Marc Menchaca



 Marc Menchaca ' is an American actor. Menchaca was also co-director, co-writer and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival Award Winning movie This Is Where We Live, awarded best actor at the Breckenridge Film Festival in 2016 for his lead role in the film Reparation. Menchaca has been a regular on the television screen lately in The Sinner and Ozark in 2018, and Manifest and The Outsider'' in 2019.

Early life

Menchaca was a student at Central High School, where his first taste of appearing on a stage was as a volunteer to a hypnotist. After graduating, Menchaca attended Texas A&M University, obtaining a bachelor's degree in English, also where he acted in his first play. Menchaca attended a summer acting program at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in Broadway before deciding to pursue an acting career in his twenties. Menchaca is an alumnus of the William Esper Studio for the performing arts in Manhattan, New York City.

Career

Menchaca was co-director, co-writer and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival Award Winning movie This Is Where We Live,
In 2016, Menchaca played a lead role as Bob Stevens a veteran struggling with memory loss, in the Kyle Ham-directed film Reparation. His performance earned him the best actor award at the Breckenridge Film Festival, with the film receiving a further 10 film festival awards, including the Austin Film Festival ‘s “Audience Choice prize”, and ”Best Film” at the Santa Fe Film Festival.
In the 2018 Netflix television series Ozark, Menchaca played a recurring role as Russ Langmore, a man struggling to suppress his homosexuality, the father of Wyatt and Three, uncle of Ruth, brother to Boyd and Cade. Menchaca has regular recent roles on television in The Sinner and Manifest. Menchaca appeared again on TV with Jason Bateman in 2019, in the Stephen King horror miniseries The Outsider portraying Jack Hoskins for all 10 episodes.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games