Sal Lopez
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- 8 de noviembre de 1954 · Mexico
Biografía
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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Filmografía
- Sabes Que Te Quiero · Abuelo
- El botín · Mr. Zeltzin
- Atropia · Jerry Jiminez
- Roses on the Vine · Mr. Rodriguez
- F1 la película · Baja Old Timer
- Delfino's Journey · Abuelo
- Baby Blue: Asesino en Serie · 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
- El diablo tiene un nombre · Farmhand 1
- Chalino · Don Chente
- Culture Shock · Coyote
- Demasiado viejo para morir joven · Captain Cortez
- El Chicano · El Gallo
- Acuitzeramo · Salvador
- Velvet Buzzsaw · Roadside Vendor
- Barry · Anita's Father
- Chance · Jean-Baptiste
- Monday Nights at Seven · Jorge
- Westworld · Cigarillo
- Lopez · Joseph
- Código negro · Drunk Man
- Road to Juarez · Manuel
- An Evergreen Christmas · Jose
- Go for Sisters · Morales
- The Bridge · Marine Leader
- Uno para todas · J.J.
- Addicto de Salsa
- Castle · Priest
- Un chihuahua en Beverly Hills · Ring Announcer
- American Son · Cristina's Father
- Life · Loomis
- El granjero astronauta · Pepe Garcia
- A Toda Velocidad · Roberto
- Inglés es una segunda lengua · Pepe
- El padrino · Loco
- Silver City · Tony Guerra
- Paparazzi · Mexican Man
- Entourage: El séquito · Billy's Film Editor
- Batman: El misterio de Batwoman · Additional Voices (Voz)
- The Lyon's Den
- El instructor
- Nip/Tuck, a golpe de bisturí · Julio Esperanza
- Temblores · Garcia
- CSI: Miami · Julio
- Amigas a la fuerza · Pump Attendant
- Hunter: Return to Justice · Chuck "Jumpy" Lopez
- The Shield: Al margen de la ley · Gary Barba
- Hammerlock · Ward Clemson
- Missing Pieces · Castillo
- CSI: Las Vegas · Enrique Vasquez
- El precio de la gloria · Hector Salmon
- Luminarias · Producción
- Snoops · Dwarf Thief
- Flypaper · Leon
- Los siete magníficos · Luis
- Nightman · Mr. Alvarez
- Las nuevas aventuras de Batman · Enrique El Gancho / Ricky the Hook (Voz)
- El final de la violencia · Tito
- Por rumbas y a lo loco · Mexican Dancer
- Selena · Juan Luis
- El rey de la colina · Employee / First Mate / Waiter #2 (Voz), Voz
- Después del silencio · John Sanchez
- Dangerous Minds
- Journey · Boone
- ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him · El Mohado
- Tocados por un ángel · Alex
- Urgencias · Hispanic Man
- Ahí va mi chica · Chicano
- Blue tiger (Furia en la piel) · Luis
- Mr. Jones · Henry
- River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene · Paco
- El regreso de los muertos vivientes 3 (Mortal Zombie) · Felipe
- From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One · Alfredo Ramirez