About Joaquín Cosío
Born 1962. Joaquín Cosío is a Mexican actor, film actor and television actor.
Joaquín Cosío Osuna (born 6 October 1962) is a Mexican actor and poet. He has been nominated four times for the Mexican Academy of Film Ariel Awards, winning the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work as Gabriel in The Thin Yellow Line in 2016.
He is best known for roles such as Rubén "Mascarita" in Matando Cabos (2004), General Medrano in Quantum of Solace (2008), El Infierno (2010), he was Angel Guzman Hurtado, The Silver Angel in The Strain (2014–2017), Eufemio "El Cochiloco" Mata in El Infierno, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo in Narcos: Mexico (2018–2021) and Major General Mateo Suárez in The Suicide Squad (2021).
Life and career
Cosío began his theatrical career in the early 1980s. He made his screen debut in 2001, at the age of 38, He played General Medrano, one of the main villains in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace,
He played Don Neto in Narcos: Mexico in 2018. He played Casimiro "Pop" Morales in Netflix's Gentefied from 2020 to 2021.
Awards He has been nominated four times for the Mexican Academy of Film Ariel Awards. and again in 2011 for his work in the film El Infierno. 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) Ted (2012) - Ted (Latin American Spanish version) 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 Ted 2 (2015) - Ted (Latin American Spanish version) 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, English and Latin American Spanish versions) Sonora, the Devil's Highway (2018) – Emeterio Powder (2019) – Don Manuel Rambo: Last Blood (2019) – Don Manuel The Mighty Victoria (2021) – Jacinto the Machinist The Suicide Squad (2021) – Mateo Suárez, Major General (English and Latin American Spanish versions) ¡Que viva México! (2023) – Rosendito / Reginito / Grandfather Total Loss (2024) – Bonilla V de Víctor (2024) – Jorge
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 Angel Narcos: Mexico (2018–20; 11 episodes) – Ernesto 'Don Neto' Fonseca Carrillo El Candidato (2020; 10 episodes) – Rafael Bautista Gentefied (2020–21; 18 episodes) – Casimiro "Pop" Morales Maya and the Three (2021) – Camazotz (voice)
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Who is Joaquín Cosío?
Mexican actor
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Joaquín Cosío was born on 4 October 1962 in Santiago Ixcuintla.
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Joaquín Cosío is an actor, film actor and television actor.
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Joaquín Cosío is Mexican.
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