---
name: "Hechter Ubarry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hechter-ubarry"
fi1m_id: "hechter-ubarry"
imdb_id: "nm0879652"
tmdb_id: 243333
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T20:23:30.510704+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."
---

# Hechter Ubarry

## Identity

Hechter Ubarry

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hechter-ubarry
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hechter-ubarry
- **IMDb ID:** nm0879652
- **TMDB ID:** 243333
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879652/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/243333

Actor. Born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Also known as:**  Hector Mercado
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879652/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/243333

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Crocodile Dundee II*](https://film.one/film/crocodile-dundee-ii.md) (44)

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## Biography

Hechter Ubarry is an actor also credited as Hector Mercado. Born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, he moved to New York at the age of three. His first film role was as Moonlight in *The Cross and the Switchblade* (1970), credited under his birth name.

Ubarry is known for his performance as the drug lord Luis Rico in *Crocodile Dundee II* (1988). Other screen credits include the guerilla leader in *Major Payne* (1995), Maldonado in *16 Blocks* (2006), Simon Escobar in *McBain* (1991), and guest roles in series such as *Blue Bloods* and *Kings*.

On stage he has appeared on Broadway in productions including multiple runs of *Man of La Mancha*, in which he performed alongside Raúl Juliá.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Crocodile Dundee II* (1988), Fi1m 44, as Luis Rico — [page](https://film.one/film/crocodile-dundee-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as Handbag Store Owner
- *Kings* (2009), series, as Minister of Water
- *16 Blocks* (2006), as Maldonado
- *Major Payne* (1995), as Guerilla Leader
- *McBain* (1991), as Simon Escobar
- *Crocodile Dundee II* (1988), as Luis Rico — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/crocodile-dundee-ii.md)
- *The Cross and the Switchblade* (1970), as Moonlight

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