--- name: "Carlos Manuel Vesga" canonical: "https://film.one/person/carlos-manuel-vesga" fi1m_id: "carlos-manuel-vesga" imdb_id: "nm0895235" tmdb_id: 1251536 wikidata_id: "Q16490299" roles: ["Actor"] born: "30 January 1976" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T21:03:09.956793+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Carlos Manuel Vesga ## Identity Carlos Manuel Vesga - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carlos-manuel-vesga - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** carlos-manuel-vesga - **IMDb ID:** nm0895235 - **TMDB ID:** 1251536 - **Wikidata ID:** Q16490299 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Manuel_Vesga, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16490299, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0895235/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1251536 Actor. Born 30 January 1976 in Bogotá, Colombia. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 30 January 1976, Bogotá, Colombia - **Also known as:** Carlos-Manuel Vesga - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Manuel_Vesga, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16490299, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0895235/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1251536 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Pluribus*](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md) (82) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Carlos Manuel Vesga > Carlos-Manuel Vesga is persuasive with little dialogue: his physical performance in *Pluribus* makes Manousos Oviedo worth watching closely. We recommend it, though the slow pace can try our patience. In *Pluribus* (2025), Carlos-Manuel Vesga has little dialogue to explain Manousos Oviedo, so the physical performance has to do much of the work. We can follow his thinking without being talked through it. We were unsettled by his near-silence, because it offers so little reassurance in a series built around compulsory happiness. It is a persuasive performance, and a good reason to take an interest in an actor whose work has so often involved playing antagonists. The route here began in Colombian telenovelas around 2000, with Samuel Medina Uribe in *Amor sincero* (2010) providing the breakthrough. Antagonist parts became a recurring assignment during the 2010s, while *Loving Pablo* (2017) brought wider international visibility. *The Hijacking of Flight 601* (2024) continued both the villain casting and the move towards an audience beyond Colombia. We would be careful about calling this a limitation in his acting: repeated casting tells us what an actor is being asked to do. His own description of acting helps make sense of that ease with physical work: “The secret to acting is to be playful. To go back to when you were a kid and you were playing pirates with your friends.” It is a useful way of thinking about a part with few words, where commitment to an action matters more than explaining it. In *Pluribus*, that commitment gives the character an inner life without requiring a running account of it. Vince Gilligan's series gives us enough to recommend despite the slow pace. Rhea Seehorn gives its questions the stubborn human centre we admired, while Vesga's physical work rewards close attention. There are stretches when the pleasure of thinking things through wears off, however, and an actor's restraint cannot make them shorter. Start with *Pluribus*, but do not expect it to hurry. ## Biography Carlos Manuel Vesga, also credited as Carlos-Manuel Vesga, is a Colombian actor. He was born on 30 January 1976 in Bogotá. He initially studied architecture before training as an actor at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. Vesga has appeared in numerous Colombian television series, including *Amor sincero* (2010), for which he received the India Catalina award for best leading actor, and *La prepago* (2013). His film credits include *Loving Pablo* (2017). He is known internationally for playing Manousos Oviedo in the Apple TV+ series *Pluribus* (2025), a role for which he received an Emmy nomination. *Sources: es.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, cnnespanol.cnn.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Pluribus* (2025), Fi1m 82, as Manousos Oviedo — [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md) ## Complete filmography (33) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Pluribus* (2025), series, as Manousos Oviedo — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md) - *The Luckiest Man in America* (2025), as Jim - *Wherever You Want* (2025), as Agustín - *Love of My Life* (2024), series, as Alfredo Azcárate (Adult) - *The Hijacking of Flight 601* (2024), series, as Francisco 'El Flaco' Marulanda - *How to Succeed at Losing* (2023), as Lopéz - *Rescate en el valle* (2023), Actor - *El Yuppie Y El Guiso* (2023), Actor - *Out Loud* (2022), series, as Bernardo - *The Snitch Cartel: Origins* (2022), series, as Leonardo Villegas (Adulto) - *Noise* (2021), as Augusto - *Tormenta de amor* (2019), series, as El Ñato Ovalle - *General Naranjo* (2019), series, as Sargento Andrade - *Córdova: Un general llamado Arrojo* (2019), series, as Simón Bolívar - *La de Troya* (2018), series, as Productor Lorenzo - *Penalty Kick* (2018), as Poncho - *Loving Pablo* (2017), as La Plaga - *Heart's Decree* (2016), series, as Oscar Jaramillo - *Contra el tiempo, la historia de dos hermanos* (2016), series, as Roberto Cuervo - *Abducted: The Jocelyn Shaker Story* (2015), as Sergeant Almeyda - *Once a Year Can't Hurt 2* (2015), as Germán - *Celia* (2015), series, as Billy Echavarría - *Los graduados* (2013), series, as Guillermo Aldana "Guille" - *Roa* (2013), Actor - *Tres Caínes* (2013), series, as Hernan Dario Henao 'HH' - *Corazones Blindados* (2012), series, as Subt. Vicente Yáñez - *Sofia and the Stubborn Man* (2012), as Assistant - *Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord* (2012), series, as Procurador Carlos Mauro Hoyos - *Amor Sincero* (2010), series, as Samuel Medina - *Pura Sangre (Col)* (2007), series, as Isidro Chaparro - *The Deal* (2005), Actor - *La Nocturna*, series, as José Hernando Osorio - *Palace*, series, Actor --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/carlos-manuel-vesga