Joaquín Cosío

Joaquín Cosío

Known for
Acting
Born
January 1, 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico

Biography

Joaquin Cosío was born in Nayarit, Mexico. His training as an actor began in 1983 and has continued growing and developing ever since. In 1994, Cosío wrote his first stage play, titled Tomochic: Or the day the world ended, which was awarded the National Literature Prize. Performing in over 50 plays and over 600 live performances, his stage career reached a new milestone in 1999 when he was hand selected to join the National Theater Company. This led Cosío to make the decision to move to Mexico City permanently and focus on becoming a full-time actor. He has been working non-stop ever since as one of Mexico's most respected actors of stage and screen. He made his film debut in 2001 in the film The Blue Room and he has since participated in over 30 feature films and several shorts. Cosío played 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 filmThe Lone Ranger, starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer.

Known For

Photos

Joaquín Cosío photoJoaquín Cosío photo

Filmography

—
Infatuacion poster

Infatuacion

Movie · as Det. Fernández

—
Un gurú en el paraíso

Un gurú en el paraíso

Movie

2026
Alex poster

Alex

Movie

2026
Rock Bottom poster

Rock Bottom

Movie · as Krull (voice)

2025
Pérdida total poster

Pérdida total

Movie · as Bonilla

2025
Maricota y el tiempo poster

Maricota y el tiempo

Movie

2025
The Dead Girls poster

The Dead Girls

TV · as Captain Bedoya · 6 eps

2024
V for Victor poster

V for Victor

Movie · as Jorge

2024
El precio de educarlos poster

El precio de educarlos

Movie · as Contador

2024
Switched Up poster

Switched Up

Movie · as Chuy

2024
Midnight Family poster

Midnight Family

TV · as Ramón Tamayo · 10 eps

2023
The Great Seduction poster

The Great Seduction

Movie · as Doctor Peña

2023
Elevator poster

Elevator

Movie

2023
Cassandro poster

Cassandro

Movie · as Lorenzo

2023
Bendita Suegra poster

Bendita Suegra

Movie · as Lucio

2023
¡Que viva México! poster

¡Que viva México!

Movie · as Rosendito / Reginito / Abuelo

2022
Lecciones para canallas poster

Lecciones para canallas

Movie

2022
Natural Born Narco poster

Natural Born Narco

TV · as Taladro · 15 eps

2021
Monstruosamente Solo poster

Monstruosamente Solo

Movie · as Moncho (voice)

2021
The Suicide Squad poster

The Suicide Squad

Movie · as Mayor General Mateo Suarez

2021
Mighty Victoria poster

Mighty Victoria

Movie · as Jacinto

2021
Killing Cabos 2: The Mask of El Máscara poster

Killing Cabos 2: The Mask of El Máscara

Movie · as Mascarita

2021
Balk'es poster

Balk'es

Movie · as Pedro

2021
Maya and the Three poster

Maya and the Three

TV · as Camazotz (voice) · 9 eps

2020
The Seductress poster

The Seductress

Movie

2020
Gentefied poster

Gentefied

TV · as Pop Morales · 18 eps

2020
El Candidato poster

El Candidato

TV · as Rafael Bautista · 10 eps

2019
Belzebuth poster

Belzebuth

Movie · as Emmanuel Ritter

2019
Sonora: The Devil’s Highway poster

Sonora: The Devil’s Highway

Movie · as Emeterio

2019
Powder poster

Powder

Movie · as Don Manuel

2019
Rambo: Last Blood poster

Rambo: Last Blood

Movie · as Don Manuel

2019
Don't Jump, Magdalena poster

Don't Jump, Magdalena

Movie

2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse poster

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Movie · as Scorpion (voice)

