---
name: "Daniel Moncada"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-moncada"
fi1m_id: "daniel-moncada"
imdb_id: "nm3718379"
tmdb_id: 1371007
wikidata_id: "Q96472246"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 May 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T10:47:11.102232+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."
---

# Daniel Moncada

## Identity

Daniel Moncada

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-moncada
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-moncada
- **IMDb ID:** nm3718379
- **TMDB ID:** 1371007
- **Wikidata ID:** Q96472246
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Moncada, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96472246, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3718379/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1371007

Actor. Born 17 May 1980 in Honduras.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 May 1980, Honduras
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Moncada, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96472246, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3718379/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1371007

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*McFarland, USA*](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md) (72)

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## Biography

Daniel Moncada is a Honduran actor. Born on 17 May 1980 in Honduras, he was raised in Los Angeles and is the younger brother of actor Luis Moncada.

He is best known for portraying Leonel Salamanca, one of 'the Cousins', in the AMC series *Breaking Bad* (2010–2011) and its spin-off *Better Call Saul* (2016–2022). Other film roles include Eddie in *McFarland, USA* (2015), Choop in *Blood Father* (2016) and Eduardo in *The Mule* (2018). He has also appeared in television series such as *Justified*, *Scorpion*, *Lethal Weapon* and *S.W.A.T.*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *McFarland, USA* (2015), Fi1m 72, as Eddie — [page](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dead End* (2019), as Little Sleepy
- *The Mule* (2018), as Eduardo
- *Kidding* (2018), series, as Eduardo
- *The Contestant* (2017), as Arturo
- *S.W.A.T.* (2017), series, as Luis
- *Lethal Weapon* (2016), series, as Salazar
- *Blood Father* (2016), as Choop
- *McFarland, USA* (2015), as Eddie — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md)
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), series, as Leonel Salamanca — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, as Thug
- *The Night Shift* (2014), series, as Cop Assassin, Cartel Thug
- *Sabotage* (2014), as Brujo's Sicario #5
- *Law & Order: LA* (2010), series, as Barrio Boy
- *Breaking Bad* (2008), series, as Leonel Salamanca — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)
- *A Family's Fury*, as Brick Goddard
- *Beneath the Cinder Block*, as Ariel

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