Sal Lopez
- Schauspiel
- 8. November 1954 · Mexico
Biografie
Sal Lopez (also Sal López) is a Mexican-American actor and producer, born on November 8, 1954, in Mexico. He grew up in a bilingual home in South Central Los Angeles, the second of eight boys born to immigrant parents. He is a founding member of The Latino Theater Company, where he has co-created theater for over 38 years, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is married to Urbanie Lucero and has two children, residing in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. Lopez started his career after landing a key role in the hit play Zoot Suit (1982), which led to an open call by Stanley Kubrick for Full Metal Jacket (1987), in which he played T.H.E. Rock. Other notable film credits include American Me (1992, as Edward James Olmos's father), Selena (1997), Silver City (2004, directed by John Sayles), The Astronaut Farmer (2007, with Billy Bob Thornton), Logan (2017), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), and F1 (2025). His television credits span Nip/Tuck, CSI, ER, NYPD Blue, Melrose Place, The Shield, Westworld, and Queen of the South. On stage, Lopez has performed in numerous productions with The Latino Theater Company, including one-man shows like This Is A Man's World, Premeditation, and August 29th, and the lead in La Virgen Dios Inantzin, performed annually at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. He has received an ALMA Award for Outstanding Individual Performance and a DramaLogue Award, and produced and starred in the independent film Luminarias (1999).
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Filmografie
- Sabes Que Te Quiero · Abuelo
- The Rip · Mr. Zeltzin
- Atropia · Jerry Jiminez
- Roses on the Vine · Mr. Rodriguez
- F1 - Der Film · Baja Old Timer
- Delfino's Journey · Abuelo
- Baby Blue - Im Visier des Killers · Bud
- Seven Cemeteries · Abuelo
- Doctor Odyssey · Diego
- Moe
- Centurion: The Dancing Stallion · Jorge Rodriquez
- The Hyperions · Delano
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · Yucatan Elder
- The Old Ways · Javi
- Spiked · Jose
- The Devil Has a Name · Farmhand 1
- Chalino · Don Chente
- Kulturschock · Coyote
- Too Old to Die Young · Captain Cortez
- El Chicano · El Gallo
- Acuitzeramo · Salvador
- Die Kunst des toten Mannes · Roadside Vendor
- Barry · Anita's Father
- Chance · Jean-Baptiste
- Monday Nights at Seven · Jorge
- Westworld · Cigarillo
- Lopez · Joseph
- Code Black · Drunk Man
- Road to Juarez · Manuel
- An Evergreen Christmas · Jose
- Go for Sisters · Morales
- The Bridge · Marine Leader
- Last Man Standing · J.J.
- Addicto de Salsa
- Castle · Priest
- Beverly Hills Chihuahua · Ring Announcer
- American Son · Cristina's Father
- Life · Loomis
- Astronaut Farmer · Pepe Garcia
- Lost in Plainview · Roberto
- ESL: English as a Second Language · Pepe
- El Padrino · Loco
- Silver City · Tony Guerra
- Paparazzi · Mexican Man
- Entourage · Billy's Film Editor
- Batman - Rätsel um Batwoman · Additional Voices (Stimme)
- The Lyon's Den
- The Handler
- Nip/Tuck - Schönheit hat ihren Preis · Julio Esperanza
- Tremors - Im Land der Raketen-Würmer · Garcia
- CSI: Miami · Julio
- Groupies Forever · Pump Attendant
- Hunter: Return to Justice · Chuck "Jumpy" Lopez
- The Shield – Gesetz der Gewalt · Gary Barba
- Hammerlock · Ward Clemson
- Missing Pieces · Castillo
- CSI - Den Tätern auf der Spur · Enrique Vasquez
- Price of Glory · Hector Salmon
- Luminarias · Produktion
- Snoops – Charmant und brandgefährlich · Dwarf Thief
- Flypaper · Leon
- Die glorreichen Sieben · Luis
- Nightman · Mr. Alvarez
- The New Batman Adventures · Enrique El Gancho / Ricky the Hook (Stimme)
- Am Ende der Gewalt · Tito
- Tango gefällig? · Mexican Dancer
- Selena - Ein amerikanischer Traum · Juan Luis
- King of the Hill · Employee / First Mate / Waiter #2 (Stimme), Stimme
- After the SIlence · John Sanchez
- Dangerous Minds - Eine Klasse für sich
- Journey - Verlorene Erinnerungen · Boone
- ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him · El Mohado
- Ein Hauch von Himmel · Alex
- Emergency Room – Die Notaufnahme · Hispanic Man
- There Goes My Baby · Chicano
- Blue Tiger - American Yakuza II · Luis
- Mr. Jones · Henry
- Atemlose Flucht · Paco
- Return of the Living Dead III · Felipe
- From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One · Alfredo Ramirez