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
2025
- The Dead Girls as Captain Bedoya
- Pérdida Total as Bonilla
- Maricota y el tiempo
2024
- Switched Up as Chuy
- Midnight Family as Ramón Tamayo
- V for Victor as Jorge
- El precio de educarlos as Contador
2023
- Cassandro as Lorenzo
- Bendita Suegra as Lucio
- ¡Que viva México! as Rosendito / Reginito / Abuelo
- 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)
- Mighty Victoria as Jacinto
- Killing Cabos 2: The Mask of El Máscara as Mascarita
2020
- El Candidato as Rafael Bautista
- Gentefied as Pop Morales
2019
- Rambo: Last Blood as Don Manuel
- Powder as Don Manuel
- Sonora: The Devil’s Highway as Emeterio
- Belzebuth as Emmanuel Ritter
- 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
- Sundown as Pedro Alazanas
- Compadres as Gaspar
- Thoroughbred as Carmona
- Blue Demon as Ignacio Vera
- Las Aparicio as Camilo Gutiérrez
2015
- Vidas violentas
- Hot Pursuit as Vicente Cortez
- The Thin Yellow Line as Gabriel
2014
- The Strain as Angel Guzman Hurtado
- Cantinflas as "El Indio" Fernández
- The Perfect Dictatorship as Agustín Morales
- Familia Gang
- A Shred Of Mist as Vega
- Heriberto y Demetrio
- Sombras
2013
- The Lone Ranger as Jesus
- Amorous Pancho Villa as Abraham Gonzalez
- Bless Me, Ultima as Narciso
- A Night in Old Mexico as Cholo
- Between Night and Day
- El mar muerto
2012
- Savages as El Azul
- Marcelo
- The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas as Burrona
- The Walls Talk as Carlín
- El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza as El Jefe (voice)
- The Arrival of Conrado Sierra as Don Chalio
- El vampiro de la ortografía as Narrador
2011
- Pastorela as Agente Jesús "Chucho" Juárez
- Saving Private Pérez as Rosalío
- La Revolución De Juan Escopeta as Juan Escopeta (voice)
- Asalto al cine as Papá Chale
- A Better Life as Blasco Martinez
- El Diez
2010
- El Infierno as El Cochiloco
- Te Presento a Laura as Guadalupe
- Sucedió en un día
- Los heroes del norte as Don Hassan
- Segurança Nacional as Hector Gasca
2009
- Eastbound & Down as Hector
- Backyard as Peralta
- Me importas tú... y tú
- Kdabra as Blas
- Good Will
- Estrella de Plata as Estrella de Plata
2008
- Quantum of Solace as General Medrano
- Love, Pain and Vice Versa as Agente
- Tear This Heart Out as Juan
- Rudo & Cursi as Arnulfo
- Enlightened Blood
- Teo's Journey
2006
- Personal Effects as Conductor
- A Wonderful World as Vagabundo
- Infierno Grande
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
- Una de dos
- El Tigre de Santa Julia as Contrabandista