Manuel Uriza

Manuel Uriza

Manuel Uriza is a Mexican-American character actor. Born and raised in Mexico City, moving to Miami, Florida in his twenties, Manuel got his first taste of acting when he showed up to an open call to be a background actor in USA's "Burn Notice," and ended up booking a guest star role. He went on to appear in Spanish-speaking television before making his way to Los Angeles. He booked a recurring role on FX Network's "The Bridge" with Diane Kruger and Demián Bichir. Manuel went on to appear in ABC's "Castle," Fox's "Lethal Weapon," FX Network's "Snowfall," and had a recurring role on AMC's award-winning series "Better Call Saul." His film credits include Lionsgate's "Rambo: Last Blood," the award-winning indie film "The Infiltrators," and film festival winner "My Demons Never Swore Solitude."

Manuel played soccer competitively in college and second division professionally. He later went on to graduate law school in Mexico. Another passion of his is horse riding. His paternal grandfather was Mexico's first Olympic gold medalist in racing and jumping and his maternal grandfather was a horse trainer, having won the Kentucky derby twice and winning the American Triple Crown, with only 13 horses in history having accomplished such a feat.

Manuel lives in Los Angeles with his wife.

Movies for Manuel Uriza...

Switch Up
Title: Switch Up
Character: Fernando Calderon
Released: March 10, 2024
Type: Movie
One of the nation’s top talk show hosts finds himself stranded at a homeless shelter where he meets a young widow. He falls in love and realizes the path to happiness lies in helping others.
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Deadland
Title: Deadland
Character: Ignacio Coronado
Released: November 3, 2023
Type: Movie
After covering up the murder of an undocumented migrant, a U.S. Border Patrol Agent is haunted by the victim’s spirit, forcing him to confront the sins of his past.
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Title: Harlan Coben's Shelter
Character: Octoface
Released: August 17, 2023
Type: TV
Follow the story of Mickey Bolitar after the death of his father leads him to start a new life in suburban New Jersey. When another new student disappears, Mickey finds himself tangled in a web of secrets. With the help of two new friends, Spoon and Ema, they reveal a dark underground that may hold the answers to decades of disappearances.
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Calabaza
Title: Calabaza
Character: Lorenzo
Released: November 11, 2021
Type: Movie
A last-minute change to a pumpkin carving date sends a young Latinx man reeling and forces him to confront the realities of living at home with his father.
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Run Sweetheart Run
Title: Run Sweetheart Run
Character: Father Raul
Released: January 27, 2020
Type: Movie
A woman runs for her life though the streets of Los Angeles after her blind date suddenly turns violent.
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Rambo: Last Blood
Title: Rambo: Last Blood
Character: Doctor Sergio
Released: September 19, 2019
Type: Movie
After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the border into Mexico to meet her biological father. Rambo, who has become a true father figure for Gabriela over the years, undertakes a desperate and dangerous journey to find her.
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Title: Too Old to Die Young
Character: Alfonso
Released: June 10, 2019
Type: TV
Detective Martin Jones, who leads a double life as a killer for hire in Los Angeles' deadly underground, suffers an existential crisis which leads him deeper into a blood splattered world of violence.
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The Infiltrators
Title: The Infiltrators
Character: Claudio
Released: January 24, 2019
Type: Movie
A rag-tag group of undocumented youth – Dreamers – deliberately get detained by Border Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center.
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Title: Narcos: Mexico
Character: Carlos Hank Gonzalez
Released: November 16, 2018
Type: TV
See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
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Title: Magnum P.I.
Character: Merwan Hayek
Released: September 24, 2018
Type: TV
Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL, returns home from Afghanistan and applies his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii taking jobs no one else will—with the help of fellow vets T.C. Calvin and Rick Wright, and former MI:6 agent, Juliet Higgins.
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My Demons Never Prayed For Solitude
Title: My Demons Never Prayed For Solitude
Released: November 9, 2017
Type: Movie
A violent and alcoholic gold prospector lives with his wife near the border. She is convinced that a demon is stalking them, and he thinks his wife is cheating on him. Blinded by jealousy, he decides to seek both his wife’s lover and the demon to strike them down.
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Title: S.W.A.T.
Character: Vicente Muñoz
Released: November 2, 2017
Type: TV
A locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he's tasked to run a highly-trained unit that's the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles.
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Title: Snowfall
Character: Miguel Villanueva
Released: July 5, 2017
Type: TV
Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.
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I'm Not A Rebel
Title: I'm Not A Rebel
Character: Capitán Melano
Released: April 28, 2017
Type: Movie
Mexico 1968: students are the public enemy. Mitch, a wealthy student of Monterrey, hijacks a plane to retrieve Beatrice, who has been kidnapped by the secret police six months ago. Armed with a gun, which he doesn't know how to use, and helped by his two friends as allies, Mitch will face the most bloodthirsty General and force him to release the love of his life.
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Title: Lethal Weapon
Character: Raul Mendez
Released: September 21, 2016
Type: TV
A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.
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Tekuani, the Guardian
Title: Tekuani, the Guardian
Released: April 17, 2015
Type: Movie
Four close friends descend into the depths of a cave, looking for a lost treasure, ignoring that this will wake the fury of the Guardian the devourer, who will eat their souls until they destroy each other.
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Title: Better Call Saul
Character: Ximenez Lecerda
Released: February 8, 2015
Type: TV
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".
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The First
Title: The First
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Sara returns to the island looking for her missing sister. She'll have to decide whether to save her family or stop the invasion.
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Title: The Bridge
Character: Abelardo Pintado
Released: July 10, 2013
Type: TV
A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross and Chihuahua State Police detective Marco Ruiz.
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Title: Hawaii Five-0
Character: Moreno
Released: September 20, 2010
Type: TV
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.
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Title: Castle
Character: Alonso Sanchez
Released: March 9, 2009
Type: TV
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
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Title: Burn Notice
Character: Cruz
Released: June 28, 2007
Type: TV
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
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Title: NCIS
Character: Nicolas Rebollo
Released: September 23, 2003
Type: TV
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
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Jenni
Title: Jenni
Character: Pedro Rivera
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Biopic based on the iconic Mexican-American singer-songwriter, actor, producer and women's rights activist, Jenni Rivera.