Joaquín Cosío

Acting · Born 1962-01-01 in 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…

Filmography

• The Suicide Squad as Mayor General Mateo Suarez
• El Infierno as El Cochiloco
• The Perfect Dictatorship as Agustín Morales
• Rudo & Cursi as Arnulfo
• The Thin Yellow Line as Gabriel
• Belzebuth as Emmanuel Ritter
• A Better Life as Blasco Martinez
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Scorpion (voice)
• Quantum of Solace as General Medrano
• Monstruosamente Solo as Moncho (voice)

TV

• Maya and the Three as Camazotz (voice)
• Narcos: Mexico as Don Neto
• Narcos: Mexico as Ernesto 'Don Neto' Fonseca Carrillo
• Los heroes del norte as Don Hassan
• Las Buchonas as Baltazar
• Kdabra as Blas
• Blue Demon as Ignacio Vera
• Midnight Family as Ramón Tamayo
• Eastbound & Down as Hector
• The Dead Girls as Captain Bedoya