Joaquín Cosío

Joaquín Cosío Osuna (born 6 October 1962) is a Mexican actor and poet. He is best known for roles such as Rubén "Mascarita" in Matando Cabos (2004), General Medrano in Quantum of Solace (2008), Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo in Narcos: Mexico (2018–2021) and Major General Mateo Suárez in The Suicide Squad (2021), among others.

Not to be confused with Joaquín del Cossío.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cosío and the second or maternal family name is Osuna.

Joaquín Cosío
Cosío in 2012
Born (1962-10-06) 6 October 1962
Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
Occupations
  • Actor
  • poet
Years active1980–present

Life and career
Cosío in 2017

Cosío began his theatrical career in the early 1980s.[1] He made his film debut in 2001 in the film The Blue Room and he has participated in over 30 feature films and several shorts. Cosío played a character named Hector, a multi-episode role in the HBO comedy Eastbound & Down.[2] 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 film The Lone Ranger. He played Don Neto in Narcos: Mexico in 2018. He played Casimiro "Pop" Morales in Netflix’s Gentefied from 2020 to 2021.[3]

Awards

He was nominated for the Mexican Academy of Film Awards, the Ariel Awards, three times: in 2005 for his portrayal of the lovable and ruthless "Mascarita" in the Mexican box office hit Matando Cabos, in 2011 for his work in the film El Infierno for which he won his first Ariel and also the National Board of Cinema's award for Best Actor. His most recent Ariel nomination was in 2012 for his work in Pastorela. In 2012, he became the first Mexican recipient of the MGM My Favorite Award, which was created to honor international motion picture artists and with the purpose to ensure that great accomplishments from the international film-making industry professionals are recognized.

Filmography

Film

Television

References
  1. "Biografía y Filmografía de Joaquín Cosío". lahiguera.net.
  2. Donaghy, James (13 November 2010). "Eastbound & Down's Kenny Powers pitches in to motivate Mexico". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  3. Fernandez, Maria Elena (27 February 2020). "Playing Gentefied's Pop Let Joaquín Cosío Get in Touch With His Softer Side". Vulture. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  4. "Actor Méxicano se dobla a si mismo" [Mexican Actor dubs himself]. El Blog de Velez y Huerta (in Spanish). 29 September 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  5. Joaquin Cosio Joins The Strain as Badass Vampire-Killer The Silver Angel
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