---
name: "Mario Ernesto Sánchez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mario-ernesto-sanchez"
fi1m_id: "mario-ernesto-sanchez"
imdb_id: "nm0845079"
tmdb_id: 26651
wikidata_id: "Q6764659"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 January 1947"
died: "10 April 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T23:44:16.477101+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."
---

# Mario Ernesto Sánchez

## Identity

Mario Ernesto Sánchez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mario-ernesto-sanchez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mario-ernesto-sanchez
- **IMDb ID:** nm0845079
- **TMDB ID:** 26651
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6764659
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Ernesto_S%C3%A1nchez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6764659, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0845079/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26651

Actor. Born 10 January 1947 in Cuba. Died 10 April 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 January 1947, Cuba
- **Died:** 10 April 2025
- **Active:** 1994–2006
- **Also known as:** Mario Ernesto Sanchez, Mario Sanchez
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 66 (2), 2000s 67 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 62 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $598m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Ernesto_S%C3%A1nchez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6764659, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0845079/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26651

## 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*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Miami Vice* (2006), Fi1m 67, as El Tiburon — [page](https://film.one/film/miami-vice-2006.md)
- *The Truman Show* (1998), Fi1m 88, as Security Guard — [page](https://film.one/film/the-truman-show.md)
- *The Specialist* (1994), Fi1m 45, as Charlie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-specialist.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Father of the Bride* (2022), as Paco
- *Death of a Fool* (2020), as Herman
- *Sea Devil* (2015), as Efron
- *Step Up Revolution* (2012), as Ricky
- *Burn Notice* (2007), series, as Campos
- *Miami Vice* (2006), as El Tiburon — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/miami-vice-2006.md)
- *Proof of Life* (2000), as Arturo Fernandez
- *8MM* (1999), as Taxi Driver
- *The Truman Show* (1998), as Security Guard — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-truman-show.md)
- *Catherine's Grove* (1997), as Ernesto
- *Virtual Weapon* (1997), as Emergency doctor
- *Plato's Run* (1997), as Flaco
- *Blood and Wine* (1996), as Artie (Fishing Ace)
- *Bad Boys* (1995), as Drug Buyer
- *The Specialist* (1994), as Charlie — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/the-specialist.md)
- *Staying Afloat* (1993), as Phillipe
- *Moon Over Miami* (1993), series, Actor
- *Traces of Red* (1992), as Tony Garidi
- *Fires Within* (1991), as Family Member
- *Clinton and Nadine* (1988), as Rojas
- *Wiseguy* (1987), series, Actor
- *21 Jump Street* (1987), series, as Guardia Leader
- *Invasion U.S.A.* (1985), as Victor
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Morales, Jimmy, Diplomat Roberto, Paco, Jorge — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *Below the Belt* (1980), Actor

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