Biography
Julio Oscar Mechoso (born May 31, 1955) is a Cuban-American actor. He is occasionally credited as Julio Mechoso. Mechoso is a character actor in both television and film. He has appeared in several high-profile films, such as Grindhouse, Bad Boys and the controversial Ken Park. His television credits include Miami Vice, Seinfeld and Greetings from Tucson. He has appeared in two Martin Lawrence films, Bad Boys and Blue Streak. He played a Police Detective in both. From Wikipedia, the free encyc...
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Complete Filmography

Rules Don't Apply
2016
as President Somoza
It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Ang...

The Forger
2014
as Raul Carlos
A former child art prodigy and second generation petty thief arranges to buy his way out of prison to spend time with his ailing son, only to be force...

Cake
2014
as Pharmacist
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suic...

Last Weekend
2014
as Hector Castillo
When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend b...

Machete Kills
2013
as Chepo
Ex-Federale agent Machete is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man – he must take...

The Baytown Outlaws
2012
as Padre
When three redneck brothers agree to help a woman save her son from an abusive father, they become targets on the run from an odd cast of characters.

Justice for Natalee Holloway
2011
as Det. Martinez
Lifetime Movie is a sequel to their 2009 film NATALEE HOLLOWAY and picks up in 2010 on the five-year anniversary of her death. Beth Holloway (Tracy Po...

Beyond the Blackboard
2011
as Johnny Hernandez
Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless childr...

Janky Promoters
2009
as John Glanville
Two shady concert promoters get into hot water when their chance to book a superstar rapper goes awry.

The Death and Life of Bobby Z
2007
as Mexican Detective
A DEA agent provides former Marine Tim Kearney with a way out of his prison sentence: impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer, in a hosta...

Rise: Blood Hunter
2007
as Arturo
A reporter on the trail of a sinister cult wakes up in a morgue to find herself a member of the undead. She goes on a personal vendetta against a grou...

Planet Terror
2007
as Romey
Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry Darling, a dancer whose leg was ripped...

Grindhouse
2007
as Romy (segment "Planet Terror")
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Taranti...

Her Best Move
2007
as Umberto
15 year-old soccer prodigy, Sara Davis, has a chance to join the U.S. National Team, but she must juggle high school, romance, sports, and parental pr...

The Go-Getter
2007
as Sergio Leone
When his mother dies, a teenager takes a road-trip in a stolen car to find his long-lost brother. Along the way he discovers a profound connection wit...

Little Miss Sunshine
2006
as Mechanic
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

The Legend of Zorro
2005
as Frey Felipe
Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega...

The Lost City
2005
as Colonel Candela
In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition from the o...

Lords of Dogtown
2005
as Mr. Alva
The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of spor...

Back When We Were Grownups
2004
as J.J. Barrow
A 53-year-old widow believes she's turned into the wrong person in this bittersweet tale based on Anne Tyler's best-seller. Beck's (Blythe Danner) pla...

Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003
as Nicholas, Presidential Advisor
A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President ...

Phone Booth
2003
as Hispanic Medic
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light f...

Assassination Tango
2003
as Orlando
John J. is a seasoned hit man sent on a job to Argentina. When the General he's sent to kill delays his return to the country, John passes the time wi...

Ken Park
2003
as Peaches' Father
Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; C...

Bookies
2003
as Martinez
Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention o...

Pumpkin
2002
as Dr. Frederico Cruz
Carolyn's sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenged athletes is their ticket to the trophy. But when...

Tortilla Soup
2001
as Gomez
A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food but not for life.

Jurassic Park III
2001
as Enrique Cardoso
In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla S...

Heartbreakers
2001
as Leo
Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. ...

Missing Pieces
2001
as Hernandez
Atticus (James Coburn) goes to the small Mexican town where his estranged son (Paul Kersey) was a resident to discover how he died.

All the Pretty Horses
2000
as Captain
The year is 1949. A young Texan named John Grady finds himself without a home after his mother sells the ranch where he has spent his entire life. Lur...

Blue Streak
1999
as Detective Diaz
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid ...

Virus
1999
as Squeaky
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be des...

Indiscreet
1998
as Detective Burns
A case involving adultery, money and murder threatens a private eye's sobriety.

Krippendorf's Tribe
1998
as Simon Alonso
After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf must produce hard evidence of the existence of a h...

Switchback
1997
as Atty. Jorge Martinez
After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the murde...

'Til There Was You
1997
as Mover #1
Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.

Gun
1997
as Fedora
Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.

White Squall
1996
as Girard Pascal
In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage...

A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995
as Jerry
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the...

Bad Boys
1995
as Detective Ruiz
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...

Zooman
1995
as Cruz
Shots ring out on a Brooklyn street and suddenly a young girl lies dead on her front steps. The killer's name is Zooman (Khalil Kain), and though doze...

The Glass Shield
1994
as Assistant D.A.
J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s...

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994
as Lt. Arguello
About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly...

A Million to Juan
1994
as Corn Seller
Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls ...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994
A former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player accused of murdering a prominent TV personality.

Dead Connection
1994
After a series of murders in motel rooms are connected, police detective Matt Dickson heads out on the trail to find a serial killer. He discovers tha...

Day of Reckoning
1994
as Sanchez
Action-adventure following a onetime Special Forces Captain in Vietnam turned tour guide in remote parts of Asia, who, while on a trek with two resear...

Toys
1992
as Cortez
Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the op...

Deep Cover
1992
as Hernandez
Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian fore...

Live! From Death Row
1992
as Reyes
Convicted killer Laurence Dvorak grants an exclusive last interview to TV newswoman Alana Powers shortly before his scheduled execution. Urbane and un...

Internal Affairs
1990
as Cousin Gregory
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the a...

My First Love
1988
as David
Widow Jean Miller thinks she's ready for a new romance with her high school sweetheart, Sam Morrissey, a physician of considerable means. The only thi...

Clinton and Nadine
1988
as Huesito
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 ...

Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
1988
as Shooting Range Cop
The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami Beach for Commandant Lassard to be honored with a prestigious lifetime award pending his retirement. Things...

Flight of the Navigator
1986
as Hangar Guard #1
12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to hav...

Nobody's Perfekt
1981
as Gang Member
While everyone knows you can't fight City Hall, there are those who, for whatever reason, can't resist the challenge. Three slightly disturbed psychia...