List of El Señor de los Cielos cast members
The following is a list of actors, and the characters they played, who appeared in the Telemundo series El Señor de los Cielos.
Main characters
- Rafael Amaya as Aurelio Casillas, the main protagonist of the series, leader of the Casillas Cartel/Sinaloa cártel, and the patriarch of the Casillas family.
- Ximena Herrera as Ximena Letrán, Aurelio's wife, and Rutila, Luzma and Heriberto's mother.
- Robinson Díaz as Miltón Jiménez "El Cabo" / Pío José Valdivia, is the main distributor of drugs in Colombia, former partner of El Tijeras, Leader of the North Valley Cartel, and the main enemy of Aurelio. In season 7 after escaping from the authorities, he changes his name to Pío José Valdivia.
- Raúl Méndez as Víctor Casillas "Chacorta". Aurelio's brother, and Víctor and Carlo's father, Aurelio’s second-in-command and right hand man.
- Gabriel Porras as Marco Mejía, commander obsessed with capturing Aurelio Casillas.
- Carmen Villalobos as Leonor Ballesteros, Colombian infiltrated agent and the female protagonist of the series during seasons 2–3.
- Mauricio Ochmann as El Chema, Leader of the Juárez cartel, Leonardo and El Chemita's father, El Rojo’s adoptive brother, Aurelio’s ally and rival, Fabricio Ponce’s big enemy, Ricardo Almenar’s enemy and rival.
- *Alberto Guerra as El Chema El falso chema
- Fernanda Castillo as Mónica Robles
- Marlene Favela as Victoria Navárez, Daughter of Governor Pedro Navárez and later Governor of Jalisco.
- Carmen Aub as Rutila Casillas, Heriberto's and Luzma's sister. Ismael and Nazareno's half-sister. Daughter of Aurelio and Ximena.
- * Terina Angell as Child Rutila
- * Ana Sofía Durán as Child Rutila
- Maritza Rodríguez as Amparo Rojas
- Sabrina Seara as Esperanza Salvatierra, Aurelio's Ex-lover.
- Vanessa Villela as Emiliana Contreras, Lencho's daughter.
- Marisela González as Eunice Lara "La Felina"
- Mariana Seoane as Mabel Castaño / Ninón del Valle. El Chema's former lover, Gary Robert's Widow. Leonardo's Mother.
- Miguel Varoni as Leandro Quezada, Leader of the Santa Norma Cartel.
- Guy Ecker as Joe Navarro
- Ninel Conde as Evelina López
- Carlos Bardem as Chivo Ahumada, Former Candidate of the Governor of Coahuila
- Alejandro López Silva as El Súper Javi, Former Commander of the FARC.
- Francisco Gattorno as Gustavo Casasola, Former Member of the Cuban Forces
- Jesús Moré as Omar Terán Robles, Corrupted President of México.
- Lisa Owen as Alba Casillas, Aurelio's and Chacorta's mother.
- Isabella Castillo as Diana Ahumada, El Chivo's daughter, and Amado's girlfriend.
- María Conchita Alonso as Nora Requena
- Matías Novoa as Amado Casillas "El Águila Azul", Aurelio's half-brother, and Diana's boyfriend, former agent of the CIA
- Iván Arana as Ismael Casillas, the missing son of Aurelio, Aurelio’s forth second-in-command after chacorta, Heriberto and Víctor Jr.
- Héctor Bonilla as Arturo López "El Rayo" Former Culiacán citizen, Aurelio and amado’s former boxing trainer
- Roberto Escobar as José Valdés, Commander of the Cuban Forces.
- Fernando Noriega as Eutimio "Rojo" Flores. El Chema's Former second-in-command and right hand. Super Javi's right hand man.
- Eduardo Santamarina as Balthazar Ojeda former Agent of the CIA and Member of the Balcanes Cartel, Renzo Volpi's second-in-command, El cabo new ally/partner and second-in-command, and amado’s arch-enemy
- Danna García as Violeta Estrella
Recurring characters
Introduced in season 1
- Andrés Parra as Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug trafficker from Pablo Escobar, The Drug Lord. Leader of the Medellín Cartel.
- Sara Corrales as Matilde Rojas, Chacorta's wife.
- Fernando Solórzano as Óscar Cadena, Colombian drug trafficker from El cartel. Leader of the North Valley Cartel.
- Arturo Barba as Alí Benjuema "El Turco", Aurelio's legal adviser.
- Sophie Gómez as Irina Vorodin, El Turco's partner.
