---
name: "Xolo Maridueña"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/xolo-mariduena"
fi1m_id: "xolo-mariduena"
imdb_id: "nm4927704"
tmdb_id: 1185997
wikidata_id: "Q53870611"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 June 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T22:47:03.003302+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."
---

# Xolo Maridueña

## Identity

Xolo Maridueña

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/xolo-mariduena
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** xolo-mariduena
- **IMDb ID:** nm4927704
- **TMDB ID:** 1185997
- **Wikidata ID:** Q53870611
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xolo_Maridue%C3%B1a, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53870611, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4927704/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1185997

Actor. Born 9 June 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 June 2001, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Xolo Mariduena, 索洛·馬里達那
- **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 70 (1), 2020s 56 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 60 to 63 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $177m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xolo_Maridue%C3%B1a, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53870611, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4927704/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1185997

## Coming up

- *Man of Tomorrow* (2027-07-07), as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Cobra Kai*](https://film.one/tv/cobra-kai.md) (70)

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## Fi1m on Xolo Maridueña

> Xolo Maridueña is a likeable lead whose alarm is often funnier than the dialogue. We rate his physical comedy and ease within a family ensemble, though *Blue Beetle* gives him too little beyond the familiar superhero duties.

In *Blue Beetle* (2023), Xolo Maridueña goes through the kitchen ceiling looking quite reasonably alarmed. As Jaime Reyes, he has opened a box at the family dinner table and found himself being turned into a weapon. We laughed at his panic; his face does more comic work than most of the written jokes. He lets the hero look ridiculous without making him seem foolish. He is an appealing lead in a rather ordinary superhero film.

His work has grown out of ensembles rather than solitary heroics. He played Victor Graham in *Parenthood* (2012–2015), then found wider recognition as Miguel Diaz in *Cobra Kai* (2018–2025). The latter's mentor–mentee pairing with William Zabka gives him a relationship to play alongside the martial arts. That matters to our view of him, because the family scenes in *Blue Beetle* give its young lead people worth caring about. We would not be in a hurry to separate him from an ensemble.

Ángel Manuel Soto places Jaime in a Mexican-American household facing the loss of its home, and Maridueña's approach suits the scale of that worry. Jaime returns from college with a degree, then takes cleaning work with his sister Milagros, played by Belissa Escobedo. There is enough in that predicament to make Jaime worth following before he acquires powers. Maridueña's approachable manner helps keep those everyday concerns in view, even when the superhero plot grows routine. We would happily have spent longer with the Reyes household and less time on the business of becoming a weapon.

The reservation is that the lively family ensemble sometimes overshadows Jaime, and the formulaic plotting gives Maridueña little help. Being personable cannot make another superhero origin feel fresh. His ability to handle action is useful, but it does not distinguish him as clearly as his physical comedy, and we would be wary of treating this role as proof that he needs to keep doing the same thing. We would like to see him in a comedy that did not keep interrupting him with superhero duties.

## Biography

Xolo Maridueña is an American actor. Born on 9 June 2001 in Los Angeles, California, he began acting professionally as a child and trained with the CASA 0101 theatre company.

He is known for playing Victor Graham in the NBC series *Parenthood* (2012–2015) and Miguel Diaz in the Netflix series *Cobra Kai* (2018–2025). Maridueña portrayed Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle in the 2023 DC film *Blue Beetle*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Practical Magic 2* (2026), Fi1m 48, as Gideon — [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic-2.md)
- *Blue Beetle* (2023), Fi1m 63, as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-beetle.md)
- *Cobra Kai* (2018), Fi1m 70, as Miguel Diaz — [page](https://film.one/tv/cobra-kai.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Man of Tomorrow* (2027), as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle
- *Practical Magic 2* (2026), as Gideon — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic-2.md)
- *Killing Castro* (2026), Actor
- *Code 3* (2025), as Rookie
- *Smurfs* (2025), as Brainy Smurf (voice)
- *Blue Beetle* (2023), as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-beetle.md)
- *Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur* (2023), series, as Marvin / Kid Kree (voice), Marvin / Mel-Varr (voice)
- *Batwheels* (2022), series, as Snowy / Gothamite (voice), Snowy (voice)
- *Beyond the Bonsai* (2022), Actor
- *The Boys Presents: Diabolical* (2022), series, as Aqua Agua (voice)
- *#Whitina* (2021), as Chris
- *INVINCIBLE* (2021), series, as Dropkick / Fightmaster (voice) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/invincible-2021.md)
- *Jud's Decision* (2020), Production Assistant
- *Fast & Furious Spy Racers* (2019), series, as Lucas
- *Victor and Valentino* (2019), series, as Additional Voices (voice), Andres (voice)
- *Cobra Kai* (2018), series, as Miguel Diaz — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/cobra-kai.md)
- *Rush Hour* (2016), series, as Isaiah
- *Dealin' with Idiots* (2013), as Manny
- *Noches con Platanito* (2013), series, Actor
- *Major Crimes* (2012), series, as Stefan Camacho — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/major-crimes.md)
- *Parenthood* (2010), series, as Victor Graham
- *Twin Peaks* (1990), series, as Boy (1956) — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/twin-peaks.md)
- *Dog Years*, as Alejandro

## Gallery

- ![Xolo Maridueña](https://film.one/media/person/16032/gallery-cbdec4493405.jpg) Xolo Maridueña — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Xolo_Mariduena_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![61109191319 (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/16032/gallery-1ee433c5f9f1.jpg) 61109191319 (2019) — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Cobra_61109191319_%2849133106448%29.jpg/1280px-Cobra_61109191319_%2849133106448%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![61109191319 (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/16032/gallery-55714adddb6f.jpg) 61109191319 (2019) — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Cobra_Kai_61109191319_%2849133106448%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![61109191320 (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/16032/gallery-aa1a8767da95.jpg) 61109191320 (2019) — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Cobra_Kai_61109191320_%2849133789217%29.jpg/1280px-Cobra_Kai_61109191320_%2849133789217%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Xolo Maridueña](https://film.one/media/person/16032/gallery-cdf7ff70682e.jpg) Xolo Maridueña — Image via TMDB
- ![Xolo Maridueña](https://film.one/media/person/16032/gallery-edc776f46dc4.jpg) Xolo Maridueña — Image via TMDB
- ![Xolo Maridueña](https://film.one/media/person/16032/gallery-a27dac261b26.jpg) Xolo Maridueña — Image via TMDB
- ![61110190309 (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/16032/gallery-b0c27fb5e72b.jpg) 61110190309 (2019) — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Cobra_Kai_61110190309_%2849133787687%29.jpg/1280px-Cobra_Kai_61110190309_%2849133787687%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![July 26, 2024 GalaxyCon Raleigh](https://film.one/media/person/16032/gallery-af98536d192a.jpg) July 26, 2024 GalaxyCon Raleigh — John Manard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Cobra_Kai_QA_%2853955150312%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Xolo Maridueña](https://film.one/media/person/16032/gallery-6eac7eb8f242.jpg) Xolo Maridueña — Image via TMDB
- ![Xolo Maridueña](https://film.one/media/person/16032/gallery-653709cae082.jpg) Xolo Maridueña — Image via TMDB

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