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Dennis Mencia

Dennis Mencia

Actor

Dennis Mencia is a Honduran-American actor from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is Known for playing the role of Mateo Villanueva on the CW 'Jane the Virgin' and Samuel Soto on the 'Infiltrators' a Sundance Film Festival selection, a drama about migrant detention centers. And also Hiram on the upcoming Netflix series 'Griselda'. He's also known for his work on major Spanish networks like Telemundo.

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Actor
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27

What are Dennis Mencia's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
38%
Survival
22%
Power
16%
Morality
16%
Self
7%
Romantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

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

Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1

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

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3

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

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Melancholic
3
Dread
2
Romantic
2
Cold
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Bittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet2
  • 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 Dennis Mencia's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Dennis Mencia'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

15 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • Eva(2025)

    as Antonio

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Confession(2025)

    as José

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • El Placer De Dar Placer(2023)

    as Raul

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Drowning Echo(2018)

    as Zac

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Infiltrators (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Samuel Soto

  • Future Man(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Test Subject

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • S.W.A.T.(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Embassy Guy

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • The New 30 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · as Diego

  • Jane the Virgin(2014)

    Show 5 episodes · as Young Mateo / Mateo Sr.

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Time to Be (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • Relaciones Peligrosas(2012)

    Show as El Gato

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Blinding Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Ray

  • High School Gig (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Michael Menin

  • Aurora(2010)

    Show as Criminal

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Criminal Minds(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Richard Downey

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 2nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 13 titles from 2005 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Drowning Echo (2018)

$11K worldwide

Most popular right now

Relaciones Peligrosas (2012)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting13 of 13: 13 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score75th

By decade

2000s1 · acting2010s9 · acting2020s3 · acting

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.

How do Dennis Mencia's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 10 titles are Divisive.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive3
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

El Placer De Dar Placer (2023)

99th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Jane the Virgin (2014)

Midcredits 84th · 84% liked

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.

Who does Dennis Mencia work with?

People who share at least 2 of Dennis Mencia's MovieCove titles; René Mena shares the most, 3.