---
name: "Sixto Rodriguez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sixto-rodriguez"
fi1m_id: "sixto-rodriguez"
imdb_id: "nm0735519"
tmdb_id: 4268007
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 April 1937"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:37:13.528915+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."
---

# Sixto Rodriguez

## Identity

Sixto Rodriguez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sixto-rodriguez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sixto-rodriguez
- **IMDb ID:** nm0735519
- **TMDB ID:** 4268007
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0735519/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4268007

Actor. Born 17 April 1937 in Manatí, Puerto Rico.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 April 1937, Manatí, Puerto Rico
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0735519/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4268007

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Fat City*](https://film.one/film/fat-city.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Sixto Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican actor and former professional boxer. Born on 17 April 1937 in Manati, Puerto Rico, he competed as a light-heavyweight, winning the California Lightheavyweight Boxing Championship from 1958 to 1962 under the ring name Kid Sixto Noriega.

Rodriguez is known for his role as the aging Mexican fighter Arcadio Lucero in John Huston's *Fat City* (1972). Several real-life boxers appear in the film, including Rodriguez alongside Art Aragon and Curtis Cokes.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fat City* (1972), Fi1m 73, as Lucero — [page](https://film.one/film/fat-city.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Fat City* (1972), as Lucero — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/fat-city.md)

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