# Jesús Ochoa (actor)

Jesús Ochoa (Spanish pronunciation:; born December 24, 1959) is a Mexican actor.

## Life and career

Ochoa was born in Ures, Sonora, Mexico, the son of Manuel Ochoa Martínez and María Cruz Domínguez de Ochoa. At fourteen, he moved to Hermosillo to continue his studies at Normal del Estado.
In 1974, he began his artistic career when he appeared in several plays in Hermosillo. In 1979, he moved to Mexico City to study at the Instituto de Arte Escénico until 1984, in which he began to perform university theater with José Ramón Enriquez in Ciudad sin sueños. In 1985, he returned to Hermosillo and acted in the popular play La Tuba de Goyo Trejo, also participated in several commercials and television shows. He stayed in the city until 1991, when he returned to Mexico City starting with the play El Jefe Maximo, for which he was nominated as Revelation of the year by the Critics and Chronists Theater Union. During the next few years, Ochoa continued to perform in many plays, films, telenovelas, and TV shows. In April 1998, he married María Eugenia Leñero and they currently live in Mexico City.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Dos crímenes | Fernando | |
| 1994 | Ponchada | Man | Short film |
| 1995 | El callejón de los milagros | Parroquiano | |
| 1995 | Desiertos mares | Hombre del Norte | |
| 1995 | Sin remitente | Forensic surgeon | |
| 1996 | Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda | Pancho Villa | |
| 1996 | Sucesos distantes | Hércules | |
| 1997 | Et hjørne af paradis | Scarface | |
| 1998 | Bajo California: El límite del tiempo | Arce | |
| 1998 | Cilantro y perejil | Capitán | |
| 1999 | La mirada de la ausencia | | Short film |
| 1999 | La ley de Herodes | Nuevo alcalde | |
| 2000 | Sin dejar huella | Mendizábel | |
| 2000 | Crónica de un desayuno | Voceador | |
| 2000 | Los maravillosos olores de la vida | | Short film |
| 2001 | Haciendas pulqueras | Narrator | Short film |
| 2001 | El segundo aire | Moisés | |
| 2002 | Ciudades oscuras | Riquelme | |
| 2002 | Asesino en serio | Comandante Martínez | |
| 2003 | Tiro de gracia | | Also writer and director |
| 2003 | Carambola | El Mexicano | |
| 2003 | Nicotina | Tomson | |
| 2003 | Ladies' Night | Sacerdote | |
| 2004 | Puños rosas | Chicote | |
| 2004 | Man on Fire | Víctor Fuentes | |
| 2004 | Zapata: El sueño de un héroe | Victoriano Huerta | |
| 2004 | Zapato | Globero | Short film |
| 2004 | Voces inocentes | Chofer | |
| 2004 | Conejo en la luna | Macedonio Ramírez | |
| 2005 | La sombra del sahuaro | Don Miguel | |
| 2005 | Hijas de su madre: Las Buenrostro | Macario | |
| 2006 | Only God Knows | Comprador del Auto | |
| 2006 | Un mundo maravilloso | El Tamal | |
| 2006 | Interrupción en el continuo espacio tiempo | Voz del hombre | Short film |
| 2006 | Sexo, amor y otras perversiones 2 | Chucho | |
| 2007 | Padre Nuestro | Diego | |
| 2007 | J-ok'el | Capitán Flores | |
| 2007 | Año uña | Additional Voices | |
| 2007 | Cementerio de papel | Director del AGN | |
| 2008 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Officer Ramirez | |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace | Lt. Orso | |
| 2011 | Between Us | Rodolfo | |
| 2011 | La cebra | Álvaro Obregón | |
| 2011 | Salvando al soldado Pérez | Chema Díaz | |
| 2012 | El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza | Diablo Zepada (voice) | |
| 2012 | The Fantastic World of Juan Orol | General Cruz | |
| 2012 | Get the Gringo | Caracas | |
| 2013 | Instructions Not Included | Himself | Cameo |
| 2014 | The Popcorn Chronicles | Cochigordo | |
| 2018 | Overboard | Vito | |
| 2019 | Powder | Doctor | |
| 2020 | Un rescate de huevitos | Rey Leonidas I (voice) | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | Ángeles sin paraíso | | |
| 1995 | Si Dios me quita la vida | | |
| 1995–1996 | Retrato de familia | | |
| 1996 | Marisol | Fortunato | |
| 1997 | Madame le Consul | Héctor | Episode: "Les disparus de la Sierra Madre" |
| 1998 | Amor infiel | Leopoldo Mirabal | |
| 2001 | Amores querer con alevosía | Miguel Ángel | |
| 2002 | La duda | Santiago | |
| 2006 | Campeones de la vida | Jesús "Chucho" Duarte | |
| 2007 | Se busca un hombre | Pepe | |
| 2008 | Tiempo final | Various | Episode: "Pito final" |
| 2009 | Ellas son, la alegría del hogar | Voz de Mundo (voice) | |
| 2010–2011 | Para volver a amar | Rolando Salgar "El Cachetes" | |
| 2011 | Los héroes del norte | El Comandante | Episode: "La despedida" |
| 2012 | Lynch | Julio Villalonga "El Tren" | Episode: "Llorando sobre la leche derramada" |
| 2012 | Por ella soy Eva | Adriano Reyes | Co-protagonist |
| 2013 | La Promesa | Don Vicente Ardellano |
| 2013 | Libre para amarte | Zacarías del Pino | Supporting Role |
| 2014-2015 | Yo no creo en los hombres | Licencidado Marcelo Monterubio | Recurring Role |
| 2016 | El hotel de los secretos | Serapio Ayala | Supporting Role |
| 2017 | El Bienamado | Odorico Cienfuegos | Protagonist |
| 2018 | Por amar sin ley | Taxista | Special Appearance Season 1 |
| 2020 | Narcos: Mexico | Juan Nepomuceno Guerra | Seasons 2 - 3 |

### Other work

* Appears in the music video for 50 Cent's rap song "Just a Lil Bit" in which he plays a gangster in a yacht with a girl, who drugs and leaves him at his mercy
* He appears as a butcher in the music video for the Morcheeba single, "Be Yourself"

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Works | Result |
| 1996 | Ariel Award | Best Supporting Actor | Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda | Won |
| 1999 | Ariel Award | Best Supporting Actor | Bajo California: El límite del tiempo | Won |
| 2003 | MTV Movie Award | Favorite Villain | Ciudades oscuras | Nominated |
| 2004 | MTV Movie Award | Best Cameo | Ladies' Night | Nominated |
| 2005 | Silver Goddess Award | Best Male Co-Performance | Conejo en la luna | Nominated |