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Matias Varela

Matias Varela

Birthday: 1980-06-23 | Place of Birth: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Matias Varela, born 23 June 1980 in Katarina parish in Stockholm, is a Swedish-Spanish actor of Galician descent. Varela played Miguel "Mischa" Zantos in TV4's Nya tider in 2000–2001. He made a big comeback after 10 years away from acting in the role of Jorge Salinas Barrio in Snabba Cash and returned in the acclaimed role in the sequels Snabba Cash II and Snabba Cash – Livet deluxe . He was nominated for the Guldbaggen for his contributions in the last two films in the Snabba Cash trilogy. In the Arne Dahl films he plays Jorge Chavez. In 2013 he was in the third season of the TV series The Borgias, where he played the role of Ferdinand II of Naples. After this, his international career took off with roles in Point Break and Assassin's Creed. Matias Varela plays one of the main characters, Jorge Salcedo, in season three of the Netflix series Narcos.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
Raised by Wolves

as    Lucius

2019
Hierro

as    Gaspar Cabrera

2019
438 Days

as    Johan Persson

2019
Blinded

as    Peder Rooth

2019
Heavy

as    Rodrigo

2015
Narcos

as    Jorge Salcedo

2014
Easy Money: Hard to Kill

as    Jorge

2014
The Fat and the Angry

as    Nicola

2013
Easy Money III: Life Deluxe

as    Jorge

2012
Easy Money

as    Jorge

2012
Arne Dahl: Many Waters

as    Jorge Chavez

2012
Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues

as    Jorge Chavez

2012
Arne Dahl: Bad Blood

as    Jorge Chavez

2012
Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain

as    Jorge Chavez

2008
Paltalk

as    Erik

2005
Storm

as    Knugen

2005
Stockholm Boogie

as    Sofo

2004
Miss Sweden

as    Hector

1
Mirror

as    Kalle