Acting

Mario Ernesto Sánchez

Born January 10, 1947 · Cuba

Died April 10, 2025 · aged 78

Mario Ernesto Sánchez (born on January 10, 1947, in San Antonio de las Vegas, Cuba; † April 10, 2025, in Miami, Florida, USA) was a Cuban actor and theater founder. In 1979, he established Teatro Avante, a Hispanic theater in Florida, and became a significant figure in promoting Latin American theater in the United States. Sánchez played various supporting roles in Hollywood films and TV series, i…

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The Truman Show

The Truman Show · 1998

The Truman Show

MovieComedyDrama

In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.

Bad Boys

Bad Boys · 1995

MovieActionThriller

Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

The Specialist

The Specialist · 1994

MovieActionThriller

May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert, to kill her parents' killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of Quick's, is assigned to protect one of Quick's potential victims, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.

Miami Vice

Miami Vice · 2006

MovieActionCrime

A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Unorthodox Crockett gets involved romantically with the Chinese-Cuban wife of a trafficker of arms and drugs, while Tubbs deals with an assault on those he loves.

8MM

MovieThrillerCrime

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.

Step Up Revolution

Step Up Revolution · 2012

Step Up Revolution

MovieMusicDrama

Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride · 2022

Father of the Bride

MovieRomanceComedy

A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family.

Proof of Life

Proof of Life · 2000

MovieThrillerAction

When Peter Bowman, an American engineer working in a South American country, is captured by anti-government forces, the rebels learn his identity and demand $5 million for his safe return. However, his US employer is on the verge of insolvency and will not provide the ransom. Peter's wife Alice is forced to deal with the matter on her own and she retains the services of freelance professional hostage negotiator Terry Thorne.

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The Truman Show

The Truman Show · 1998

The Truman Show

MovieComedyDrama

In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.

Security Guard

Bad Boys

Bad Boys · 1995

MovieActionThriller

Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

Drug Buyer

The Specialist

The Specialist · 1994

MovieActionThriller

May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert, to kill her parents' killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of Quick's, is assigned to protect one of Quick's potential victims, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.

Charlie

Miami Vice

Miami Vice · 2006

MovieActionCrime

A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Unorthodox Crockett gets involved romantically with the Chinese-Cuban wife of a trafficker of arms and drugs, while Tubbs deals with an assault on those he loves.

El Tiburon

8MM

MovieThrillerCrime

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.

Taxi Driver

Step Up Revolution

Step Up Revolution · 2012

Step Up Revolution

MovieMusicDrama

Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.

Ricky

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride · 2022

Father of the Bride

MovieRomanceComedy

A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family.

Paco

Proof of Life

Proof of Life · 2000

MovieThrillerAction

When Peter Bowman, an American engineer working in a South American country, is captured by anti-government forces, the rebels learn his identity and demand $5 million for his safe return. However, his US employer is on the verge of insolvency and will not provide the ransom. Peter's wife Alice is forced to deal with the matter on her own and she retains the services of freelance professional hostage negotiator Terry Thorne.

Arturo Fernandez

Invasion U.S.A.

Invasion U.S.A. · 1985

Invasion U.S.A.

MovieActionThriller

A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.

Victor

Blood and Wine

Blood and Wine · 1996

MovieCrimeThriller

A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.

Artie (Fishing Ace)

Virtual Weapon

Virtual Weapon · 1997

MovieCrimeComedy

A detective duo hunts a criminal organization, which is using an unknown liquid explosive material.

Emergency doctor

Traces of Red

Traces of Red · 1992

MovieDramaAction

Jack, a Palm Beach detective, becomes involved in a case of multiple murders. All the women can be linked to Jack in some way. Jack and his partner have no leads, but numerous suspects. The murders continue, along with anonymous letters from the killer.

Tony Garidi

Clinton and Nadine

Clinton and Nadine · 1988

Clinton and Nadine

MovieActionCrime

Eager to find his brother's murderer, Clinton enlists the aid of Nadine, an expensive call girl. Together they get sucked into a plot to smuggle guns to the Contra forces in Nicaragua.

Rojas

Fires Within

Fires Within · 1991

MovieThrillerDrama

A Cuban emigre, living in Miami and involved in an affair with the American seaman who rescued her and her daughter years earlier, must face her husband after he is unexpectedly released from a Cuban prison.

Family Member

Plato's Run

Plato's Run · 1997

MovieActionAdventure

Hired to rescue escaped inmates, a Florida man is framed for a Cuban gangster's assassination.

Flaco

Catherine's Grove

Catherine's Grove · 1997

Catherine's Grove

MovieThrillerAction

Undercover cop Doyle is working on a serial killer case that's left a trail of dead transvestites. Then, moonlighting as a private eye, Doyle and his girlfriend are hired by a rich young man to find his sister. The search leads to her mysterious uncle, and the possibility of becoming the killer's next victim.

Ernesto

Below the Belt

Below the Belt · 1980

A close-up look at the turbulent world of women's professional wrestling as a New York City waitress decides to become a professional wrestler.

Staying Afloat

Staying Afloat · 1993

MovieTV MovieComedy

In this comedy thriller, a prospective series pilot, Larry Hagman plays a disinherited socialite and high roller who, with the aid of a comely con artist and his sarcastic butler, helps the feds bring down an arms merchant.

Phillipe

Death of a Fool

Death of a Fool · 2020

Death of a Fool

MovieAdventureFantasy

A teenager and his dying grandfather conduct afterlife investigations in Miami when a mysterious man hires them to find the secret to immortality.

Herman

Sea Devil

Sea Devil · 2015

MovieScience FictionHorror

An American fisherman attempts to smuggle two Cuban immigrants into Miami, passing them off as day laborers. While the group trawls for shrimp, a fourth person boards the boat, carrying a secret at the bottom of the Ocean.

Efron

Miami Vice

Miami Vice · 1984

SeriesCrimeDrama

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.

Morales

Burn Notice

Burn Notice · 2007

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.

Campos

21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street · 1987

SeriesCrimeMystery

21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.

Guardia Leader

Wiseguy

Wiseguy · 1987

SeriesCrimeDrama

Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base throughout the series, bringing him into conflict with his conservative mother and other family members while acting undercover as syndicate enforcer.

Moon Over Miami

Moon Over Miami · 1993

Moon Over Miami

SeriesCrimeDrama

Moon Over Miami is a short-lived American comedy series that aired on ABC.