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Julio Oscar Mechoso
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Mechoso in 2009
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Born | (1955-05-31)May 31, 1955
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Died | November 25, 2017(2017-11-25) (aged 62)
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Occupation | Actor |
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Years active | 1979–2017 |
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Julio Oscar Mechoso (May 31, 1955 – November 25, 2017) was a Cuban actor who played detective Ruiz in Bad Boys and appeared in such films as Blue Streak, Jurassic Park III, The Legend of Zorro, The Lost City, Little Miss Sunshine and Rules Don't Apply. He had over 120 well known films and TV roles. [1]
Biography
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Career
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Mechoso was a character actor in both television and film. He appeared in dozens of films, such as Grindhouse, Bad Boys, where he played Detective Ruiz,[2] Blue Streak, Heartbreakers,[3] Jurassic Park III, the controversial Ken Park, The Lost City, The Legend of Zorro, Little Miss Sunshine,[4] Transpecos[5] and Rules Don't Apply. His television credits include Miami Vice, Coach, Damon, Seinfeld, Grey's Anatomy, Cane, The Big Bang Theory, Miami Medical, Matador, where he played Javi Sandoval,[6] and Greetings from Tucson,[7] where he played Joaquin Tiant. He frequently collaborated with Andy Garcia and Robert Rodriguez.
Death
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Mechoso died of a heart attack at his home in Burbank, California, at the age of 62.[8][9]
Filmography
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1979/80 - Que Pasa USA (First Bi-Lingual English Spanish Show on PBS Nationally). Played Disco Club cashier.
1984-1988 Miami Vice as Lester Kosko
1986 Flight of the Navigator as Hangar Guard #1
1988 Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach as Shooting Range Cop
1990 Internal Affairs as Cousin Gregory
1990 The Take (TV Movie)
1990 Midnight Caller (TV Series) as Ozzie Minoso
1992 Live! From Death Row (TV Movie) as Reyes
1992 Deep Cover as Detective Hernandez
1992 Toys as Cortez
1994 Dead Connection as Linen Suit
1994 A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (TV Movie)
1994 A Million to Juan as Corn Seller
1994 Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (TV Movie) as Lieutenant Arguello
1994 The Glass Shield as Assistant District Attorney
1995 Seinfeld (TV Series) as Julio
1995 Bad Boys as Detective Ruiz
1995 A Pyromaniac's Love Story as Jerry
1996 White Squall as Girard Pascal
1997 Vegas Vacation as Limo Driver
1997 'Til There Was You as Mover
1997 Mad City as Air Force Sergeant
1997 Switchback as Jorge Martinez
1998 Krippendorf's Tribe as Professor Simon Alonso
1999 Virus as "Squeaky"
1999 Molly as Baseball Fan
1999 Blue Streak as Detective Diaz
2000 For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (TV Movie) as Jaime Arrondo
2000 All the Pretty Horses as Captain Raul
2001 Heartbreakers as Leo
2001 Tortilla Soup as Gomez
2001 Jurassic Park III as Enrique Cardoso
2002 Pumpkin as Dr. Frederico Cruz
2002 Ken Park as Peaches' Father
2002 Phone Booth as Medic
2002 Assassination Tango as Orlando
2003 Bookies as Martinez
2003 Once Upon a Time in Mexico as Nicholas, Presidential Advisor
2003 A Simple Choice (Short) as Gus
2005 Lords of Dogtown as Mr. Alva
2005 Wheelmen as Mario
2005 The Lost City as Colonel Candela
2005 The Legend of Zorro as Frey Felipe
2005 Ghost Whisperer (TV Series) as Gilbert de la Costa
2006 Little Miss Sunshine as The Mechanic
2006 Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) as Chuck Eaton
2006 The Virgin of Juarez as (Uncredited)
2006 Good Cop, Bad Cop as Ramirez
2007 The Go-Getter as Sergio Leone
2007 Grindhouse as Romy (segment "Planet Terror")
2007 Her Best Move as Umberto
2007 Rise: Blood Hunter as Arturo
2007 The Death and Life of Bobby Z as Detective Martinez
2007 Planet Terror as Romy
2008 Winged Creatures as Detective Cavalis
2009 Nip/Tuck (TV Series) as Dr. Hans
2009 Janky Promoters as John Glanville
2010 The Big Bang Theory (TV Series) as Police Officer
2010 Fire Bay as Agustino
2011 Magic City Memoirs as Alejandro Acosta
2011 Wizards of Waverly Place (TV Series) as DMV Instructor
2012 The Baytown Outlaws as "Padre"
2012 A Dark Truth as The Guide
2013 Machete Kills as Chepo
2014 Last Weekend as Hector Castillo
2014 Cake as Dr. Mata
2014 The Forger as Raul Carlos
2016 Transpecos as Miguel Herandez
2016 Rules Don't Apply as President Anastasio Somoza Debayle
2017 Inheritance as Teddy's Father (final film role)
See also
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References
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^ "'Heartbreakers': Where Are They Now?". Entertainment Weekly.
^ "Veteran Actor Julio Oscar Mechoso Dies at 62". Variety. 2017-11-27. Archived from the original on 2023-02-09.
^ Transpecos review – desert thriller cranks up the heat
^ Full Cast Revealed as El Rey Network’s Matador Begins Production
^ Julio Oscar Mechoso Dies: Character Actor Was 62
^ Barnes, Mike (November 27, 2017). "Julio Oscar Mechoso, Busy Character Actor, Dies at 62". The Hollywood Reporter. ISSN 0018-3660.
^ Garvin, Glenn (November 26, 2017). "Miami-raised character actor who appeared in dozens of shows and movies dies at 62". Miami Herald.
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