Mario Ernesto Sánchez

Mario Ernesto Sánchez

2025-10-01 Cuba 18 Credits

Biography

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 (201...

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Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

2022

as Paco

6.4
Acting

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

Death of a Fool

Death of a Fool

2020

as Herman

6.0
Acting

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

Sea Devil

Sea Devil

2015

5.5
Acting

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

Step Up Revolution

Step Up Revolution

2012

as Ricky

6.9
Acting

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

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

2006

as El Tiburon

6.0
Acting

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

Proof of Life

Proof of Life

2000

as Arturo Fernandez

6.1
Acting

When American engineer Peter Bowman is kidnapped while working in South America, his wife Alice enlists special agent Terry Thorne to help free him. H...

8MM

8MM

1999

as Taxi Driver

6.5
Acting

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

The Truman Show

The Truman Show

1998

as Security Guard

8.1
Acting

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, ...

Catherine's Grove

Catherine's Grove

1997

as Ernesto

4.5
Acting

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 ...

Virtual Weapon

Virtual Weapon

1997

as Emergency doctor

5.1
Acting

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

Plato's Run

Plato's Run

1997

as Flaco

6.0
Acting

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

Blood and Wine

Blood and Wine

1996

as Artie (Fishing Ace)

5.7
Acting

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 inte...

Bad Boys

Bad Boys

1995

as Drug Buyer

6.8
Acting

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...

The Specialist

The Specialist

1994

as Charlie

5.9
Acting

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 ex...

Staying Afloat

Staying Afloat

1993

as Phillipe

Acting

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 art...

Fires Within

Fires Within

1991

as Family Member

4.0
Acting

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 husba...

Clinton and Nadine

Clinton and Nadine

1988

as Rojas

3.6
Acting

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 ...

Invasion U.S.A.

Invasion U.S.A.

1985

as Victor

5.8
Acting

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