Mario Ernesto Sánchez

Mario Ernesto Sánchez

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, including Invasion U.S.A. (1985), The Specialist (1994), Bad Boys (1995), and Step Up Revolution (2012). He also appeared in five episodes of the series Miami Vice and had a role in the 2006 film of the same name. Additionally, he was featured in The Truman Show as a security guard and in the British cult series Only Fools and Horses as a Colombian drug lord. As a teenager, he emigrated to the United States through Operation Pedro Pan. Over the course of his career, he received several awards for his contributions to Hispanic theater, including the Federico García Lorca Award (1995) and the Ollantay Award (1994). Sánchez passed away on April 10, 2025, at the age of 78 in Miami.

  • Title: Mario Ernesto Sánchez
  • Popularity: 0.447
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 2025-10-01
  • Place of Birth: Cuba
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  • Also Known As: Mario Ernesto Sanchez, Mario Sanchez
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Mario Ernesto Sánchez Movies

  • 1994
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    The Specialist

    The Specialist

    5.9 1994 HD

    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...

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  • 1999
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    8MM

    8MM

    6.5 1999 HD

    A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the...

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  • 2022
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    Father of the Bride

    Father of the Bride

    6.377 2022 HD

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

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  • 1997
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    Catherine's Grove

    Catherine's Grove

    3.4 1997 HD

    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...

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  • 1993
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    Staying Afloat

    Staying Afloat

    1 1993 HD

    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...

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  • 2015
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    Sea Devil

    Sea Devil

    5.5 2015 HD

    An American fisherman attempts to smuggle two Cuban immigrants into Miami, passing them off as day laborers. While the group trawls for shrimp, a...

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  • 1985
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    Invasion U.S.A.

    Invasion U.S.A.

    5.8 1985 HD

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

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  • 2012
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    Step Up Revolution

    Step Up Revolution

    6.912 2012 HD

    Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is...

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  • 2000
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    Proof of Life

    Proof of Life

    6.1 2000 HD

    Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South...

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  • 1996
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    Blood and Wine

    Blood and Wine

    5.7 1996 HD

    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...

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  • 1998
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    The Truman Show

    The Truman Show

    8.147 1998 HD

    Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running,...

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  • 1995
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    Bad Boys

    Bad Boys

    6.8 1995 HD

    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...

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  • 1997
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    Plato's Run

    Plato's Run

    5.964 1997 HD

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

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  • 1997
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    Virtual Weapon

    Virtual Weapon

    5.1 1997 HD

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

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  • 2020
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    Death of a Fool

    Death of a Fool

    6 2020 HD

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

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  • 2006
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    Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

    6 2006 HD

    A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Unorthodox...

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  • 1988
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    Clinton and Nadine

    Clinton and Nadine

    3.588 1988 HD

    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...

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  • 1991
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    Fires Within

    Fires Within

    4 1991 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

    7.5 1984 HD

    The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership...

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  • 2007
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    Burn Notice

    Burn Notice

    7.5 2007 HD

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

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  • 1993
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    Moon Over Miami

    Moon Over Miami

    7 1993 HD

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

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  • 1987
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    Wiseguy

    Wiseguy

    6.5 1987 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

    7.5 1984 HD

    The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership...

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  • 1984
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    Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

    7.5 1984 HD

    The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership...

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  • 1984
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    Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

    7.5 1984 HD

    The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership...

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  • 1984
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    Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

    7.5 1984 HD

    The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership...

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