Mauricio Mendoza was born in Davis, California to a Colombian mother from Pasto, and father from Bogota. After his birth, his parents returned to Bogotá, and to Cartagena for a few years. In 1982 at the age of 12, his family relocated to Davis, CA. Mauricio's mother always encouraged his brothers and him to perform. He was inspired by actor Raúl Juliá's ability to sing, dance, perform in film, and his great strength as a Shakespearean actor. He attributes his Masters in Classical Theater to the motivation felt from Juliá's career. He also found inspiration and motivation as an actor in Esai Morales after seeing his performance in La Bamba, and feeling he had finally seen an actor on screen that he could identify with. Mauricio lived in San Diego where he got his Bachelors in Musical Theater from the United States International University, his masters from the University of San Diego and Old Globe Professional Actor Training Program in Classical Theater. His mentors, William Virchis, director/teacher and Richard M. Brunelle, his music teacher pushed him to become the best and to believe in himself by telling him that he had what it took to achieve his dream. Once he graduated, he decided to pursue everything from theater, to commercials, television, film, and voice overs. He moved to Los Angeles in 1994 where his versatility, and being fully bilingual allowed him to maintain constant work in all mediums. Mauricio has been part of four groundbreaking Latino based television shows including being series regular in Sony Tristar's /Telemundo's Angeles for one season and Showtime's Resurrection Blvd., which lasted three years with best actor nominations. His most recent roles include work in La Quinceañera, East Los High, Hacienda Heights, Criminal Minds, The Last Man On Earth, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larceny with Dolph Lundren, Crave-The Fast Life, Blow and True Form Film's The Internationals, which he also produced. He looks forward to working with directors such as Alejandro G. Iñarritú, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, and Robert Rodríguez, and with actors Al Pacino, Denzel Washington, Antonio Banderas, Javier Bardem, Hugh Jackman, Robert De Niro and John Travolta. In 2007 Mauricio became interested in working as producer. In an assertive move to change things in Hollywood and to be able to create his own opportunities he became the executive producer and producer of the Imagen Award winning 13 episode web series Encounters along with Miguel Torres and Armando Acevedo. Mauricio's production credits include films, music videos, shorts and web series including After School, Fighting Chance, SinVergüenzas, The Shifting and Intolerance; music videos The Power Of One and Recuperar starring his brother Andres Mendoza, and the shorts Mi Amor, It Can Only Be Used Once Directed by Michael DeLorenzo, From Now On directed by Ivonne Coll, Between the Lights, One directed by Carlos Carrasco, Him and Her, and The Real Faces of Dialysis. He is part owner of True Form Films, a production company he runs with wife Yeniffer Behrens and with DeWayne Cox. His goal is to build True Form Films to be a self-sufficient production company that is able to produce content all year around. In addition to film, Mauricio has over 50 theater credits including a very successful run of Karen Zacarías' Destiny of Desire directed by José Luis Valenzuela. This stage production ran at the South Coast Repertory Theater last year for two months and then headed to Chicago at the Goodman Theater for two more. His most notable theater performances include playing Bernardo in West Side Story, El Gallo in the Fantasticks, Guido in Nine, Juan Julián in Anna In The Tropics, Kevin Rosario in In The Heights, Cinderella's Prince in Into The Woods, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Ernesto Del Río in Destiny of Desire, The New Mambo Kings conceived by him and his twin brother Actor/director Carlos A. Mendoza, and Magaldi in Evita. His charitable work includes fund raising and visits to Casa Hogar an orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico and organization he was introduced to by his friend and actor Nicholas Gonzalez. On his spare time, he works on producing material that will makes a difference in the world, on becoming a game changer, and being a great father and husband.
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Biography from IMDb.
- December 28, 1969 (56)
- Davis, California, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 30 on MovieCove · 41 credits in all
What are Mauricio Mendoza's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 12
Light 1 · Serious 9 · Dark 2
Grounded 11 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 8
Steady 4 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 2
Casual 4 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 3
Resolved 12 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.