- Juan Ríos Cantú as General Daniel Jiménez Arroyo "El Letrudo", General accomplice of Aurelio and Chacorta. Fabricio Ponce and Marco Mejia's boss government colleagues
- Angélica Celaya as Eugenia Casas, Marco's girlfriend.
- Marco Pérez as Guadalupe Robles, Mónica's brother, One of the leaders of the Robles Cartel, Aurelio’s enemy
- Rocío Verdejo as Doris de Jiménez, El Letrudo's wife.
- Tommy Vásquez as Álvaro José Pérez "Tijeras", El Cabo's partner and right hand, El Cabo’s second-in-command.
- Fabián Peña as Jesús Linares, Eugenia's friend.
- Emmanuel Orenday as Gregorio Ponte, Leonor's partner in the police.
- Ruy Senderos as Heriberto Casillas, Aurelio's First son, Aurelio’s second Second-in-command After chacorta
- Bianca Calderón as Roxana Mondragón, Isidro's girlfriend.
- Ángel Cerlo as General Castro, a corrupt politician.
- Arnoldo Picazzo as Flavio Huerta, a corrupt politician.
- Juan Ignacio Aranda as Ramiro Silva de la Garza, a corrupt politician. Ricardo Almenar and Tobias Clark's adviser. Omar Teran's Mentor. An Living in Dublin.
- Jorge Zárate as Juan Montoya, Mexican drug trafficker from Tamaulipas. Leader of the Villalobos cartel.
- Javier Díaz Dueñas as Don Anacleto "Cleto" Letrán, Ximena's father, Drug trafficker From Sinaloa and Aurelio’s father-in Law
- Manuela González as Lorelay "Lay" Cadena, Matilde's partner.
- Fernando Banda as El Vitaminas, Aurelio's bodyguard and right hand man.
- Carlos Gallardo as Patólogo / Carlos Zuleta, Chief of Estado Mayor Presidencial and El Cabo's adviser.
- el Carmona one of Aurelio and chacorta’s bodyguards
- el norteño one of Aurelio and chacorta’s chief of security and right hand men
- el largato Leader of the sicarios for the Casillas cartel
Introduced in season 2
- Erika de la Rosa as Elsa Marín, she is national attorney and El Chema's partner.
- Ari Brickman as Jeremy Andrews, El Chema's adviser in the DEA after the death of the Chief Jones.
- Carlos Torrestorija as Maximiliano "Max" Miravalle, Ignacio's father.
- Tomás Goros as General Antonio Garnica, a Corrupt General enemy of Aurelio. Member of the Emes.
- Surya MacGregor as Cecilia, Ignacio's mother.
- Antonio de la Vega as Santiago Echeverría, Ximena's lover.
- Miguel Melo as Young Víctor Casillas Jr., Chacorta's young son.
- Sahit Sosa as Ernesto Gamboa, Rutila's boyfriend.
- Juan Luis Orendain as Father Lázaro Sánchez, Father of the community.
- Ausencio Cruz as José Antonio Gutiérrez Velarde "Pepe Johnson", actor partner of Chacorta.
- Toño Muñiz as Coronel Marcelino Ramos, a corrupt politician.
- Irineo Álvarez as Pedro Navárez, Victoria's father. Deceased Governor of Jalisco.
- Manuel Balbi as Rodrigo Rivero Lanz, Former Secretariat of Public Security. Leonor's partner in the police, and Rutila and Evelyn's lover.
- Flavio Peniche as Mario Quintero "El Bigotes", El chema’s right hand and bodyguard
- Carlos Gascón as Iñaki Izarrieta, Lorelay's boyfriend.
- Sandra Díaz as Irma Veracierta, Chacorta's wife.
- Sebastián Caicedo as El Tostado Yepes, Eleazar's twin brother. / Eleazar Yepes, El Tostado's twin brother.
- Edgardo González as Lilo Planas, Aurelio's partner.
- Alejandro de la Madrid as Ignacio Mivalle, Leonor's ex-husband.
- Ofelia Guiza as Diana Quiñones, Ignacio's secretary.
- José Juan Meraz as Ramón, Mónica's Second-in-command and right hand.
- Daniel Rascón as El Toro, Former Nogales Butcher, El Chema's right hand man and second-in-command after el rojo left Chema
- David Ponce as José Manrique "Skinny", Leader of the MS-13, Víctor Casillas Jr. former Right hand man and second in command, El Chacorta’s former partner, one of the Casillas cartel’s Top cartel hitmen leaders along with El chatarrero.
