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
- El precio de educarlos as Contador
- V for Victor as Jorge
- Switched Up as Chuy
2023
- Cassandro as Lorenzo
- ¡Que viva México! as Rosendito / Reginito / Abuelo
- Bendita Suegra as Lucio
- 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)
- Monstruosamente Solo as Moncho (voice)
- Killing Cabos 2: The Mask of El Máscara as Mascarita
- Mighty Victoria as Jacinto
2020
- Gentefied as Pop Morales
- El Candidato as Rafael Bautista
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
- Cinderello as Damián
- Zhai as Sergio
- Me gusta, pero me asusta as Don Gumaro
2016
- Blue Demon as Ignacio Vera
- Las Aparicio as Camilo Gutiérrez
- Sundown as Pedro Alazanas
- Compadres as Gaspar
- Thoroughbred as Carmona
2015
- Hot Pursuit as Vicente Cortez
- The Thin Yellow Line as Gabriel
- Vidas violentas
- One for the Road as José Alfredo Jiménez voz
2014
- The Strain as Angel Guzman Hurtado
- A Shred Of Mist as Vega
- The Perfect Dictatorship as Agustín Morales
- Cantinflas as "El Indio" Fernández
- Heriberto y Demetrio
- Caminos as Samaritano
- Familia Gang
- Sombras
2013
- The Lone Ranger as Jesus
- Amorous Pancho Villa as Abraham Gonzalez
- A Night in Old Mexico as Cholo
- Bless Me, Ultima as Narciso
- Con los Muertos
- El mar muerto
- Between Night and Day
2012
- Savages as El Azul
- The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas as Burrona
- El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza as El Jefe (voice)
- Marcelo
- The Walls Talk as Carlín
- The Arrival of Conrado Sierra as Don Chalio
- El vampiro de la ortografía as Narrador
2011
- A Better Life as Blasco Martinez
- El Diez
- Saving Private Pérez as Rosalío
- Asalto al cine as Papá Chale
- Pastorela as Agente Jesús "Chucho" Juárez
- 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
- Good Will
- Backyard as Peralta
- Estrella de Plata as Estrella de Plata
- Me importas tú... y tú
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
- Personal Effects as Conductor
- Infierno Grande
- A Wonderful World as Vagabundo
2005
- Los Plateados as Kamal Bashur
- The Other José as José
- Tin Man as Mendigo / Verdugo
2004
- Killing Cabos as Ruben "Mascarita"
2002
- The Blue Room as Maestro de Obras
- The Tiger of Santa Julia as Contrabandista
- Una de dos