Joaquín Cosío
Born: 1962-01-01 in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
2025
- The Dead Girls as Captain Bedoya
- Pérdida total as Bonilla
- Maricota y el tiempo
2024
- Midnight Family as Ramón Tamayo
- V for Victor as Jorge
- El precio de educarlos as Contador
- Switched Up as Chuy
2023
- Bendita Suegra as Lucio
- ¡Que viva México! as Rosendito / Reginito / Abuelo
- Cassandro as Lorenzo
- The Great Seduction as Doctor Peña
- Elevator
2022
- Natural Born Narco as Taladro
- Lecciones para canallas
2021
- The Suicide Squad as Mayor General Mateo Suarez
- Maya and the Three as Camazotz (voice)
- Killing Cabos 2: The Mask of El Máscara as Mascarita
- Mighty Victoria as Jacinto
- Monstruosamente Solo as Moncho (voice)
2020
- El Candidato as Rafael Bautista
- Gentefied as Pop Morales
2019
- Rambo: Last Blood as Don Manuel
- Belzebuth as Emmanuel Ritter
- Powder as Don Manuel
- Sonora: The Devil’s Highway as Emeterio
- Don't Jump, Magdalena
2018
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Scorpion (voice)
- Narcos: Mexico as Don Neto
- Las Buchonas as Baltazar
- Waiting For Gordo
2017
- Me gusta, pero me asusta as Don Gumaro
- Zhai as Sergio
- Cinderello as Damián
2016
- Blue Demon as Ignacio Vera
- Sundown as Pedro Alazanas
- Compadres as Gaspar
- Thoroughbred as Carmona
- Las Aparicio as Camilo Gutiérrez
2015
- Hot Pursuit as Vicente Cortez
- The Thin Yellow Line as Gabriel
- Vidas violentas
2014
- The Strain as Angel Guzman Hurtado
- The Perfect Dictatorship as Agustín Morales
- Cantinflas as "El Indio" Fernández
- Sombras
- Familia Gang
- A Shred Of Mist as Vega
- Heriberto y Demetrio
- Caminos as Samaritano
2013
- The Lone Ranger as Jesus
- A Night in Old Mexico as Cholo
- Bless Me, Ultima as Narciso
- Amorous Pancho Villa as Abraham Gonzalez
- Between Night and Day
- El mar muerto
- Con los Muertos
2012
- The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas as Burrona
- Savages as El Azul
- El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza as El Jefe (voice)
- The Walls Talk as Carlín
- Marcelo
- The Arrival of Conrado Sierra as Don Chalio
- El vampiro de la ortografía as Narrador
2011
- A Better Life as Blasco Martinez
- Saving Private Pérez as Rosalío
- Pastorela as Agente Jesús "Chucho" Juárez
- Asalto al cine as Papá Chale
- El Diez
- La Revolución De Juan Escopeta as Juan Escopeta (voice)
2010
- El Infierno as El Cochiloco
- Los heroes del norte as Don Hassan
- Te Presento a Laura as Guadalupe
- Segurança Nacional as Hector Gasca
- Sucedió en un día
2009
- Eastbound & Down as Hector
- Kdabra as Blas
- Backyard as Peralta
- Me importas tú... y tú
- Good Will
- Estrella de Plata as Estrella de Plata
2008
- Quantum of Solace as General Medrano
- Rudo & Cursi as Arnulfo
- Tear This Heart Out as Juan
- Love, Pain and Vice Versa as Agente
- Teo's Journey
- Enlightened Blood
2006
- A Wonderful World as Vagabundo
- Personal Effects as Conductor
- Infierno Grande
2005
- Los Plateados as Kamal Bashur
- Tin Man as Mendigo / Verdugo
- The Other José as José
2004
- Killing Cabos as Ruben "Mascarita"
2002
- The Blue Room as Maestro de Obras
- The Tiger of Santa Julia as Contrabandista
- Una de dos