Gerardo Taracena
Gerardo Taracena (born 1970) was a Mexican film and theatre actor and dancer. He is known for his roles in Apocalypto, Man on Fire, The Mexican and Sin Nombre as well as the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico. He was born in Mexico City.
Featured Characters
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Sound of Freedom
The story of Tim Ballard, a former US government agent, who quits his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.
Get the Gringo
A career criminal (Gibson) nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
El infierno
Benjamin Garcia, Benny is deported from the United States. Back home and against a bleak picture, Benny gets involved in the drug business, in which he has for the first time in his life, a spectacular rise surrounded by money, women, violence and fun. But very soon he will discover that criminal life does not always keep its promises.
Sin nombre
A young Indigenous Honduran girl and a Mestizo-Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the U.S. border.
La zona
Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out within the neighborhood's borders.
Apocalypto
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him.
El violin
In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape, and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cutting off the rebels from their cache of ammunition hidden in a field. A family of grandfather, son, and grandson are among the rebels in the hills.
Man on Fire
In Mexico City, a former assassin swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect.
The Mexican
A man tries to transport an ancient gun called The Mexican, believed to carry a curse, back across the border, while his girlfriend pressures him to give up his criminal ways.