- Carlos Puente as Pompeyo, Rutila's bodyguard and right hand.
- Paloma Ruiz de Alda as Elga, Iñaki's lover.
- El manotas el chacorta’s right hand man and bodyguard
- el Ronny Aurelio’s right hand man and bodyguard
Introduced in season 3
- Sergio Mur as Tim Rawlings, agent of the DEA, and accomplice of Aurelio.
- Gala Montes as Luz Marina "Luzma" Casillas, Aurelio's daughter. Isturiz's lover.
- * Renata Manterola as Luz Marina "Luzma" Casillas
- Leonardo Daniel as Don Alfredo "Feyo" Aguilera, Mexican capo, leader of The Michoacán Family and partner of Aurelio and El Chema. El Oficial's partner.
- Verónica Montes as Belén Guerrero "La Condesa", Feyo's wife, and Aurelio's lover.
- Jorge Luis Moreno as Víctor Casillas Jr., Chacorta's adult son, Aurelio’s Former second in command after chacorta and heriberto, Aurelio’s former rival.
- * Nando as Child Víctor
- * Miguel Melo as Young Víctor
- Carlos Torres as Enrique Morejón, president of Mexico in season 3.
- Sandra Beltrán as Julia Reyes, Tim's wife.
- Viviana Serna as Cristina Salgado, Rutila's friend, and Víctor Jr's lover.
- Bárbara Singer as Elisa Peña, Leonor's friend.
- Sebastián Ferrat as Juan Antonio Marcado, a corrupt militar enemy of Aurelio and leader of the Emes, El chema’s Former accomplice.
- Sebastian Urdiales as Carlos "Carlitos" Casillas, Chacorta's second son.
- * Adrián Herrera as Carlos "Carlitos" Casillas
- Fernando Sarfatti as Valentín Fons, a corrupted President of México.
- Néstor Rodulfo as General Camilo Jaramillo, Eleazar's partner in Colombia.
- Alejandro Félix as Chatarrero, he is in charge of getting rid of the corpses, El feyo’s Former right hand man and bodyguard, one of the Casillas Cartel top Hitmen leaders along with skinny and top member of the Casillas cartel.
- Ligia Petit as Gloria, Esperanza's friend.
- Marco Zetina as Dr. Ricardo Monteverde, doctor in charge of the health of Aurelio.
- Arnulfo Reyes Sánchez as Benjamín "El Espanto", he is in charge of watching Aurelio, so he doesn't commit crimes.
- Alejandro Navarrete as El Zopilote, Aurelio, Victor Jr's and Ismael's bodyguard and second-in-command, Chief of security For the Casillas cartel and right hand man to Víctor jr and Ismael.
- Plutarco Haza as Dalvio Navarrete "El Ingeniero", lawyer and former police. He is a strong and ruthless man, who inherited control of all Chema Venegas businesses, Engineer who designs tunnels like el Chema
- Gabriel Coronel as Armando Pérez Ricard, Venezuelan corrupt businessman associated with the Mexican government.
- Christian Tappan as Gustavo Gaviria "El Oficial", main enemy of Aurelio, and El Feyo's partner.
- Roxana Chávez as Eva Ernestina Gallardo
- Iván Tamayo as Jorge Elías Salazar, Former Ambassador of Venezuela, DEA Agent.
- Marco Treviño as Abel Terán, Omar Terán's father.
- Juan Pablo Franco as Reyesito
- Lorena del Castillo as Officer Evelyn García, Former Marine Officer and Rivero's lover.
- Franklin Virgüez as General Diosdado Carreño Arias, General of the Cartel of the Suns.
- Cristian Satin as El Roto El ingeniero’s bodyguard and right hand man.
- Marina de Tavira as Begoña Barraza
- Citlali Galindo as Mayra Rodríguez. President Omar Teran's Private Secretary.
Introduced in season 4
- Wendy de los Cobos as Aguasanta "Tata" Guerra, Ismael's mother.
- Geraldine Zinat as Amalia Ramírez. Nazareno's mother.
- Diego de Tovar as Nicandro "Niki" Limón, Connie's son, and Aurelio's non-biological son.
- Ivonne Montero as Consuelo "Connie" Limón, Nicandro's mother, and Aurelio's lover.
- Carlos Fonseca as Nazareno Ramírez, Aurelio's biological son, Carmen's husband. Father of the Two Children.
- Ofelia Medina as Lourdes
- Gabriel Bonilla as Isidro Casillas, Aurelio's and Mónica's son.