2018
Waiting For Gordo poster

Waiting For Gordo

Movie

2018
Las Buchonas poster

Las Buchonas

TV · as Baltazar · 81 eps

2018
Narcos: Mexico poster

Narcos: Mexico

TV · as Don Neto, Ernesto 'Don Neto' Fonseca Carrillo · 5 eps

2017
Zhai poster

Zhai

Movie · as Sergio

2017
Me gusta, pero me asusta poster

Me gusta, pero me asusta

Movie · as Don Gumaro

2017
Cinderello poster

Cinderello

Movie · as Damián

2016
Sundown poster

Sundown

Movie · as Pedro Alazanas

2016
Las Aparicio poster

Las Aparicio

Movie · as Camilo Gutiérrez

2016
Thoroughbred poster

Thoroughbred

Movie · as Carmona

2016
Compadres poster

Compadres

Movie · as Gaspar

2016
Blue Demon poster

Blue Demon

TV · as Ignacio Vera · 65 eps

2015
The Thin Yellow Line poster

The Thin Yellow Line

Movie · as Gabriel

2015
Hot Pursuit poster

Hot Pursuit

Movie · as Vicente Cortez

2015
Vidas violentas poster

Vidas violentas

Movie

2015
One for the Road poster

One for the Road

Movie · as José Alfredo Jiménez voz

2014
Sombras poster

Sombras

Movie

2014
Cantinflas poster

Cantinflas

Movie · as "El Indio" Fernández

2014
The Perfect Dictatorship poster

The Perfect Dictatorship

Movie · as Agustín Morales

2014
Familia Gang poster

Familia Gang

Movie

2014
A Shred Of Mist poster

A Shred Of Mist

Movie · as Vega

2014
Heriberto y Demetrio poster

Heriberto y Demetrio

Movie

2014
Caminos

Caminos

Movie · as Samaritano

2014
The Strain poster

The Strain

TV · as Angel Guzman Hurtado · 11 eps

2013
Bless Me, Ultima poster

Bless Me, Ultima

Movie · as Narciso

2013
Between Night and Day poster

Between Night and Day

Movie

2013
A Night in Old Mexico poster

A Night in Old Mexico

Movie · as Cholo

2013
Amorous Pancho Villa poster

Amorous Pancho Villa

Movie · as Abraham Gonzalez

2013
El mar muerto poster

El mar muerto

Movie

2013
The Lone Ranger poster

The Lone Ranger

Movie · as Jesus

2013
Con los Muertos poster

Con los Muertos

Movie

2012
Savages poster

Savages

Movie · as El Azul

2012
El vampiro de la ortografía poster

El vampiro de la ortografía

Movie · as Narrador

2012
The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas poster

The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas

Movie · as Burrona

2012
The Arrival of Conrado Sierra poster

The Arrival of Conrado Sierra

Movie · as Don Chalio

2012
The Walls Talk poster

The Walls Talk

Movie · as Carlín

2012
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza poster

El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza

Movie · as El Jefe (voice)

2012
Marcelo poster

Marcelo

Movie

2011
Saving Private Pérez poster

Saving Private Pérez

Movie · as Rosalío

2011
Pastorela poster

Pastorela

Movie · as Agente Jesús "Chucho" Juárez

2011
A Better Life poster

A Better Life

Movie · as Blasco Martinez

2011
La Revolución De Juan Escopeta poster

La Revolución De Juan Escopeta

Movie · as Juan Escopeta (voice)

2011
Asalto al cine poster

Asalto al cine

Movie · as Papá Chale

2011
El Diez poster

El Diez

TV · 8 eps

2010
El Infierno poster

El Infierno

Movie · as El Cochiloco

2010
Te Presento a Laura poster

Te Presento a Laura

Movie · as Guadalupe

2010
Sucedió en un día poster

Sucedió en un día

Movie

2010
Segurança Nacional poster

Segurança Nacional

Movie · as Hector Gasca

2010
Los heroes del norte poster

Los heroes del norte

TV · as Don Hassan · 2 eps

2009
Backyard poster

Backyard

Movie · as Peralta

2009
Estrella de Plata poster

Estrella de Plata

Movie · as Estrella de Plata

2009
Good Will poster

Good Will

Movie

2009
Me importas tú... y tú poster

Me importas tú... y tú

Movie

2009
Kdabra poster

Kdabra

TV · as Blas · 33 eps

2009
Eastbound & Down poster

Eastbound & Down

TV · as Hector · 3 eps

2008
Quantum of Solace poster

Quantum of Solace

Movie · as General Medrano

2008
Love, Pain and Vice Versa poster

Love, Pain and Vice Versa

Movie · as Agente

2008
Enlightened Blood poster

Enlightened Blood

Movie

2008
Rudo & Cursi poster

Rudo & Cursi

Movie · as Arnulfo

2008
Teo's Journey poster

Teo's Journey

Movie

2008
Tear This Heart Out poster

Tear This Heart Out

Movie · as Juan

2007
Karma poster

Karma

Movie · as Agustín / Yadhira

2007
The Wall poster

The Wall

Movie · as Miguel

2006
A Wonderful World poster

A Wonderful World

Movie · as Vagabundo

2006
Personal Effects poster

Personal Effects

Movie · as Conductor

2006
Infierno Grande poster

Infierno Grande

Movie

2005
The Other José poster

The Other José

Movie · as José

2005
Tin Man poster

Tin Man

Movie · as Mendigo / Verdugo

2005
Los Plateados poster

Los Plateados

TV · as Kamal Bashur · 148 eps

2004
Killing Cabos poster

Killing Cabos

Movie · as Ruben "Mascarita"

2004
Hugoool

Hugoool

Movie · as El Comandante

2003
Without Rhyme or Reason poster

Without Rhyme or Reason

Movie

2003
Perro come perro

Perro come perro

Movie · as Voz de comandante

2002
The Blue Room poster

The Blue Room

Movie · as Maestro de Obras

2002
Una de dos poster

Una de dos

Movie

2002
The Tiger of Santa Julia poster

The Tiger of Santa Julia

Movie · as Contrabandista