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Manuel Garcia-Rulfo

Manuel Garcia-Rulfo

Actor, also producer · Born February 25, 1981 (45) · Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (born February 25, 1981) is a Mexican actor. He is best known for roles in films such as Bless Me, Ultima and Cake, as well as the television program From Dusk till Dawn: The Series. He headlined as one of the titular characters in the 2016 remake The Magnificent Seven.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 25, 1981 (45)
From
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 30 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 28Down 7% in 30 days

What are Manuel Garcia-Rulfo's films like?

Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama 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
Morality
26%
Survival
21%
Bonds
16%
Society
13%
Self
10%
Ideas
9%
Power
6%
Justice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themePower2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 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 6 · Serious 5 · Dark 8

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 4

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 9 · Intense 8

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

Steady 8 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 3

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

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 2

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

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 9 · 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 5 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 3 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 5

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 11 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

11 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 2 of 11 analyzed roles.

Ally
2 of 11
Hero
2 of 11
Threshold guardian
2 of 11
Shadow
2 of 11
Shapeshifter
1 of 11
Herald
1 of 11
Mentor
1 of 11
Show the 11 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Melancholic
7
Dread
6
Warm
5
Contemplative
3
Other
21

How their films linger

Bittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet9
  • Ambiguous4

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 Manuel Garcia-Rulfo's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Manuel Garcia-Rulfo'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

30 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • A Long Winter(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Hombre al agua(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Una Película de Amor y Guerra(2024)

    as Toño Muerte

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Good Savage(2023)

    Producer · as Meliton

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Jurassic World: Rebirth(2025)

    as Reuben Delgado

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Pedro Páramo(2024)

    Producer · Production Executive · as Pedro Páramo

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Down the Rabbit Hole(2024)

    as Yolcaut

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • A Man Called Otto(2022)

    as Tommy

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Dos estaciones(2022)

    as Pepe

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Lincoln Lawyer(2022)

    Show 40 episodes · as Mickey Haller

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • The King of all the World(2021)

    as Manuel

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Sweet Girl(2021)

    as Amo Santos

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Greyhound(2020)

    as Lopez

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • 6 Underground(2019)

    as Three

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Mary(2019)

    as Mike

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Perfect Strangers(2018)

    as Mario

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Widows(2018)

    as Carlos

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Sicario: Day of the Soldado(2018)

    as Gallo

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Murder on the Orient Express(2017)

    as Biniamino Marquez

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Tales of an Immoral Couple(2016)

    as Lucio

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Goliath(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · as Gabriel Ortega

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • The Magnificent Seven(2016)

    as Vasquez

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Term Life(2016)

    as Pedro

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Cake(2014)

    as Arturo

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Bless Me, Ultima(2012)

    as Uncle Pedro

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Touch(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Father Esteban

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • El encanto del águila(2011)

    Show 13 episodes · as Padre Pro

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • La noche de las flores (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • 180º (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Salvador

  • One for the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Cristian

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 30 titles from 2010 to 2026; peak year 2025.

Biggest box office

Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025)

$869M worldwide

Highest rated

A Man Called Otto (2022)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

The Lincoln Lawyer (2022)

Film career

20102026

Peak 2025 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 7 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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting30 of 30: 29 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score61stOther crew1 of 30: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

2010s17 · acting2020s13 · 13 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 12% of 17 roles
1318

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 Manuel Garcia-Rulfo's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 27 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

Una Película de Amor y Guerra (2024)

90th percentile spread · 33% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

A Man Called Otto (2022)

Midcredits 93rd · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 17 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 50. 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 Manuel Garcia-Rulfo's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore9 titles42–90 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles8–58 · median 15 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles38–79 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles10–48 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles51–85 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Manuel Garcia-Rulfo work with?

People who share at least 2 of Manuel Garcia-Rulfo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rafael Ley shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Editors

Producers

Mixed roles