Miguel Rodarte
Birthday: Born in 1971-07-21 in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Deathday: Alive
Miguel's first involvement with films was in a noir short film while still in college. He then decided to make a life in acting and started studying the Strasberg method in Mexico City. From there, he moved to a contemporary theater school under the instructions of the reputed polish director Ludwik Margules where he became inspired by Strindberg, Shakespeare and Brook. After finishing his formal drama studies, he immediately played the role of Oscar Wilde's lover Bosie, in the Mexican production of the international hit play "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wide." He played historical Mexican hero "El Tigre de Santa Julia" which gained him critical acclaim and several awards including the "MTV Movie Award." He has participated in many blockbusters films since then including the 2011 number one live action film of the year "Saving Private Perez" where he played the leading role as Mexico's sexiest cartel boss Julian Perez. That same year, he received the "GQ Man of the Year Award" for his acting notoriety and he has been invited to be jury of the "International Emmy Awards" in two editions. As a stage actor, he has been performed in many plays where he has received several awards as well. He has also successfully participated in many TV series and is currently (2014) the pop leading actor of the number one Spanish speaking comedy series in the US and Mexico "The Heroes of the North" running its third season this year. Miguel Rodarte has recently released "Border Run" with Sharon Stone.
TV Credits
Búnker
Character: Napoleón
Vladimiro's illusion of finding peace and quiet away from his family in his underground fallout bunker is ruined when he's forced to share it with a shady tycoon hounded by kidnappers, terrorists and activists....
Mujeres asesinas
Character: Francisco del Valle
Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind....
Las Buchonas
Character: Candelario
It revolves around Aurora, Yuliana, Manuela and Tabatha, four women seduced by power and money. Aurora's life changes the day the authorities unfairly kill her father. Once a citizen of Tierra Blanca, she became the leader of a group of women who rebelled against an unjust patriarchy....
Rebelde
Character: Carlo Colucci
Six teenagers with different lives and personalities attend a prominent private school with only one thing in common: their vocation and passion for music....
Gritos de Muerte y Libertad
Character: Juan Francisco Azcárete y Lezama
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Perseguidos
Character: Francisco 'Pancho' Solís Armenta
Persecuted (Mauricio Islas) José Vicente Solís Armenta is a criminal prosecuted for justice for his crimes against humanity. After being betrayed, the authorities finally manage to track him down and want him dead or alive. Solís Armenta, on his way to escape, has to deal with his wife, who he cheated on, one of his lovers who seeks to assassinate him, and a bodyguard who seems to succumb to his charms. Given this adverse scenario, José Vicente declares a war without quarter to the authorities, ...
Las azules
Character: Romandia
In 1971, four women defy ultraconservative norms and join Mexico's first female police force—only to discover that it's a publicity stunt to distract the media from a serial killer. As the body count grows, they make a pact to bring the killer to justice....
S.O.S.: Sexo y otros Secretos
Character: Boris
The lives of five women facing a world full of sex, infidelities and secrets....
Cumbia Ninja
Character: Félix Villalba / Sr. Balam
In a major slum called La Colina, young idealist Hache and his friends will confront the drug dealers who control the neighborhood. They will succeed with the help of music, an old Chinese ninja master and a mythical character who also lives in La Colina. Simultaneously, Juana will find shelter there as she runs away from her family's assassins....
Narcos: Mexico
Character: Danilo Garza
See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico....
Clase 406
Character: Leonardo Nava
The realistic chronicles of a working class group of Hispanic youth, with heavy subject matter like sex, drug dealing, teen pregnancy, abuse, drinking, rape, deception, and heartbreak....
Movie Credits
La historia de I y O
Character:
Once upon a time there was a couple who hid their emotions, until one day chance knocked on their door....
El cártel
Character: Pancho
Based on Mexico's current criminal climate, EL CÁRTEL is a rare look into the values and practices of the world's most intriguing and enigmatic industry - the multi-billion dollar business of drug trafficking. When Jules Land, a naïve business journalist, approaches Mexico's most notorious drug cartel and requests an audience with its leader, a one-time-priest turned murderous cutthroat, he quickl...
