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name: "Arnaldo Santana"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 September 1950"
died: "8 October 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:19:56.177846+00:00"
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# Arnaldo Santana

Actor. Born 1 September 1950 in El Paso, Texas, U.S.. Died 8 October 1987.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 September 1950, El Paso, Texas, U.S.
- **Died:** 8 October 1987
- **Also known as:** Malo

## Biography

Arnaldo Santana (also credited as Malo) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was born Luis Arnaldo Santana on 1 September 1950 in El Paso, Texas, and died on 8 October 1987 in New York.

He is best known for playing Ernie, a henchman to Tony Montana, in the 1983 film *Scarface*, and Loren Lukas in the 1980 film *Cruising*. Santana studied drama at the University of Texas at Austin. His other credits include the television series *a.k.a. Pablo* (1984), in which he played Hector Del Gato, as well as earlier appearances in adult films under the name Malo.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Scarface* (1983), Fi1m 79, as Ernie — [page](https://film.one/film/scarface.md)

## Also known for

- *Cruising* (1980), Loren Lukas

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