Alejandro Edda
Alejandro Edda is a Mexican American actor, best known for his role as Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán in the Netflix original series .Early life
Alejandro Edda, was born in Puebla, Mexico in 1984. After high school, he studied arts at the Russian Conservatory of Mexico City. At the end of his senior year, he went to join his mother in San Francisco, United States, to pursue an acting career.
He then moved to Los Angeles and studied at the Meisner Acting Studio, finishing among the top five students of his class.Career
After a series of short films, Alejandro Edda joined the cast of the television series The Bridge in 2013, for eight episodes. The actor continues his American breakthrough by playing supporting roles in other series such as Fear the Walking Dead and Lethal Weapon.
In 2017, he was part of the prestigious cast of the film American Made by Doug Liman. In this thriller, he plays the role of Jorge Ochoa, a drug trafficker who is the founding member of the Medellín Cartel, alongside star Tom Cruise. This film marks its first box office success.
In 2018, he appeared alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones in the biopic Cocaine Godmother on the drug lord Griselda Blanco.
He then provided the voice and motion-capture of Manny in the PlayStation 4 video game The Last of Us Part IIPersonal life
Edda currently resides in Los Angeles.Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