Saving Private Pérez
Character: Julian Pérez
La vida ha llevado a Julián Pérez por caminos equivocados, pero el destino le presentará a este hombre la oportunidad de encontrar su redención cuando es enviado a la misión más peligrosa y noble de toda su vida, una misión ordenada por la única autoridad que todavía respeta, su madre, Doña Elvira. Julián debe viajar hasta el otro extremo del mundo, a un lugar llamado Irak, a traer de vuelta vivo, a su hermano menor el soldado de infantería Juan Pérez. Con la promesa hecha, Julián Pérez regresa ...
Tired of Kissing Frogs
Character: Joaquin
A romantic comedy about a young interior decorator who, as a result of a romantic disappointment, becomes the female counterpart of Don Juan. The misadventures of the manizer make her rediscover the value of love....
Las lloronas
Character:
"Las Lloronas" is an adaptation of the legend of "La Llorona"(Weeping Woman). It's based on the story of three generations of women within a Mexican familiy. Cursed by la llorona, these women fight to overcome the situations that arise by this. Through the struggles that these women face, they must eventually come to terms with destiny. "Las Lloronas" is a story of love, loss and triumph of the spirit, as well as the inner strength that each women has within....
Karma
Character: "El Morales"
During a common day, in Torreón Coahuila, six extremely different people found a nexus Moved by the destiny. Leonardo, Selina, Daniel, Agustí, Artemio and El Morales, all of them of very different ages an occupations, will be united by the end of the day finding something in common: their death. Because of accidents and circumstances of life, this six characters will die establishing a nexus that will keep them together after their deaths. The lesson that they will learn is a very basic law of l...
I Hate Love
Character: Profesor Nájera
A teenager loses his hearing after a terrible accident. Shortly after, he falls in love with a foreign girl living in México. He discovers that being in love makes him hear again....
Border Run
Character: Javier
A female American reporter searches for her missing brother against the backdrop of violence and human smuggling across the US/Mexican border....
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
Character: José Santos
Hidalgo, en su celda del Hospital Militar de Chihuahua, recuerda algunos pasajes de su vida, principalmente su estancia como párroco en San Felipe Torres Mochas; donde se relacionó con las clases bajas y nació la idea emancipadora, tradujo y montó al Tartufo de Molière, se enamoró de Josefa Quintana y se alejó por algún tiempo de la vida eclesiástica....
Che: Part One
Character: Man with Sledgehammer
The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista....
New World
Character:
Towards the end of the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors living in the New World faced a serious problem: the evangelization of the indigenous people, who did not understand or accept Christianity due to their unshakable faith in their own religion. The court of the Inquisition cracks down on heretics and the natives prepare for a general uprising ......
Casa de los Babys
Character: Oscar
A group of women, including Skipper, the wealthy young Jennifer and the domineering Nan, journey from the United States to South America in hopes of easily adopting children. Unfortunately, their plans are complicated by local laws that require the women to live in the foreign nation for an extended period before they can take in orphaned kids. While stuck in another country, the women bond as they share their aspirations and anxieties....
Los Pajarracos
Character: Miguel "Cachondo" Sanabria
Miguel Sanabria is a masked philandering wrestler who will live great adventures to fulfill his dream of wrestling in Los Angeles. This is a hilarious comedy in which good and bad intentions, addictions, and sects, play a decisive role in our hero's attempts to cross the border....
Happy Times
Character: Dr. Gerardo De Groot
A young man is unable to break up with his girlfriend and decides to hire an agency that specializes in ending relationships....
Tequila Re-Pasado
Character: Gero
A workaholic must outwit his multiplying clones after a magical tequila travels him back in time – again and again – in order to make things right with his family....
Quite Like Paradise
Character: Alonso Rondia
Ugo Conti, charismatic Italian aristocrat and influencer, arrives in Mexico where he seduces the Mexican high society. When he meets Frida Becker again, the love of his past, he will end up in the center of a struggle for political power....
Zhai
Character: José
I am not what happened to me... I am what I choose to become....
The Walls Talk
Character: Julian
A tragic and epic love that transcends time and generations unites Maria and Javier forever. During important periods in Mexico (The War of Independence, the Revolution and current times) these souls play out their destiny facing political squabbles, social pressures, family hatred and historical battles, seeking to make a relationship flower which seems fated to die....
