Marc Menchaca
Born
October 10, 1975 (49 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
San Angelo, Texas, USA
Marc Menchaca (born October 10, 1975) is an American actor, writer, and director. He was co-director, co-writer, and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival movie This Is Where We Live and was awarded best actor at the Breckenridge Film Festival in 2016 for his lead role in the film Reparation and his lead role in #LIKE, in 2021 at the Oxford Film Festival. He has appeared in several television shows, including Ozark in 2018 and The Sinner, Manifest, and The Outsider in 2019.
Menchaca first became interested in performing as a student at Central High School. After graduating, he attended Texas A&M University, earning a bachelor's degree in English; it was also where he acted in his first play. He participated in a summer acting program at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in Manhattan before pursuing an acting career in his twenties. He is an alumnus of the William Esper Studio.
Menchaca was co-director, co-writer and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival movie This Is Where We Live.
In 2015, he played a lead role as Bob Stevens, a veteran struggling with memory loss, in the Kyle Ham-directed film Reparation. It earned him the best actor award at the BreckenridgeFilm Festival, with the film receiving a further 10 festival awards, including the Austin Film FesFestival'sdience Choice prize and Best Film at the Santa Fe Film Festival.
In the 2018 Netflix television series Ozark, Menchaca had a recurring role as Russ Langmore, a man struggling to suppress his homosexuality. He has had regular roles on television in The Sinner and Manifest. He appeared again on TV with Jason Bateman in 2019 in the Stephen King horror miniseries The Outsider, portraying Jack Hoskins for all 10 episodes.
In 2020, Menchaca won Best Actor in a Feature at the Mammoth Film Festival Awards for his performance as Sam in the John Hyams thriller Alone alongside co-star Jules Willcox. He performed his stunts in the film, including a fight scene in the mud with Willcox. He received a further award for Best Actor in 2020 at the Oxford International Film Festival (OXIFF) in the UK for his portrayal of 'Th' Man' i' #Like, directed by Sarah Pirozek. In 2021, he starred in the Santiago Menghini-directed Netflix horror movie No One Gets Out Alive with co-star Cristina Rodlo.
On October 6, 2022, Menchaca married British actress Lena Headey in Apulia, Italy. He is of Mexican descent on his paternal side.
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The Dead of Winter
2025

Barron's Cove
Chief Alberts
2025

Companion
Deputy Hendrix
2025

The Reunion
Bob Corcoran
2024

The Big Cigar
Agent Sydney Clark · (6 episodes)
2024

Beacon 23
Keir · (4 episodes)
2023

The Creator
McBride
2023

White House Plumbers
Carl Shoffler · (2 episodes)
2023

Sick
Jason
2022

The Retaliators
Jed Sawyer
2022

9 Bullets
Sheriff John Carter
2022

No One Gets Out Alive
Red
2021

Playing God
Vaughn
2021

The Evening Hour
Everett
2021

Law & Order: Organized Crime
Bill · (1 episode)
2021

Every Time I Die
Jay
2020

Alone
Man
2020

The Outsider
Jack Hoskins · (10 episodes)
2020

Raising Dion
Walter Mills · (2 episodes)
2019

#Like
The Man
2019

Weightless
Cody
2018

Manifest
James Griffin · (3 episodes)
2018

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Captain Andrew Bennett · (2 episodes)
2018

Where Is Kyra?
Vinny
2018

Ozark
Russ Langmore · (10 episodes)
2017

Ozark
Russ Langmore (voice) · (1 episode)
2017

MacGyver
Booth · (1 episode)
2016

Reparation
Bob
2016

Ace the Case: Manhattan Mystery
Gunner
2016

Muscle
Craig
2016

Togetherness
Tex · (1 episode)
2015

She's Lost Control
Johnny
2014

This Is Where We Live
Noah Warden
2013

Sleepy Hollow
Colonel Sutton · (1 episode)
2013

Elementary
Detective Ryan Dunning · (1 episode)
2012

Black Mirror
Kevin · (1 episode)
2011

Homeland
Lauder Wakefield · (2 episodes)
2011

Person of Interest
Fox · (1 episode)
2011

Hawaii Five-0
Jackson Wilcox · (1 episode)
2010

The Glades
Michael Caldwell · (1 episode)
2010

Last Day of Summer
Shipping Employee
2009

Generation Kill
Mike Wynn · (7 episodes)
2008

The Intervention
2005
Screen Door Jesus
Little Red
2003

RAPT
Richard
Unabom

Long Pork
Philip

FlashForward
Wheeler · (3 episodes)
2009

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Joe Stegeman · (1 episode)
2001

Curb Your Enthusiasm
Klansman Joe · (1 episode)
2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Hank Rinaldi · (1 episode)
2000

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Michael Groves · (1 episode)
1999
Neuromancer
Dixie Flatline · (1 episode)