Mario Ernesto Sánchez

Mario Ernesto Sánchez born on January 10 1947 in San Antonio de las Vegas Cuba April 10 2025 in Miami Florida USA was a Cuban actor and theater founder In 1979 he established Teatro Avante a Hispanic theater in Florida and became a significant figure in promoting Latin American theater in the United States Sánchez played various supporting roles in Hollywood films and TV series including Invasion USA 1985 The Specialist 1994 Bad Boys 1995 and Step Up Revolution 2012 He also appeared in five episodes of the series Miami Vice and had a role in the 2006 film of the same name Additionally he was featured in The Truman Show as a security guard and in the British cult series Only Fools and Horses as a Colombian drug lord As a teenager he emigrated to the United States through Operation Pedro Pan Over the course of his career he received several awards for his contributions to Hispanic theater including the Federico García Lorca Award 1995 and the Ollantay Award 1994 Sánchez passed away on April 10 2025 at the age of 78 in Miami