Biography
Mario Ernesto Sánchez (10 January 1947 – 10 April 2025) was a Cuban actor. He emigrated to the United States as a teenager through Operation Pedro Pan and settled in Miami, Florida.
In 1979 he founded Teatro Avante, a Hispanic theatre company, and in 1986 established the International Hispanic Theatre Festival of Miami. He received awards including the Ollantay Award (1994) and the Federico García Lorca Award (1995) for his contributions to Hispanic theatre.
Sánchez appeared in supporting roles in films such as Invasion U.S.A. (1985), The Specialist (1994) as Charlie, Bad Boys (1995), The Truman Show (1998), Proof of Life (2000), Miami Vice (2006) and Step Up Revolution (2012). He also had multiple parts in the Miami Vice television series and appeared in the British series Only Fools and Horses.
