Joaquín Cosío

Joaquín Cosío
Joaquín Cosío
	Cosío in 2012
Born	6 October 1962 (age 61); Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
Occupations	Actor; poet;
Years active	1980–present

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.^[1] He made his screen debut in 2001, at the age of 38,^[2] in the film The Blue Room and he has since participated in over 40 feature films and television shows (to 2016).^[2] Cosío played a character named Hector, a multi-episode role in the HBO comedy Eastbound & Down.^[3] He played General Medrano, one of the main villains in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace,^[2] 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.^[2]

In 2015, he took on the role of Angel Guzman Hurtado, The Silver Angel for 17 episodes of the Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan created Vampire horror FX television series The Strain (2014–2017).^[2]

He played Don Neto in Narcos: Mexico in 2018. He played Casimiro "Pop" Morales in Netflix’s Gentefied from 2020 to 2021.^[4]

Awards

He has been nominated four times for the Mexican Academy of Film Ariel Awards.^[2] In 2005 for Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the lovable and ruthless "Mascarita" in the Mexican box office hit Matando Cabos,^[5] and again in 2011 for his work in the film El Infierno.^[5] He was nominated for Ariel Award for Best Actor in 2012, for his work in Pastorela.^[5] In 2016, he finally won Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work as Gabriel in The Thin Yellow Line.^[5]

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^[6]
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, 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

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 ^[2]
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)