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name: "Julio Oscar Mechoso"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/julio-oscar-mechoso"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 May 1955"
died: "25 November 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:19:33.669125+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."
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# Julio Oscar Mechoso

Actor. Born 31 May 1955 in Florida, USA. Died 25 November 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 May 1955, Florida, USA
- **Died:** 25 November 2017
- **Also known as:** Julio Mechoso, Julio Oscar Mochoso

## Biography

Julio Oscar Mechoso (also credited as Julio Mechoso) was a Cuban-American character actor. Born on 31 May 1955 in Matanzas, Cuba, he was raised in Miami and began his career in 1979 on the PBS series ¿Qué pasa, U.S.A.? He appeared in over 120 film and television roles until his death on 25 November 2017 in Burbank, California.

Mechoso played supporting parts in films including *Bad Boys* (1995), *Jurassic Park III* (2001), *Phone Booth* (2003), *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006) as the Mechanic, *Planet Terror* (2007) and *The Legend of Zorro* (2005). On television he appeared in episodes of *Seinfeld* (1989), *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), *The Big Bang Theory* (2007) and *Greetings from Tucson*. He frequently collaborated with Andy Garcia and Robert Rodriguez.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), Fi1m 78, as Mechanic — [page](https://film.one/film/little-miss-sunshine.md)

## Also known for

- *The Big Bang Theory* (2007), Officer Hackett
- *Jurassic Park III* (2001), Enrique Cardoso
- *Bad Boys* (1995), Detective Ruiz
- *Phone Booth* (2003), Hispanic Medic
- *Planet Terror* (2007), Romey
- *The Legend of Zorro* (2005), Frey Felipe
- *Once Upon a Time in Mexico* (2003), Nicholas, Presidential Advisor
- *Castle* (2009), Mario Sanchez

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