Colosio
Character: Hermano
It's 1994 in Mexico, the nation was witnessing a turbulent year since its beginnings. An indigenous rebellion shakes the country. Three months later, the ruling party's presidential candidate is brutally murdered during a rally in Tijuana. The country is concerned. Nobody knows who's behind this event, it all points to a conspiracy. Andrés Vázquez, an intelligence expert, is commissioned to lead a secret investigation parallel to the official government issued one. But another expert agent, el S...
Purgatorio
Character: Isidro
Three novellas are connected by the character of Don Julio. The old man lives alone in a hacienda which is being absorbed by the huge Mexico City. Don Julio escapes from the surrounding reality into the world of memories. Images from the past are so strong that they reawaken his old love for aunt Cecilia and young Clotilde....
Bala mordida
Character:
Mauro Hernandez, a young preventive policeman, gets involved in a coke deal, and to keep some of the money he has for paying for the transaction, gives his gun away to cover the deal. He argues to Joaquin, old drug dealer and ex-policeman and ends up threatening him. On his way out of the operation, Mauro and his partner policemen, a gang controlled by Joaquin, stop their way out start a wrangle where Mauro is wounded. His body armor couldn´t even stop a small touch of the knife. The scandal on ...
I Like You Too
Character: Luis
A comedic Mexican short film about "the worst thing a woman can tell you: "I like you too, but only as a friend." -Edgar Cochran...
Darker Than Night
Character: Loco
When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror....
On the Edge
Character: Tony
Three flatmates in Mexico City face uncertainties: Lucía who has a great job as an art director for TV commercials is abusing alcohol and cocaine. She risks losing her job, going to prison for assault, and she's woefully in love with a bullfighter who may be two-timing her. Carmen, an artist without income, can be manic - snorting lots of cocaine and hanging out with a gay man and a transvestite. What's her future? Hanna contemplates divorce from Abraham, a wealthy momma's boy, and she's disorie...
Macho
Character: Evaristo Jiménez
A fashion designer pretends to be gay in order to be closer to female models....
Time Share
Character: Andres
While staying at a tropical resort, a man becomes convinced the American timeshare company running it has an evil plan to take away his loved ones....
A Horse Named Elephant
Character: Infausto
Two brothers sneak into a circus in order to free their grandfather's horse and fulfill his last wish....
Perfectos desconocidos
Character: Ernesto
A group of longtime friends get together for dinner. When they decide to share the content of every text message, email, and phone call they receive, secrets are unveiled and the balance is upset....
Bootleg Dad
Character: André
Ian discovers that André, a former soap opera star and current alcoholic is his real father. Ian decides to go work at his ruined mascot business where he finds a place populated by extravagant people and discovers the meaning of fatherhood....
El Tigre de Santa Julia
Character: El Tigre / José de Jesús Negrete
An army deserter turned bandit robs from thieves to give the money to the poor. He was famous for being caught by the police "with his pants down"...
Little Eggs: A Frozen Rescue
Character: Barba Roja (voice)
In the final Huevos adventure, Toto and his family will have to travel to the South Pole to fulfill their promise to return a polar bear and some Spanish penguins to their home. In order to do so, they will have to overcome some obstacles that will teach them how important teamwork is....
Verano 79
Character: Chepo
The story takes place during the summer of 1979, when two friends, Rogelio and Chepo decide to start a business together. Despite being one of the best summers of their lives it ends in betrayal and what seems to be the end of the friendship as well. Many years later, Chepo Leal, has become a professional photographer and has been invited to his hometown to present his work. For his surprise the event has been organized by his childhood friend, who is now a successful business entrepreneur....
¿Y Cómo Es Él?
Character: Juan Pablo
Thomas is a meek man on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Despite his situation he decides to fake a work trip to go to Vallarta to confront Jero, a taxi driver who is sleeping with his wife....
Amalgam
Character: Dr. Hugo Vera
Four dentists, three men and a woman, meet at a yearly dental convention in Mexico’s Mayan Riviera. While two of them are old friends and rivals, the other two have only gotten to know each other at past conventions....