Tenoch Huerta Bio, Age, Net Worth, Family, Career

May 2024 · 3 minute read

Mexican actor, José Tenoch Huerta Mejía was born on January 29th, 1981in Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico.

He has acted as the star of both feature-length movies and short films in Latin America and Spain.

In Mónica Maristain’s book 30 Performers Made in Mexico, he is one of the actors who is highlighted. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, scheduled for release in 2022, he will also play Namor.

He won the Best Actor award at the Short Short Film Festival in Mexico City for his work in Café Paraso by Alonso Ruizpalacios. Huerta has also been nominated for five Ariel Awards and won Best Actor in 2012 for his performance in D’as de Gracia.

Tenoch Huerta career

He has acted as the star of both feature-length movies and short films in Latin America and Spain. In Spain and Latin America, he has starred in both feature-length and short films. He appeared as a supporting part in the 2006 movie Asi del precipicio to begin his acting career.

He played Li’l Mago, the boss of the infamous Mara Salvatrucha gang’s Tapachula faction, in Cary Joji Fukunaga’s 2009 film Sin nombre. He starred as Carlos Mamami in the biographical catastrophe survival movie The 33, Alejo in Camino, which was released in 2015. In Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico, he started playing Rafael Caro Quintero in 2018.

Alongside his Narcos: Mexico co-star Alejandro Edda, he played Juan in The Forever Purge, the fifth installment of the Purge franchise, which was released in 2021.

Huerta joined the cast and was introduced as Namor the Sub-Mariner in the Marvel Studios film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in a 2022 presentation at San Diego Comic-Con.

Tenoch Huerta biography

Huerta was born on January 29th, 1981 in Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico in Mexico. He was enrolled into an acting course with Maria Elena Saldana and furthered by studying alongside Carlos Torres Torrija and Luiz Filipe Tovar.

Huerta comes from an indigenous family; her paternal great-great-grandmother is Purépecha and her maternal great-great-grandmother is Nahua.

Huerta denies identifying as an indigenous person. He does, however, advocate for people to explore their Indigenous roots both inside and outside of the community.

Tenoch Huerta age

Huerta was born in 1981. He is currently 41 years old.

Tenoch Huerta family

Huerta’s father was a film buff and he enrolled him in an acting course alongside with Maria Elena Saldana, Carlos Torres Torrija and Luiz Filipe Tovar. Huerta comes from an indigenous family; her paternal great-great-grandmother is Purépecha and her maternal great-great-grandmother is Nahua.

Tenoch Huerta net worth

Huerta has a net worth estimated to be about $5 million.

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