Marc Menchaca
{{Short description|American actor (born 1975)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| image = MM 2019.png
| caption = Menchaca in 2019
| name = Marc Menchaca
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|10|10}}
| birth_place = San Angelo, Texas, U.S.
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actor
- writer
- director}}
| years_active = 2001–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Lena Headey|October 6, 2022}}
}}
Marc Menchaca (born October 10, 1975) is an American actor, writer, and director. He was co-director, co-writer, and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival movie This Is Where We Live, and was awarded best actor at the Breckenridge Film Festival in 2016 for his lead role in the film Reparation, and for his lead role in #LIKE, in 2021 at the Oxford Film Festival. He has appeared in several television shows including Ozark in 2018, and The Sinner, Manifest, and The Outsider in 2019.
Early life
His father is Mexican and his mother is American. Menchaca first became interested in performing as a student at Central High School.{{cite web|url= https://sanangelolive.com/news/entertainment/2016-09-03/san-angelo-native-returns-home-movie-premiere |title= San Angelo Native Returns Home for Movie Premiere |publisher= San Angelo Live |year=2016}} After graduating, he attended Texas A&M University, earning a bachelor's degree in English; it was also where he acted in his first play. He attended a summer acting program at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in Manhattan before deciding to pursue an acting career in his twenties. He is an alumnus of the William Esper Studio.{{cite web|url=https://esperstudio.com/notable-alumni/ |title= William Esper : Notable Alumni |publisher= esperstudio.com |year=2020}}
Career
Menchaca was co-director, co-writer and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival movie This Is Where We Live.{{Cite web|url= https://heartlandfilm.org/marc-menchaca-summer-rewind-filmmaker-interview/ |title= Marc Menchaca Summer Rewind Filmmaker Interview|work= heartlandfilm.org |date= May 29, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140626061043/http://heartlandfilm.org/marc-menchaca-summer-rewind-filmmaker-interview/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= June 26, 2014}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/movies/marc-menchaca-in-this-is-where-we-live.html|first=Jeannette|last= Catsoulis |title= Marc Menchaca This is where we live|work= The New York Times |date= November 21, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131122083711/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/movies/marc-menchaca-in-this-is-where-we-live.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= November 22, 2013}}
In 2015, he played a lead role as Bob Stevens, a veteran struggling with memory loss, in the Kyle Ham-directed film Reparation.{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/homeland-castle-stars-join-psychological-718905|title= 'Homeland,' 'Castle' Stars Join Psychological Thriller 'Reparation' |publisher= hollywoodreporter.com |year=2014}} It earned him the best actor award at the Breckenridge Film Festival, with the film receiving a further 10 festival awards, including the Austin Film Festival ‘s Audience Choice prize and Best Film at the Santa Fe Film Festival.{{cite web|url= https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2016/10/4/indie-film-reparation-premiere-houston|title= Indie Movie Reparation Debuts in the Bayou City |publisher= Hustonia Magazine |year=2016}}
In the 2018 Netflix television series Ozark, Menchaca had a recurring role as Russ Langmore, a man struggling to suppress his homosexuality.{{cite web|url= https://www.queerty.com/2-casualties-add-bury-gays-trope-grim-series-ozark-20180916 |title=not so happy endings – 2 more casualties to add to the "Bury Your Gays" trope in the grim series 'Ozark' |publisher= queerty.com |year=2018}} He has regular recent roles on television in The Sinner{{cite web|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/news/on-demand/2019-06-18/black-mirror-cast-series-5-netflix-andrew-scott-miley-cyrus-anthony-mackie-charlie-brooker/ |title=Black Mirror Cast Series 5 |publisher= Radio Times |year=2019}} and Manifest. He appeared again on TV with Jason Bateman in 2019, in the Stephen King horror miniseries The Outsider portraying Jack Hoskins for all 10 episodes.
In 2020, Menchaca won Best Actor in a Feature at the Mammoth Film Festival Awards for his performance as Sam in the John Hyams thriller Alone alongside co-star Jules Willcox.{{cite web|url= https://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/2020/09/22/interview-actor-marc-menchaca-for-alone/ |title=Interview with Actor Marc Menchaca for ALONE|publisher= nightmarishconjurings.com |date=September 22, 2020}} He performed his own stunts in the film, including a fight scene in mud with Willcox. He received a further award for Best Actor in 2020 at the Oxford International Film Festival (OXIFF) in the UK, for his portrayal of 'The Man' in #Like {{Cite web |url= http://www.oxiff.com/officialselection2020 |title=OXIFF2020 Award Winners|website= oxiff.com|date= 2020}} directed by Sarah Pirozek.
