Michael Mando

**Michael Mando** (born 1981) is a Canadian actor. He is famously known for his roles as Nacho Varga in _Better Call Saul_ (2015–2022), Vaas Montenegro in the video games of _Far Cry_ (2012–2021), Vic Schmidt in the series _Orphan Black_ (2013–2014), and Mac Gargan in _Spider-Man: Homecoming_. He has been nominated twice for the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Canadian Screen Awards.

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2010|_Conditional Affection_|Jack|Short film Also director, writer and producer|
|_Territories_|Jalii Adel Kahlid||||
|2011|_Abyss of the Mind_|Johnny H.|||
|2012|_The Good Lie_|Orville|||
|rowspan="3"|2013|_The Colony_|Cooper||
|_Elysium_|Rico|Uncredited|||
|_Make Your Move_|Raphael||||
|2016|_Wake Up_|Johnny H. / Alter Ego|Short film Also director, writer and producer||
|2017|_Spider-Man: Homecoming_|Mac Gargan|||
|2018|_The Hummingbird Project_|Mark Vega|||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2008; 2010|_The Border_|Mirza / Marco|2 episodes||
|rowspan="3"|2009|_The Last Templar_|Necia First Mate|2 episodes|
|_Web of Lies_|Danny Wilcox|Television film|||
|_Flashpoint_|Felipe|Episode: "Eagle Two"|||
|rowspan="3"|2010|_Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures_|Dr. Manolas|2 episodes|
|_The Bridge_|K9|Episode: "Voices Carry"|||
|_Lost Girl_|Neville|Episode: "(Dis)Members Only"|||
|rowspan="2"|2011|_King_|Esteban Demarco|Episode: "T-Bone"|
|_Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays_|Alain|Episode: "Unscripted Conversation"|||
|rowspan="4"|2012|_The Pregnancy Project_|Javier Rodriguez|Television film|
|_Les Bleus de Ramville_|Marc-Andre David|8 episodes|||
|_Psych_|Chuy|Episode: "Let's Doo-Wop It Again"|||
|_The Killing_|Vasquez|Episode: "Off the Reservation"|||
|rowspan="3"|2013|_The Listener_|Len Gazicki|Episode: "Buckle Up"|
|_Rookie Blue_|Cesar Medina|Episode: "The Kids Are Not Alright"|||
|_Covert Affairs_|Eduardo|Episode: "Into the White"|||
|2013–14|_Orphan Black_|Victor "Vic" Schmidt|9 episodes||
|2014|_La marraine_|Alvaro Pessoa|5 episodes||
|2015–22|_Better Call Saul_|Nacho Varga|33 episodes||
|2016|_The Crossroads of History_|Gaum|Episode: "Columbus"||

### Video games

|Year|Title|Voice role|class="unsortable"|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2010|_Shaun White Skateboarding_|Francisco Crystobal||||
|2012|_Far Cry 3_|rowspan="2"|Vaas Montenegro|rowspan="2"|Also likeness & motion capture|
|2021|_Far Cry 6_|||||

### Web

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2012|_FarCry Experience_|Vaas Montenegro|5 episodes||

## Awards

|Year|Award|Category|Work|Result||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2012|NAVGTR Award|Lead Performance, Drama|_Far Cry 3_|||||
|2014|rowspan="2"|Canadian Screen Award|Best Guest Performance in a Dramatic Series|_Rookie Blue_||||
|2014|Best Supporting Actor in a dramatic Program or Series|_Orphan Black_||||||
|2019|rowspan="2"|Screen Actors Guild Awards|rowspan="2"|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series|rowspan="2"|_Better Call Saul_||
|2021||||||||
|2022|Hollywood Critics Association|Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Cable/Drama Series|Better Call Saul|Nominated||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Michael Mando
- **image**: Michael Mando by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- **caption**: Mando in July 2018
- **birth date**: 1981. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) -->
- **birth place**: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- **alma mater**: Dawson College
- **occupation**: Actor, writer, director, singer
- **nationality**: Canadian
- **years active**: 2000–present