Matias Varela
Actor
- Born
- June 23, 1980 (age 46) · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Matias Varela, born 23 June 1980 in Katarina parish in Stockholm, is a Swedish-Spanish actor of Galician descent.
Varela played Miguel "Mischa" Zantos in TV4's Nya tider in 2000–2001. He made a big comeback after 10 years away from acting in the role of Jorge Salinas Barrio in Snabba Cash and returned in the acclaimed role in the sequels Snabba Cash II and Snabba Cash – Livet deluxe . He was nominated for the Guldbaggen for his contributions in the last two films in the Snabba Cash trilogy. In the Arne Dahl films he plays Jorge Chavez. In 2013 he was in the third season of the TV series The Borgias, where he played the role of Ferdinand II of Naples. After this, his international career took off with roles in Point Break and Assassin's Creed.
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Matias Varela plays one of the main characters, Jorge Salcedo, in season three of the Netflix series Narcos.
Known for
Assassin's Creed
December 21, 2016
Point Break
December 3, 2015
Easy Money
January 15, 2010
Easy Money: Hard to Kill
August 16, 2012
Easy Money III: Life Deluxe
August 30, 2013
438 Days
August 30, 2019
Stockholm Bloodbath
January 19, 2024
Storm
January 20, 2005
Once Upon a Time in Phuket
February 3, 2012
Miss Sweden
March 9, 2004
The Fjällbacka Murders: In the Eye of the Beholder
December 26, 2012
Heavy
July 11, 2019
Acting22
- 2026Mirror as Kalle
- 2025The Dance Club as Markus
- 2024Stockholm Bloodbath as Cardinal
- 2019438 Days as Johan Persson
- 2019Heavy as Rodrigo
- 2016Assassin's Creed as Emir
- 2015Point Break as Grommet
- 2014The Fat and the Angry as Nicola
- 2013Easy Money III: Life Deluxe as Jorge
- 2012The Fjällbacka Murders: In the Eye of the Beholder