Where You Know The Narcos Star
Marcus Reynolds Maurice Compte is a prolific character actor who's appeared in countless major movies and TV shows; here's a guide to his career thus far.
Here's a guide to the movie and TV shows of Narcos actor Maurice Compte. The Cuban-American actor made his movie debut with 1996 action flick The Substitute, which was successful enough to spawn three STV sequels. Compte would soon become a regular face on major TV shows, appearing in supporting roles in the likes of NYPD Blue, Angel and The Practice. He also had parts in movies like misfiring buddy comedy Showtime from 2002 and David Gordon Green's drama All The Real Girls the following year.
Throughout the 2000s Maurice Compte was mostly making guest appearances on TV series, including a few episodes of 24, the Carla Gugino fronted Karen Sisco, military drama E-Wing and both CSI: Miami and New York. Compte also loaned his voice to a few video games during this period, appearing in Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers and the original Saints Row and its 2008 sequel.
In 2008 Maurice Compte made his first - and to date - only directorial effort with the short movie Vamonos, which he also wrote, produced and acted in. The last decade or so has seen the actor gaining increasing recognition for his work, starting with his role as Gaff, the henchman of Don Eladio Vuente during Breaking Bad season 4. He followed this with a scene-stealing role as Big Evil in End Of Watch, David Ayer's 2012 cop thriller.
Following more assorted guest roles on TV shows like Criminal Minds and movies like Arnold Schwarrazenneger's 2014 thriller Sabotage, Maurice Compte landed one of his most recognizable roles as Colonel Carrillo on Narcos. Horacio Carrillo was the head of the Search Block police unit who was determined to bring down Pablo Escobar and remained incorruptible - and quite vicious - in pursuit of that goal. After exiting Narcos following the second season, Compte landed another recurring role on season 3 of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series as the demon Brasa.
Maurice Compte has been especially busy in the last five years, featuring in hit movies like Den Of Thieves and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and playing Diego Jimenez on TV drama Power. Compte played a major part during the first season of Sons Of Anarchy spinoff Mayans MC as DEA Agent Kevin Jimenez, and also featured as the main villain Gustavo Barros in the final series of The Last Ship. The actor also reunited with Narcos co-star Boyd Holbrook by appearing on an episode of Quibi's reboot of The Fugitive and most recently appeared as Rosco in Sean Patrick Flanery's sports drama Born A Champion.
