariel wins for Güeros (2014) and I'm No Longer Here (2019), and nominations for I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me (2023), Museo (2018), Desierto (2015), Sr. Pig (2016), The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (2012), Pastorela (2011), Chicogrande (2010), Hell (2010), and Más que a nada en el mundo (2006). He won Best Cinematography for Chicogrande (2010) at the Havana Film Festival, received Silver Goddess nominations from the Mexican Cinema Journalists for Desierto (2015) and The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas (2012), earned a Premio Fénix nomination for Museo (2018), and received a LEJA nomination for I'm No Longer Here (2019).

Iban Dido Gutierrez

Bandido is a Mexican masked professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), who also competes for Ring of Honor (ROH) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). Since debuting in 2011, he has become a prominent international wrestler, combining the speed and athleticism of lucha libre with an unusually power-based style. A fourth-generation wrestler, Bandido is the son of Apóstol Jr., the brother of AAA wrestler Myzteziz Jr. and the cousin of Magia Blanca. Before becoming Bandido in 2016, he wrestled as Magnífico II and Cielito on the Mexican independent scene. He later began working internationally for promotions including Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), PROGRESS Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He won PWG's Battle of Los Angeles in 2019 and ROH's Survival of the Fittest in 2021, and was ranked No. 16 in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 in 2025. Throughout his career, Bandido has held the PWG World Championship, The Crash Cruiserweight and Tag Team Championships, PROGRESS Tag Team Championship and ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. In 2021, he defeated Rush to become ROH World Champion for the first time, then won the championship for a second time by defeating Chris Jericho in a Title vs. Mask match at Dynasty in April 2025. He later formed Brodido with Brody King, winning the AEW World Tag Team Championship in 2025 before joining Adam Page to capture the AEW World Trios Championship in 2026.

Chapo: El Escape Del Siglo

2016

A famous drug kingpin escapes from prison. The mexican president wants him back in jail whereas the U.S. government wants him dead.

Chapo: El Escape Del Siglo

chapo-el-escape-del-siglo-377670

A famous drug kingpin escapes from prison. The mexican president wants him back in jail whereas the U.S. government wants him dead.

Alma de Hierro

2008

Alma de Hierro is a 2008–2009 Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. It is a remake of the Argentinian soap opera Son de Fierro, with the character's names rewritten and adapted to the Mexican audience. The main actors were Blanca Guerra, Alejandro Camacho, Christian Vega, Flavio Medina, Lisardo and Alejandra Barros, with Jorge Poza, Zuria Vega, Adamari López, Angelique Boyer, Eddy Vilard, Martha Julia and Luz María Aguilar playing supporting roles. The show earned 8 awards at the "TV y Novelas" award celebration, becoming the highest-awarded production of the 2009 season.

Alma de Hierro

alma-de-hierro-39045

Alma de Hierro is a 2008–2009 Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. It is a remake of the Argentinian soap opera Son de Fierro, with the character's names rewritten and adapted to the Mexican audience. The main actors were Blanca Guerra, Alejandro Camacho, Christian Vega, Flavio Medina, Lisardo and Alejandra Barros, with Jorge Poza, Zuria Vega, Adamari López, Angelique Boyer, Eddy Vilard, Martha Julia and Luz María Aguilar playing supporting roles. The show earned 8 awards at the "TV y Novelas" award celebration, becoming the highest-awarded production of the 2009 season.

Rodrigo De la Rosa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rodrigo De la Rosa is a Mexican actor, best known for a list of telenovas. He starred in 3 successful Mexican telenovas, Daniela 2002, El Alma Herida 2003, and La Ley del Silencio 2005, although he has appeared in musicals such as "Man of La Mancha" (1999), "Jesus Christ Superstar" (2000) and "Les Miserables" (2002-2003) playing the role of "Marius" He also appeared in an episode of Inspector Mom, and in the 2007 American straight to DVD film Walking Tall:Lone Justice opposite Kevin Sorbo. Also in 2007 he hosted the Mexican talk show Sin tapujos. In 2010 he stars in the new version of the novela "Perro Amor". He currently plays in a new Novela of Telemundo "Alguien te Mira". Description above from the Wikipedia article Rodrigo de la Rosa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Gerardo Taracena

Cast · Known for Apocalypto

Gerardo Taracena (born 1970) was a Mexican film and theatre actor and dancer. He is known for his roles in Apocalypto, Man on Fire, The Mexican and Sin Nombre as well as the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico. He was born in Mexico City.

Diego Boneta

Cast · Known for Terminator: Dark Fate

Diego Andrés González Boneta (born 29 November 1990) is a Mexican singer and actor. He is best known for playing Rocco in the Mexican soap opera Rebelde and Javier on CW's 90210. He recorded his self-titled debut album with his first single, Responde in 2005 and a Brazilian version for the album, with songs in Portuguese was recorded in 2006. He appeared as Alex Santiago in the ABC Family series of Pretty Little Liars, Drew Boley in Rock of Ages, and Pete Martinez in the 2015 series Scream Queens.

