---
name: "Rigo Sanchez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rigo-sanchez"
fi1m_id: "rigo-sanchez"
imdb_id: "nm1490458"
tmdb_id: 1448904
wikidata_id: "Q131933941"
roles: []
born: "27 August 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T10:51:02.375409+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."
---

# Rigo Sanchez

## Identity

Rigo Sanchez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rigo-sanchez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rigo-sanchez
- **IMDb ID:** nm1490458
- **TMDB ID:** 1448904
- **Wikidata ID:** Q131933941
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131933941, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1490458/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1448904

Actor. Born 27 August 1987 in El Salvador.

## Details

- **Born:** 27 August 1987, El Salvador
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131933941, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1490458/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1448904

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Outer Banks*](https://film.one/tv/outer-banks.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Rigo Sanchez is a Salvadoran-American actor. Born in El Salvador, he grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. He graduated from Ulysses S. Grant High School in 1996 and attended Los Angeles Valley College, where he was introduced to acting. His first credited role was a guest appearance in *The Shield* (2002).

Sanchez is known for recurring roles including Manny in *Animal Kingdom* (2019–2021) and Rigo Vasquez in *Station 19* (2020–2022). He portrayed Lightner in ten episodes of *Outer Banks* (2024) and has appeared in *One Piece* (2023–) as Dragon, *Lucifer* (2016) and *The Rookie* (2018), among other television series.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Outer Banks* (2020), Fi1m 72, as Lightner — [page](https://film.one/tv/outer-banks.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *One Piece: Into the Grand Line* (2026), as Dragon
- *Duster* (2025), series, as Enrique the Blade
- *ONE PIECE* (2023), series, as Dragon
- *Outer Banks* (2020), series, as Lightner — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/outer-banks.md)
- *Beneath Us* (2020), as Alejandro
- *Too Old to Die Young* (2019), series, as Chavez
- *Diggstown* (2019), series, Actor
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, as Salvador Arroyo
- *All American* (2018), series, as Mr. Vega
- *Station 19* (2018), series, as Rigo Vasquez
- *S.W.A.T.* (2017), series, as Diego
- *Goliath* (2016), series, as Karl Stoltz
- *Animal Kingdom* (2016), series, Actor
- *Lucifer* (2016), series, as Marco
- *McFarland, USA* (2015), as Javi
- *The Record Keeper* (2014), as Titan
- *The Last Ship* (2014), series, as Hector Martinez
- *Crash and Burn* (2008), as Pedro
- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), series, as Hector
- *Weeds* (2005), series, as Mexican Mechanic — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/weeds.md)
- *The Closer* (2005), series, as Vago
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Stan the Paramedic, Paramedic — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Boyfriend — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Las Vegas* (2003), series, as Bellhop, Security #1
- *The O.C.* (2003), series, as EMT
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Parking Attendant
- *The Shield* (2002), series, as Pablo — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Arturo Aguilar

## Gallery

- ![Rigo Sanchez](https://film.one/media/person/1297939/gallery-141e8e494649.jpg) Rigo Sanchez — Image via TMDB
- ![Rigo Sanchez](https://film.one/media/person/1297939/gallery-c9ed74a7ac45.jpg) Rigo Sanchez — Image via TMDB

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/rigo-sanchez