- Mentoras Dominic in Crave: The Fast Life (2016)
- Shadowas Vincent in Larceny (2017)
- Threshold guardianas Omar Chavez in Seized (2020)
- Shadowas Victor Garza in Shrapnel (2023)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet6
- Tragic1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Mauricio Mendoza's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 30 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).
- Blow (2001) · actor · free
- Everybody Hates Chris (2005) · actor · free
- America's Family (2022) · actor · free
- As Good as Dead (2022) · actor · free
- American Poltergeist 3 (2015) · actor · free
- Ruta Madre (2019) · actor · free
- Seized (2020) · actor · free
- Ruthless (2023) · actor · free
- Shrapnel (2023) · actor · free
- Dawn Patrol (2014) · actor · free
- Larceny (2017) · actor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Mauricio Mendoza's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
41 credits, 30 with a MovieCove page.
The Dreamer Cinderella(2026)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Matlock(2024)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Ruthless(2023)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
America's Family(2022)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Shrapnel(2023)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Missing(2023)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Final Vow(2023)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Oscuro Veneno(2023)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
As Good as Dead(2022)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Santa Clauses(2022)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Reboot(2022)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Promised Land(2022)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Seized(2020)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Ruta Madre(2019)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Contractor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Rookie(2018)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
The Quinceañera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Larceny(2017)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
For Sofia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Crave: The Fast Life(2016)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
American Poltergeist 3(2015)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Dawn Patrol(2014)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
After School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
A Gangster's Word (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Zephyr Springs(2013)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Unknowns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
El Corrido del Katch 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Hearts of Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Law & Order: LA(2010)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows
Confession of a Gangster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
NCIS: Los Angeles(2009)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Criminal Minds(2005)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Everybody Hates Chris(2005)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
NCIS(2003)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
24(2001)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Blow(2001)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Curb Your Enthusiasm(2000)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Resurrection Blvd. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
The King of Queens(1998)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Babylon 5(1993)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all showsMyra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 81st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 38 titles, 37 of them dated from 1994 to 2025; peak year 2023.
Biggest box office
Seized (2020)
Highest rated
As Good as Dead (2022)
Most popular right now
Ruthless (2023)
Film career
Peak 2023 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2014Screen debut· Dawn Patrol
- 2023Career best· Ruthless
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Mauricio Mendoza's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 28th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 28th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th8
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 30 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved6
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive6
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the acting 44/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 66, detractors 25. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Mauricio Mendoza's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Mauricio Mendoza work with?
People who share at least 2 of Mauricio Mendoza's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; R. Ellis Frazier shares the most, 3.
Directors
- R. Ellis FrazierShared titles: As Good as Dead (2022), Seized (2020), Larceny (2017)See all 3 shared titles with R. Ellis Frazier
Actors
- Yeniffer BehrensShared titles: Final Vow (2023), Oscuro Veneno (2023), American Poltergeist 3 (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Yeniffer Behrens
- Guillermo IvánShared titles: Shrapnel (2023), As Good as Dead (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Guillermo Iván
- Kesia ElwinShared titles: Ruthless (2023), Shrapnel (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Kesia Elwin
- Luis GaticaShared titles: Final Vow (2023), Seized (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Luis Gatica
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Rylan RaffertyShared titles: Ruthless (2023), Shrapnel (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Rylan Rafferty
- Chris BezoldShared titles: As Good as Dead (2022), Larceny (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Bezold
- Jorge RomanShared titles: As Good as Dead (2022), Larceny (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Jorge Roman
Producers
- Elias AxumeShared titles: Ruthless (2023), Shrapnel (2023), Seized (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Elias Axume
- Jacov BreslerShared titles: Ruthless (2023), Seized (2020), Larceny (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Jacov Bresler
- Luke TaylorShared titles: Ruthless (2023), Shrapnel (2023), Seized (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Luke Taylor
- Matthew HeldermanShared titles: Ruthless (2023), Shrapnel (2023), Seized (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Matthew Helderman