Max Wagner

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Max Wagner (November 28, 1901 – November 16, 1975) was a Mexican-born American film actor who specialized in playing small parts such as thugs, gangsters, sailors, henchmen, bodyguards, cab drivers and moving men, appearing more than 400 films in his career, most without receiving screen credit. Newspaper gossip columnists noted his rise from playing "Gangster #4", with no lines, and not carrying a gun, to "Gangster #2", with both lines and a gun. Wagner was one of five children, all boys, of William Wallace Wagner, a railroad conductor, and Edith Wagner, a writer who provided dispatches for the Christian Science Monitor during the Mexican Revolution. When he was 10 years old, his father was killed by rebels and the family moved to Salinas, California, where he met John Steinbeck, who became a lifelong friend. Steinback based the character of the boy in his novel The Red Pony on Wagner. Under the name "Max Baron", Wagner acted in many Spanish-language versions of English-language films, which studios made as a matter of course in the early days of sound films, He also served as a Spanish language coach for other actors, and appeared in many of the "Mexican Spitfire" films starring Lupe Vélez, where he also served to monitor Velez's Spanish ad-libs for profanity. Other series that Wagner appeared in include the Charlie Chan films, and Tom Mix serials, as well as others made by Mascot Pictures Corporation. In the 1940s, Wagner was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in six films written and directed by Sturges, beginning with The Palm Beach Story In 1940 during the filming of "The Mad Doctor", Wagner was credited for driving 50,000 miles as an on-screen taxi driver on the studio back lots of Hollywood. Since his appearance as a cab driver in Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935), producers often cast him as a wise-cracking or henchman taxi driver. "I was cast as a taxi driver about five years ago", Wagner told a reporter. "And I was typed." In 1952, Wagner began to appear on television, in episodes of such shows as The Cisco Kid, Zane Grey Theater and Perry Mason, playing much the same kind of parts he played in the movies. He was a regular cast member on the western television series Gunsmoke, making nearly 80 appearances between 1959 and 1973. He also appeared in many episodes of The Rifleman, Bonanza, Cimarron Strip, The Wild Wild West and Maverick, including a guest-starring role in the 1959 Rifleman episode "Blood Brother." He also had roles in the original Star Trek and The Twilight Zone series. He appeared in more than 200 television episodes between 1952 and 1974. Notable film roles for Wagner include a supporting role in the cult science fiction classic Invaders from Mars (1953), an actor playing a gangster in the film-within-a-film segment of Bullets or Ballots (1936), and the bull farm attendant in the Laurel and Hardy comedy The Bullfighters (1945). Late in his career, he appeared in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). He also occasionally composed music, such as the Mexican folk ballad "Pedro, Rudarte y Simon" in the Western film The Last Trail (1933). Wagner died of a heart attack in Hollywood in 1975.

Maite Perroni

Cast · Known for Rebelde

Maite Perroni Beorlegui (born 9 March 1983) is a Mexican actress, singer, songwriter and producer. She gained international fame in 2004 after starring in the Mexican youth telenovela Rebelde, which launched the pop-rock and Latin Grammy-nominated group RBD. As an actress, Perroni's career began in 2004, and she has since starred in numerous television series. She gained acclaim in 2009 when she was named "The New Queen of Telenovelas" by Univision. In 2016, she won the Premios TVyNovelas for Best Actress for her work in Antes muerta que Lichita. She has also starred in the Netflix series Dark Desire and Triada, portraying triplets in the latter. She has also lent her voice to the Huevos franchise since its third film, voicing the character Di. Perroni also provided the voice for the Tooth Fairy in the Latin American Spanish dub of the 2012 DreamWorks Animation film Rise of the Guardians. In 2012, Perroni signed a contract with Warner Music Group and released her debut solo album Eclipse de Luna (2013) the following year. It debuted at number 3 on the AMPROFON chart, the main table of Mexican albums. It peaked at nine and two on the Billboard Top Latin Albums and Latin Pop Albums charts, respectively. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maite Perroni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Marco Leonardi

Cast · Known for Cinema Paradiso

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marco Leonardi (born November 14, 1971) is an Italian actor. Leonardi was born in Australia to Italian parents. He moved to Italy at the age of four and starred in the famous movie Cinema Paradiso and in the Mexican movie Like Water for Chocolate (1993). He has made several movies in the United States, such as Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Other appearances include the Canadian film The Five Senses. Leonardi was engaged to Mexican actress Lumi Cavazos from 1991 to 1999.Leonardi lived in Los Angeles for 10 years. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marco Leonardi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Alonso Ruizpalacios

Director · Known for Andor

Alonso Ruizpalacios (born 1978) is a Mexican film director. He was born and raised in Mexico City. He studied stage directing in Mexico City, before moving to London where he trained as an actor at RADA. Ruizpalacios writes and directs for both stage and screen. His short film Café Paraíso won multiple awards on the film festival circuit. His debut feature Gueros, shot in black and white, was lauded by critics and won five Ariel Awards in 2015, including Best Picture, Best First Film and Best Director. Ruizpalacios also directed the music video for "Hasta la Raíz" by Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade. He recently directed the movie Museo, starring Gael García Bernal. The film won the best script award at the Berlin International Film Festival. Museum has also been present in other international festivals. The film tells the story of the famous robbery to the National Museo of Anthropology on December 25, 1985, in Mexico City. He has also contributed in tv series: directing two episodes for Narcos: Mexico and two episodes for the Mexican tv show Aquí en la tierra; besides being the showrunner of the XY tv show for the Mexican television network Once Tv. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia