Tenoch Huerta
Mexican actor
José Tenoch Huerta Mejía (Spanish: [teˈnotʃ ˈweɾta]; born January 29, 1981) is a Mexican actor, writer, and activist. He has appeared in a number of movies in Latin America and Spain, and has had a starring role in the crime drama Narcos: Mexico (2018–2020). He has since portrayed Namor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) and will reprise his role in the upcoming film Avengers: Doomsday (2026).
Early life
Huerta was born in Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico, on 29 January 1981. His father, a film buff, enrolled him in an acting course with María Elena Saldaña, and Huerta's later studies were alongside Carlos Torres Torrija and Luis Felipe Tovar.
Huerta is of Indigenous descent, with a Nahua maternal great-grandmother and a Purépecha paternal great-great-grandmother. He does not self-identify as Indigenous; however, he encourages people to learn more about their Indigenous heritage within and outside the community.
Career
Huerta made his acting debut with a minor role in the film Así del precipicio (2006). In 2009, he appeared in Cary Joji Fukunaga's film Sin nombre, playing Li'l Mago, the leader of the Tapachula faction of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha gang.
In 2015, he appeared as Carlos Mamani in the biographical disaster survival film The 33, Alejo in Camino.
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