Marc Menchaca

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Marc Menchaca
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Menchaca in 2019
Born (1975-10-10) October 10, 1975 (age 48)
San Angelo, Texas, U.S. [1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • writer
  • director
Years active2001–present
Spouse
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(m. 2022)​

Marc Menchaca (born October 10, 1975) is an American actor, writer, and director. He was co-director, co-writer, and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival Award Winning movie This Is Where We Live, and was awarded best actor at the Breckenridge Film Festival in 2016 for his lead role in the film Reparation, and for his lead role in #LIKE, in 2021 at the Oxford Film Festival. He has appeared in several television shows including Ozark in 2018, and The Sinner , Manifest, and The Outsider in 2019.

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Early life

Menchaca first became interested in performing as a student at Central High School. [1] After graduating, he attended Texas A&M University, earning a bachelor's degree in English; it was also where he acted in his first play. He attended a summer acting program at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in Manhattan before deciding to pursue an acting career in his twenties. [1] He is an alumnus of the William Esper Studio. [2]

Career

Menchaca was co-director, co-writer and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival Award Winning movie This Is Where We Live, [3] [4]

In 2015, he played a lead role as Bob Stevens, a veteran struggling with memory loss, in the Kyle Ham-directed film Reparation. [5] [6] It earned him the best actor award at the Breckenridge Film Festival, [1] with the film receiving a further 10 festival awards, including the Austin Film Festival ‘s Audience Choice prize and Best Film at the Santa Fe Film Festival. [5]

In the 2018 Netflix television series Ozark, Menchaca had a recurring role as Russ Langmore, a man struggling to suppress his homosexuality. [7] He has regular recent roles on television in The Sinner [8] and Manifest . He appeared again on TV with Jason Bateman in 2019, in the Stephen King horror miniseries The Outsider portraying Jack Hoskins for all 10 episodes.

In 2020, Menchaca won Best Actor in a Feature at the Mammoth Film Festival Awards for his performance as Sam in the John Hyams thriller Alone alongside co-star Jules Willcox. [9] He performed his own stunts in the film, including a fight scene in mud with Willcox. [9] He received a further award for Best Actor in 2020 at the Oxford International Film Festival (OXIFF) in the UK, for his portrayal of 'The Man' in #Like [10] directed by Sarah Pirozek. In 2021, he starred in the Santiago Menghini directed Netflix horror movie No One Gets Out Alive with co-star Cristina Rodlo. [11]

Personal life

On October 6, 2022, Menchaca married British actress Lena Headey in Apulia, Italy. [12] He is of Mexican descent on his paternal side. [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2002PageantOfficer Paddy
2003Screen Door JesusLittle Red
2004 No Pain, No Gain University Cop
2004 The Alamo Fifer
2009 Last Day of Summer Shipping Employee
2009 Frame of Mind Interrogator
2011A Long RoadEmployer 1Short
2011BrightTaylorShort
2013This Is Where We LiveNoahActor, writer and director [3] [14]
2013ReservoirAdam Pierce
2014 She's Lost Control Johnny
2015ReparationBob Stevens [5] [6] [1]
2016 Ace the Case Gunner
2017 Where Is Kyra? Vine
2017WeightlessCody
2017 Smartass Rod
2019 Every Time I Die Jay
2020 The Evening Hour Everett
2020Upstream with Jimmy DallasJimmy DallasShort
2020MotherhoodPhillipShort
2021#LikeThe Man [10]
2021 Alone Sam Dillon [9]
2021 No One Gets Out Alive Red
2021 The Retaliators Jed
2021TreatMike
2021 Playing God Vaughn
20229 BulletsSheriff John Carter
2022 Sick Jason
2023 The Creator Captain McBride
TBA The Fisherwoman TBAFilming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2001 Arrest & Trial JuniorEpisode: "Texas Prison Break"
2002 Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Store AssistantTelevision film
2006 Guiding Light Business Guy 1Episode #1.14989
2008 Generation Kill Gunnery Sergeant Mike “Gunny” Wynn7 episodes
2009 Law & Order: Criminal Intent N/AEpisode: "Family Values"
2009 CSI: NY LeonardEpisode: "Manhattanhenge"
2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Hank RinaldiEpisode: "Better Off Dead"
2009–2010 FlashForward Wheeler3 episodes
2010True BlueN/ATelevision film
2011 Treme James DistelEpisode: "On Your Way Down"
2011 The Glades Michael CaldwellEpisode: "Addicted to Love"
2011Black JackCorporal PierceTelevision film
2012 Person of Interest FoxEpisode: "No Good Deed"
2011–2012 Homeland Lauder Wakefield5 episodes
2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Officer Michael GrovesEpisode: "Internal Affairs"
2013–2015 Inside Amy Schumer Travis / Drew / Matt Forrester3 episodes [8]
2015 The Blacklist Pierce2 episodes
2015 Togetherness TexEpisode: "Houston, We Have a Problem"
2015 Sleepy Hollow Colonel SuttonEpisode: "Tempus Fugit"
2015 Chicago P.D Owen KozelekEpisode: "Push the Pain Away"
2015 Blue Bloods Marty BrockEpisode: "With Friends Like These"
2016 Elementary Detective Ryan DunningEpisode: "A View with a Room"
2017 The Son Bigfoot WallaceEpisode: "Death Song"
2017–2018, 2022 Ozark Russ Langmore11 episodes
2018 Random Acts of Flyness Assistant DirectorEpisode: "I tried to tell my therapist about my dreams/MARTIN HAD A DREEEEAAAAM"
2018 MacGyver BoothEpisode: "Wind + Water"
2018 The Sinner Glen Fisher4 episodes
2019 WPT Deepstacks Jacksonville himself1 episode
2019 Manifest James Griffin3 episodes
2019 Raising Dion Walter Mills2 episodes
2019 Black Mirror Kevin GogginsEpisode: "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too"
2020 The Outsider Jack HoskinsMiniseries, 10 episodes
2021 Curb Your Enthusiasm Klansman JoeEpisode: "The Watermelon"
2022 Law & Order: Organized Crime Brother BillEpisode: "As Hubris Is to Oedipus"
2022 Jack Ryan Captain Andrew Bennett2 episodes
2023 White House Plumbers Carl ShofflerMiniseries, 2 episodes
2023 Beacon 23 Keir3 episodes
TBA The Big Cigar Sydney ClarkUpcoming miniseries

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Freelancer
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Del Lobos

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2013 South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival Awards Best narrative FeatureThis Is Where We LiveNominated [14]
2016Breckenridge Film Festival AwardsBest ActorReparationWon [1]
2020 Mammoth Film Festival AwardsBest Actor in a Feature Alone Won[ citation needed ]
2020Oxford International Film Festival (OXIFF) AwardsBest Actor#LikeWon [10]

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  2. ↑ "William Esper : Notable Alumni". esperstudio.com. 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Marc Menchaca Summer Rewind Filmmaker Interview". heartlandfilm.org. May 29, 2014. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014.
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