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

Special guest stars