In 2021, he starred in the Santiago Menghini directed Netflix horror movie No One Gets Out Alive with co-star Cristina Rodlo.{{cite web|url= https://vaguevisages.com/2021/09/29/no-one-gets-out-alive-cast-netflix/ |title= Know the Cast: 'No One Gets Out Alive' |publisher= vaguevisages.com |date=September 29, 2021}}
Personal life
On October 6, 2022, Menchaca married British actress Lena Headey in Apulia, Italy.{{cite magazine|last=Wynne|first=Kelly|date=October 10, 2022|title=Lena Headey Marries 'Ozark' 's Marc Menchaca in Italy with 'Game of Thrones' Stars in Attendance|url=https://people.com/tv/lena-headey-marries-marc-menchaca/|magazine=People|access-date=October 13, 2022}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year
!Title !Role !Notes !class="unsortable"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
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| 2002
|Pageant |Officer Paddy | | |
| 2003
|Screen Door Jesus |Little Red | | |
| 2004
|University Cop | | |
| 2004
|Fifer | | |
| 2009
|Shipping Employee | | |
| 2009
|Interrogator | | |
| 2011
|A Long Road |Employer 1 | Short | |
| 2011
|Bright |Taylor | Short | |
| 2013
|Noah | Actor, writer and director |
| 2013
|Reservoir |Adam Pierce | | |
| 2014
|Johnny | | |
| 2015
|Reparation |Bob Stevens | |
| 2016
|Gunner | | |
| 2017
|Vine | | |
| 2017
|Cody | | |
| 2017
|Rod | | |
| 2019
|Jay | | |
| 2020
| Everett | | |
| 2020
| Upstream with Jimmy Dallas |Jimmy Dallas | Short | |
| 2020
| Motherhood | Phillip | Short | |
| 2021
|#Like |The Man | |
| 2021
|Sam Dillon | |
| 2021
| Red | | |
| 2021
| Jed | | |
| 2021
| Treat | Mike | | |
| 2021
|Vaughn | | |
| 2022
| 9 Bullets | Sheriff John Carter | | |
| 2022
|Sick |Jason | | |
| 2023
|Captain McBride | | |
| {{TableTBA}}
|{{TBA}} |Post-production | |
| 2025
|Deputy Hendrix | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title !Role !Notes !class="unsortable"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| 2001
|Junior |Episode: "Texas Prison Break" | |
| 2002
|Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder |Store Assistant |Television film | |
| 2006
|Business Guy 1 |Episode #1.14989 | |
| 2008
| Gunnery Sergeant Mike “Gunny” Wynn |7 episodes | |
| 2009
|N/A |Episode: "Family Values" | |
| 2009
|Leonard |Episode: "Manhattanhenge" | |
| 2009
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |Hank Rinaldi |Episode: "Better Off Dead" | |
| 2009–2010
|Wheeler |3 episodes | |
| 2010
|True Blue |N/A |Television film | |
| 2011
|James Distel |Episode: "On Your Way Down" | |
| 2011
|Michael Caldwell |Episode: "Addicted to Love" | |
| 2011
|Black Jack |Corporal Pierce |Television film | |
| 2012
|Fox |Episode: "No Good Deed" | |
| 2011–2012
|Lauder Wakefield |5 episodes | |
| 2013
|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |Officer Michael Groves |Episode: "Internal Affairs" | |
| 2013–2015
|Travis / Drew / Matt Forrester | 3 episodes |
| 2015
|Pierce |2 episodes | |
| 2015
|Tex |Episode: "Houston, We Have a Problem" | |
| 2015
|Colonel Sutton |Episode: "Tempus Fugit" | |
| 2015
|Owen Kozelek |Episode: "Push the Pain Away" | |
| 2015
|Marty Brock |Episode: "With Friends Like These" | |
| 2016
|Detective Ryan Dunning |Episode: "A View with a Room" | |
| 2017
|Bigfoot Wallace |Episode: "Death Song" | |
| 2017–2018, 2022
|Russ Langmore |11 episodes | |
| 2018
|Assistant Director |Episode: "I tried to tell my therapist about my dreams/MARTIN HAD A DREEEEAAAAM" | |
| 2018
|Booth |Episode: "Wind + Water" | |
| 2018
|Glen Fisher |4 episodes | |
| 2019
|himself |1 episode | |
| 2019
|James Griffin |3 episodes | |
| 2019
|Walter Mills |2 episodes | |
| 2019
|Kevin Goggins |Episode: "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" | |
| 2020
|Jack Hoskins |Miniseries, 10 episodes | |
| 2021
|Klansman Joe |Episode: "The Watermelon" | |
| 2022
|Brother Bill |Episode: "As Hubris Is to Oedipus" | |
| 2022
|Captain Andrew Bennett |2 episodes | |
| 2023
|Carl Shoffler |Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 2023–2024
|Keir |5 episodes | |
| 2024
|Vic Walker |7 episodes | |
| 2024
|Sydney Clark |Miniseries, 5 episodes |
| 2025
|(Unknown) |10 Episodes | |
=Video games=
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| Year
!Title !Role !Notes |
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| 2003
| | |
| 2018
| Del Lobos | |
Awards and nominations
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| 2013
| South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival Awards | Best narrative Feature | This Is Where We Live | {{nom}} |
| 2016
| Breckenridge Film Festival Awards | Best Actor | Reparation | {{won}} |
| 2020
| Mammoth Film Festival Awards | Best Actor in a Feature | Alone | {{won}} | {{cn|date=April 2024}} |
| 2020
| Oxford International Film Festival (OXIFF) Awards | Best Actor | #Like | {{won}} |
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male voice actors
Category:American male actors of Mexican descent
Category:Circle in the Square Theatre School alumni
Category:Male actors from Texas
Category:American people of Mexican descent