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Gerardo Taracena

Gerardo Taracena

Actor · Died January 31, 2026, aged 56 · Mexico City, Mexico

Gerardo Taracena (born 1970) was a Mexican film and theatre actor and dancer. He is known for his roles in Apocalypto, Man on Fire, The Mexican and Sin Nombre as well as the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico. He was born in Mexico City.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1970
Died
January 31, 2026 (aged 56)
From
Mexico City, Mexico
Works as
Actor
Titles
36 on MovieCove · 78 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 44% in 30 days

What are Gerardo Taracena's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Genres

Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 8th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

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

share of theme weight
Bonds
24%
Survival
22%
Self
22%
Power
14%
Morality
11%
Society
5%
Ideas
3%
Survival8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom4 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 10

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 12 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 6 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

5 analyzed roles
Ally
1 of 5
Hero
1 of 5
Shadow
1 of 5
Mentor
1 of 5
Herald
1 of 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Dread
10
Hopeful
8
Melancholic
6
Contemplative
5
Other
13

How their films linger

Unsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous9

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 Gerardo Taracena's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 30 of their 36 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Gerardo Taracena'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

78 credits, 36 with a MovieCove page.

  • Halcones(2026)

    as Buitre

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Cometierra(2025)

    Show 7 episodes · as Raúl

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Road to Arcadia(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Sebastián Vidal

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows

  • Coyotl: Hero and Beast(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · as El Tule

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows

  • Prison Cell 211(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Cándara

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Almost Paradise(2024)

    as Justino Nava

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • From Inside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Juan Infante

  • Sobreviviendo Mis XV(2023)

    as Melchor

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • HÉROES (Sin Escape)(2023)

    as Capitán Alvarado

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sound of Freedom(2023)

    as El Alacrán

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Chupa(2023)

    as Police Officer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Presencias(2022)

    as Don Jaime

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Pedal to Metal(2022)

    Show 10 episodes · as Abel

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows

  • Harina(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Teniente Ramos

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • For Old Times' Sake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Luciano

  • El Candidato(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as El Cocodrilo

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Influencia(2019)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Marquez-Castillo Siblings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Líder Rebeldes

  • Narcos: Mexico(2018)

    Show 11 episodes · as Pablo Acosta

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • El día de la unión(2018)

    as Rescatista 1

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Tres milagros (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 57 episodes · as Julián Cruz

  • At the Frontera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Eduardo Manrique

  • Las amantes del narco II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Don Chava

  • Tratante de blancas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Reportero

  • Waiting For Gordo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • La hora de Salvador Romero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Teodoro

  • Casa Caracol(2017)

    as Hombre

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Zhai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Cesar

  • El Vecindario 3(2016)

    as Ajolote

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Perseguidos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 60 episodes · as Gustavo 'Tavo' Benítez

  • La Niña de la Mina(2016)

    as Carlos

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Queen of the South(2016)

    Show 13 episodes · as Cesar “Batman” Guemes

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Don't Blame the Kid(2016)

    as Plutarco

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • 40 and 20(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Macedonio

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • The Load(2017)

    as Itzmin

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Number Eighty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Boys on Film 14: Worlds Collide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Juan / Raúl's Father (segment "A World For Raúl")

  • El Más Buscado(2014)

    as Raymundo

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Ramona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Carmelo

  • Die Legende der Maske (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Bo

  • A Shred Of Mist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Perito

  • Familia Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Princesas de cartón (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Felipe

  • The children of Don Gregorio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Roberto

  • Flying low (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Chuyin Venegas

  • Para armar un helicóptero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • Deseo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Marino

  • Richness of Internal Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Tenso

  • Potosí (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Javier

  • Tlatelolco, Verano de 68(2013)

    as Militar 1 Tortura

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Los Kokainos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Lic. Quintero

  • The Walls Talk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as El Ojaiz

  • Come Out and Play(2012)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • A World for Raúl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Juan / Raúl's Father

  • 4 Maras (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • Get the Gringo(2012)

    as Romero

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • El Buchon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • Niño Santo(2011)

    Show 14 episodes · as Santiago

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Private Pérez(2011)

    as Carmelo

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Ladies Mafia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Rualas

  • Setback (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Mario

  • Hell(2010)

    as Pancho Zopilote

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Chilango Chronicles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • Sanguinarios del M1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Junco Pantoja

  • El último chichiluco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Mazatzin

  • Sin Nombre(2009)

    as Horacio

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Carlos

  • Apocalypto(2006)

    as Middle Eye

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Violin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Genaro

  • Man on Fire(2004)

    as Executive Adjutant

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • De ida y vuelta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Actor

  • Sin dejar huella(2000)

    as Niko

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Mexican(2001)

    as Reveler to Fire Gun

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • A Trickle of Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Voceador

  • The Daughter of the Puma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Mateo Pérez Pérez

  • La Ramona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Lunik 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Podcast, rapaces nocturnos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Fulgencio

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 78 titles, 75 of them dated from 1994 to 2026; peak year 2024.

Biggest box office

Sound of Freedom (2023)

$251M worldwide

Highest rated

Apocalypto (2006)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19942026

Peak 2024 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. 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.

  • 2005Screen debut· The Violin
  • 2006Breakout· Apocalypto

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting78 of 78: 78 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score64th

By decade

1990s2 · acting2000s9 · acting2010s48 · acting2020s16 · acting

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 0% of 19 roles
0515

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; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Gerardo Taracena's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 25; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 36 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th9

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 36 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed13

Most divisive · actor

Influencia (2019)

98th percentile spread · 43% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Hell (2010)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 41. 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 Gerardo Taracena's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 64 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 49 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 33 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 26 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 73 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Gerardo Taracena work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gerardo Taracena's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Tenoch Huerta shares the most, 3.

Actors

Composers

Producers