Introduced in season 5
- Patricia Vico as Pilar Ortiz, La Felina's friend.
- Carlos Mata as Juan Carlos Salvatierra, Esperanza's father.
- Daniel Martínez as Guillermo Colón Former Mexican DEA commissioner.
- Juan Martín Jauregui as Sebastián Almagro, Rutila's lover.
- Ernesto Benjumea as Melquiades Soler "Penumbra". Commander of the Cartel of the Suns.
- Ricardo Leguizamo as Rafael Jiménez "Doble 30". Colombian drug lord.
- Catherina Cardozo as Giuseppina "Pina" Cortini, Esperanza's mother.
- Valeria Vera as Zoe. Esperanza's lesbian lover.
- Alan Slim as Jaime Ernesto Rosales, Omar's friend, Corrupt Governor of Quintana Roo.
- Kristo Cifuentes as Arnulfo Sutamarchan
- Carlos Rios as Camilo "Vaso E' Leche"
- Emmanuel Esparza as Tony Pastrana, Spanish corrupt businessman, Crime boss, leader of the Chicago Cartel and Aurelio's enemy.
- Alex Walerstein as Paul "El Greñas". Professional hacker and the Casillas cartel’s hacker, Dylan’s former enemy and rival.
- Juan Manuel Mendoza as Andrés Velandia
- Francisco Calvillo as Rubén Saba
- Leonardo Álvarez as Leonardo Castaño, El Chema's son. Mabel's son. El Chemita's brother.
- Daniela Zavala as Arelis Mendoza, El Greñas' lover, the Ambassador of Venezuela's personal assistant.
- José Sedek as Bernardo Castillo, the Ministry of Public Security
- Polo Monarrez as Filemón, Víctor jr’s former cartel hitmen leader and Tony Pastrana’s bodyguard and second-in-command
- Paloma Jiménez as Paloma Villareal, First Lady of México.
- Karla Carrillo as Corina Saldaña / Salma Vidal, Sinaloa Police Officer, El Chema's ex-lover, Aurelio's lover, Amado's partner and former agent of the CIA and DEA.
- Elsy Reyes as Carla Uzcátegui
- Alieth Vargas as Susana
- Pahola Escalera as Paulina Ugalde
Introduced in season 6
- Dayana Garroz as Ámbar Maldonado, Venezuelan Lieutenant colonel, Aurelio's lover and El Chema's lover.
- Juanita Arias as Kashi, Milena's lesbian lover. Leonardo's lover, Rutila's friend.
- Gloria Stalina as Milena, Rutila's friend, El Rojo's lover.
- Marisela Berti as Edith Guzmán, the Ambassador of Venezuela.
- Claudia Lobo as Esther, Diana and Berenice's mother and Governor of Coahuila.
- Rafael Uribe as Coronel Garañón. Corrupt Colonel of the ELN and El Cabo's partner.
- Gastón Velandia as Figueroa, El Cabo's second in command and right hand man.
- Daniel Martínez Campos as Arístides Istúriz, Ambar's partner and bodyguard
- Carlos Serrato as Onésimo Jaramillo "El Mocho", One of El Cabo's Cartel top hitmen leaders and chief of security, el Cabo’s bodyguard.
- Antonio López Torres as El Pulque, Doña Alba's bodyguard and lover
- Rubén Arciniegas as Samario El cabo’s top bodyguard and right hand man
- Thali García as Berenice Ahumada, Diana's sister.
- Carlos Balderrama as El Manny Former Soccer trainer, El chema, El Rojo and El Toro’s closest friend, El Chema’s second right hand man, chief of security, and leader of the sicarios and hitmen.
Introduced in season 7
- Nacho Fresneda as Renzo Volpi, Italian drug lord and leader of the Balcanes Cartel, El Cabo's ally and enemy of Amado.
- Mabel Moreno as Alejandra, Super Javi's cousin, mother of Angela.
- Camila Jurado as Angela, daughter of Super Javi and Alejandra.
- Denia Agalianou as Dalila Zuc, CIA agent.
- Athina Marturet as Athina, ex-CIA agent, previously Amado's business partner, wife of Nicos.
- Giannis Spaliaras as Nicos, ex-CIA agent, previously Amado's business partner.
Special guest stars
- Aracely Arámbula as La Doña
- Roberto Tapia as Himself
- El Dasa as Himself
- Larry Hernández as Himself
- Murder Clown as Himself
- Psycho Clown as Himself
- La Parka as Himself
- Texano Jr. as Himself
- La Arrolladora Banda El Limón as Themselves