Alejandro Edda

Alejandro Edda (born May 17, 1984) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Marco Rodriguez in the AMC television series Fear the Walking Dead and Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán in the Netflix original series Narcos: Mexico (2018–2021). He also appears in the FX television series Snowfall as a KGB agent called Ruben during seasons 5 and 6. His voice roles in video games include Gustavo in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Agent Ricardo "Ricky" Sandoval in Ghost Recon: Wildlands (2017) and Manny in The Last of Us Part II (2020).

He has also appeared in roles for Hollywood films, including Pancho the Cop in the romantic comedy Sundown (2016), Big Jim in Reality High (2017) and Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez in American Made (2017).

Edda also appeared in the action horror film The Forever Purge, which was theatrically released in July 2021.

Early life Edda was born in Puebla, Mexico in 1984. After high school, he studied arts at the Russian Conservatory of Mexico City. At the end of his senior year, he went to join his mother in San Francisco, United States, to pursue an acting career.

He then moved to Los Angeles and studied at the Meisner Acting Studio.

Career Prior to his acting career, Edda used to be a wine delivery person, but he was fired before being fired from his job as a valet parker as well.

After a series of short films, Edda joined the cast of the television series The Bridge in 2013, for eight episodes. The actor continues his American breakthrough by playing supporting roles in other series such as Fear the Walking Dead and Lethal Weapon.

In 2017, he was part of the cast of the film American Made directed by Doug Liman and distributed by Universal Pictures. In this thriller, he plays the role of Jorge Ochoa, a drug trafficker who is the founding member of the Medellín Cartel. This film marks its first box office success.

Edda also appeared as the voice and motion capture of Gustavo in the 2016 PlayStation 4 video game Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, with fellow voice actors Nolan North and Brandon Scott.

In 2018, he appeared in the biopic Cocaine Godmother, which focuses on the drug lord Griselda Blanco, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones. The same year, he appears as Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel in the Netflix original series Narcos: Mexico, featuring actors such as Diego Luna and Michael Peña. His character has appeared in the show's third and final season, which has proved to be the show's finale that aired on November 5, 2021, with Bad Bunny joining the show's cast.

He then provided the voice and motion-capture of Manny in the PlayStation 4 video game The Last of Us Part II. Naughty Dog's casting director, Becky Todd, contacted Edda while he was spending Christmas with his grandmother in Mexico, informing him that Neil Druckmann wanted to speak with him; the two spoke on the phone, and Druckmann offered him the role of Manny. Edda, who has little other experience with video games, accepted as he found it to be a unique and creative experience. During production, Druckmann allowed Edda to be creative with his performance, adding small details to the character as he deemed appropriate; for example, Edda felt that Manny would drink mezcal instead of whiskey, as had been suggested in the script, and the line was changed. Manny's design was based on Edda's physical appearance, which added more time to his work on the game; he worked on it for about two years.

He appeared in the role of Trinidad "T.T." Toledo, a Mexican farmhand, in the 2021 action horror film, and the fifth film of The Purge franchise, The Forever Purge, directed by Everardo Gout and starring Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta (with whom he co-starred in Narcos: Mexico), Josh Lucas, Cassidy Freeman and Will Patton.

In 2024, he was cast as De La Paz in the 2025 film Play Dirty, directed by Shane Black and starring Mark Wahlberg.

Personal life On July 17, 2009, Edda is married to Aura Serna and currently resides in Los Angeles. He has two sons Luciano Edda (b. March 2009) and Paolo Edda (b. February 2014). He later became a naturalized American citizen.

Trial of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán

On January 28, 2019, Edda was present at the trial of the real Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán when he seized the opportunity to see the real crime lord himself be charged on multiple counts of drug trafficking. The actor's appearance among the witnesses in the eleventh week of the trial happened in Brooklyn Federal Court. According to a CNN news report, Edda states that "it was a rare opportunity". He also says that "what else could be better than to see the man in real life, learn his mannerisms".

Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes 2007 Have Love, Will Travel Freddy 2009 Hacia la vida Salvador 2009 Wake Up Short film 2009 Brothers in Blood Fernando Short film 2010 Chips and Salsa Bruno Short film 2011 Inspector Sanchez Julio Sanchez Short film 2013 Adán Martin Short film 2013 Maria Bonita Lampiao Short film 2013 Enemy Empire Ongel 2014 Firecracker Short film 2014 Internet Dating Robert Short film 2016 Sundown Pancho the Cop 2017 American Made Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez 2017 Reality High Big Jim 2018 el Bus Uriel Short film 2018 Happy New Year Tijuana Luis 2018 Perfecto's Dream Taxista Short film 2019 The Long Way Marcos 2021 COVID-19... Sins and Virtues Nick 2021 The Forever Purge Trinidad "T.T." Toledo 2021 Daughters of Witches Danny Short film 2022 Blind Trust Alex 2023Good SavageFernando 2024 Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 Neron Chavez 2025 Play Dirty De La Paz 2026 Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! Luis

Television YearTitleRoleNotes 2013–2014 The Bridge Alejandro / Juárez Cop 8 episodes 2016 Fear the Walking Dead Marco Rodriguez 4 episodes 2016 Lethal Weapon Luis Caldera Episode: "Fashion Police" 2017 Chance Captain Episodes: "An Infant, A Brute or a Wild Beast" and "A Madness of Two" 2018 Cocaine Godmother Rodolfo "Rudi" Television movie 2018–2021 Narcos: Mexico Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Main cast 30 episodes 2019–2022 DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders Cindel (voice) Recurring cast 2020 Popternative Himself Episode: "Alejandro Edda" 2021–2023 Hooves Forward Felipe the Campolina Horse (voice) Recurring cast 2022–2023 Snowfall Ruben 15 episodesRecurring (season 5)Main cast (season 6) 2022–2023 National Treasure: Edge of History Rafael Rios Recurring cast 2023 Captain Fall Pedro (voice) Main cast 2023 The Chosen One Principal Hernandez 3 episodes TBA El Gato TBA In production

Video games YearTitleRoleNotes 2016 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Gustavo Voice and motion capture 2017 Ghost Recon: Wildlands Agent Ricky Sandoval (voice) 2020 The Last of Us Part II Emanuel "Manny" Alvarez Voice and motion capture