| Tenoch Huerta Quick Info | |
|---|---|
| Height | 5 ft 10¾ in |
| Weight | 73 kg |
| Date of Birth | January 29, 1981 |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
Tenoch Huerta is a Mexican actor, writer, and producer whose film credits include Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Así del precipicio, Déficit, La zona, Sleep Dealer, Café paraíso, Madres, Road to Fame, Días de gracia, Soy mi madre, Nesio, Just Walking, Sin nombre, El horno, Busco empleo, Cristiada, Marea alta, Depositarios, Chicogrande, ¿Cómo has estado?, El Infierno, Penumbra, Cristeros y Federales, Vacaciones en el infierno, Colosio: El asesinato, La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas, De tierra, La banqueta, Vive por mí, Tigers Are Not Afraid, Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Mercy, Güeros, Escobar: Paradise Lost, The 33, El más buscado, El autor, Semana Santa, Camino, Las Aparicio, Spectre, La carga, The Forever Purge, El silencio es bienvenido, Debris, Son of Monarchs, Dark Forces, Bel Canto, and Malamados, en la soledad todo esta permitido. In additon to that, he has also been cast in a avriaty of televsion proejcts which include the likes of Capadocia, Los Minondo, El Encanto del Águila, Hasta Que Te Conocí, Cloroformo, Mozart in the Jungle, Blue Demon, Here on Earth, The Chosen One, and Narcos: Mexico.
Born Name
José Tenoch Huerta Mejía
Other Names
Tenoch Huerta, Tenoch Huerta Mejía
Sun Sign
Aquarius
Born Place
Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico, Mexico
Nationality
Education
Tenoch Huerta joined an acting course with Mexican television actor María Elena Saldaña.
Occupation
Actor, Writer, Producer
Family
- Siblings – Claudia Xóchitl Huerta Mejía (Sister)
Manager
Tenoch Huerta has been signed with Talent on the Road Management, Talent Management Company, Mexico.
Build
Slim
Height
5 ft 10¾ in or 179.5 cm
Weight
73 kg or 161 lbs
Race / Ethnicity
Hispanic
Tenoch Huerta is of Mexican (Spanish, Indigenous, including Nahua and Purépecha) descent.
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
Deep-set eyes
Tenoch Huerta Facts
- He was cast as Gallo in the short film Café paraíso in 2008 and this won him the award for “Best Actor” at the Short Short Film Festival in Mexico City.
- He brought to life the character of Carlos Mamani (a Bolivian miner who moved to Chile a decade prior to the events) in the 2015 biographical disaster-survival drama film The 33 (Spanish: Los 33), starring Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, and others.
- From 2018 to 2020, Tenoch Huerta portrayed the character of Rafael “Rafa” Caro Quintero (a Mexican drug lord who co-founded Guadalajara Cartel with Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo and other drug traffickers in the late 1970s) in the biographical crime drama streaming television series Narcos: Mexico.
- Alongside Ana de la Reguera, Cassidy Freeman, Leven Rambin, Josh Lucas, and Will Patton, Tenoch Huerta co-starred as Juan in the dystopian action crime horror film The Forever Purge in 2021.
- Along with Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena, and others, Tenoch Huerta co-starred as Namor (the king of Talokan which is an ancient civilization of underwater-dwelling people) in the 2022 superhero film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The film serves as the sequel to the 2018 film Black Panther and is the 30th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
- For his performance in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, he won the NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture” as well as got nominated for Critics’ Choice Super Awards in the “Best Actor in a Superhero Movie” and “Best Villain in a Movie” categories.
- In 2023, he started appearing as Lemuel in the coming-of-age fantasy drama television series The Chosen One.
- Tenoch Huerta was accused of sexual violence by musician and activist Maria Elena Ríos in June 2023. She also claimed that the Mexico-based activist organization Poder Prieto was deliberately protecting him. However, Huerta has denied the allegations.
- He has been classmates with actors Carlos Torres Torrija and Luis Felipe Tovar.
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