Marc Menchaca

Marc Menchaca
Menchaca in 2019
Born (1975-10-10) October 10, 1975 (age 49)
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 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.

Early life

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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

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Menchaca was co-director, co-writer and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival 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

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2002 Pageant Officer Paddy
2003 Screen Door Jesus Little Red
2004 No Pain, No Gain University Cop
2004 The Alamo Fifer
2009 Last Day of Summer Shipping Employee
2009 Frame of Mind Interrogator
2011 A Long Road Employer 1 Short
2011 Bright Taylor Short
2013 This Is Where We Live Noah Actor, writer and director [3][14]
2013 Reservoir Adam Pierce
2014 She's Lost Control Johnny
2015 Reparation Bob Stevens [5][6][1]
2016 Ace the Case Gunner
2017 Where Is Kyra? Vine
2017 Weightless Cody
2017 Smartass Rod
2019 Every Time I Die Jay
2020 The Evening Hour Everett
2020 Upstream with Jimmy Dallas Jimmy Dallas Short
2020 Motherhood Phillip Short
2021 #Like The Man [10]
2021 Alone Sam Dillon [9]
2021 No One Gets Out Alive Red
2021 The Retaliators Jed
2021 Treat Mike
2021 Playing God Vaughn
2022 9 Bullets Sheriff John Carter
2022 Sick Jason
2023 The Creator Captain McBride
TBA The Fisherwoman TBA Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2001 Arrest & Trial Junior Episode: "Texas Prison Break"
2002 Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Store Assistant Television film
2006 Guiding Light Business Guy 1 Episode #1.14989
2008 Generation Kill Gunnery Sergeant Mike “Gunny” Wynn 7 episodes
2009 Law & Order: Criminal Intent N/A Episode: "Family Values"
2009 CSI: NY Leonard Episode: "Manhattanhenge"
2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Hank Rinaldi Episode: "Better Off Dead"
2009–2010 FlashForward Wheeler 3 episodes
2010 True Blue N/A Television film
2011 Treme James Distel Episode: "On Your Way Down"
2011 The Glades Michael Caldwell Episode: "Addicted to Love"
2011 Black Jack Corporal Pierce Television film
2012 Person of Interest Fox Episode: "No Good Deed"
2011–2012 Homeland Lauder Wakefield 5 episodes
2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Officer Michael Groves Episode: "Internal Affairs"
2013–2015 Inside Amy Schumer Travis / Drew / Matt Forrester 3 episodes [8]
2015 The Blacklist Pierce 2 episodes
2015 Togetherness Tex Episode: "Houston, We Have a Problem"
2015 Sleepy Hollow Colonel Sutton Episode: "Tempus Fugit"
2015 Chicago P.D Owen Kozelek Episode: "Push the Pain Away"
2015 Blue Bloods Marty Brock Episode: "With Friends Like These"
2016 Elementary Detective Ryan Dunning Episode: "A View with a Room"
2017 The Son Bigfoot Wallace Episode: "Death Song"
2017–2018, 2022 Ozark Russ Langmore 11 episodes
2018 Random Acts of Flyness Assistant Director Episode: "I tried to tell my therapist about my dreams/MARTIN HAD A DREEEEAAAAM"
2018 MacGyver Booth Episode: "Wind + Water"
2018 The Sinner Glen Fisher 4 episodes
2019 WPT Deepstacks Jacksonville himself 1 episode
2019 Manifest James Griffin 3 episodes
2019 Raising Dion Walter Mills 2 episodes
2019 Black Mirror Kevin Goggins Episode: "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too"
2020 The Outsider Jack Hoskins Miniseries, 10 episodes
2021 Curb Your Enthusiasm Klansman Joe Episode: "The Watermelon"
2022 Law & Order: Organized Crime Brother Bill Episode: "As Hubris Is to Oedipus"
2022 Jack Ryan Captain Andrew Bennett 2 episodes
2023 White House Plumbers Carl Shoffler Miniseries, 2 episodes
2023–2024 Beacon 23 Keir 5 episodes
2024 American Rust Vic Walker 7 episodes
2024 The Big Cigar Sydney Clark Miniseries, 5 episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 Freelancer
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Del Lobos

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival Awards Best narrative Feature This Is Where We Live Nominated [14]
2016 Breckenridge Film Festival Awards Best Actor Reparation Won [1]
2020 Mammoth Film Festival Awards Best Actor in a Feature Alone Won [citation needed]
2020 Oxford International Film Festival (OXIFF) Awards Best Actor #Like Won [10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "San Angelo Native Returns Home for Movie Premiere". San Angelo Live. 2016.
  2. ^ "William Esper : Notable Alumni". esperstudio.com. 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Marc Menchaca Summer Rewind Filmmaker Interview". heartlandfilm.org. May 29, 2014. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014.
  4. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (November 21, 2013). "Marc Menchaca This is where we live". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "Indie Movie Reparation Debuts in the Bayou City". Hustonia Magazine. 2016.
  6. ^ a b "'Homeland,' 'Castle' Stars Join Psychological Thriller 'Reparation'". hollywoodreporter.com. 2014.
  7. ^ "not so happy endings – 2 more casualties to add to the "Bury Your Gays" trope in the grim series 'Ozark'". queerty.com. 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Black Mirror Cast Series 5". Radio Times. 2019.
  9. ^ a b c "Interview with Actor Marc Menchaca for ALONE". nightmarishconjurings.com. September 22, 2020.
  10. ^ a b c "OXIFF2020 Award Winners". oxiff.com. 2020.
  11. ^ "Know the Cast: 'No One Gets Out Alive'". vaguevisages.com. September 29, 2021.
  12. ^ Wynne, Kelly (October 10, 2022). "Lena Headey Marries 'Ozark' 's Marc Menchaca in Italy with 'Game of Thrones' Stars in Attendance". People. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  13. ^ "Marc Menchaca Talks 'No One Gets Out Alive'". screamhorrormag.com. 2023.
  14. ^ a b "SXSW Announces 2013 Lineup". filmmakermagazine.com. January 31, 2013.
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