List of Narcos characters

Narcos is an American crime drama television series about the Colombian drug cartels and the DEA's efforts to shut them down. It was created by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro, and produced by Gaumont International Television and distributed by Netflix. Its companion series Narcos: Mexico was released after the original series ended.

The following list shows the characters who had appeared both series. Most of the cast of the first 2 seasons did not return in the third season, meanwhile Narcos: Mexico features a totally different cast, although some of the cast of the original series reprise their roles. Pedro Pascal is the only actor to have main appearance in all three seasons of the original series, while José María Yazpik and Alejandro Edda are the only actors to have main appearances in all three seasons of Narcos: Mexico. In addition, Alberto Ammann is the only main actor to have appearances in all six seasons of both series combined.

Overview[]

  = Main cast (credited)

  = Recurring cast (3+)

  = Guest cast (1-2)

Main[]

Character	Portrayed by	Appearances
		Narcos			Narcos: Mexico
		Season 1	Season 2	Season 3	Season 1	Season 2	Season 3
Pablo Escobar[1]	Wagner Moura	Main		Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear	Guest
Steven Murphy[2]	Boyd Holbrook	Main		Does not appear
Javier Peña	Pedro Pascal	Main			Does not appear
Connie Murphy	Joanna Christie	Main		Does not appear
Colonel Horacio Carrillo[3][4]	Maurice Compte	Main	Recurring	Does not appear
Jorge Ochoa	André Mattos	Main	Does not appear
Fabio Ochoa	Robert Urbina	Main	Does not appear
Juan Diego "La Quica" Díaz	Diego Cataño	Main	Recurring	Does not appear
Roberto "Poison" Ramos	Jorge A. Jimenez	Main	Guest	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Tata Escobar	Paulina Gaitán	Main		Does not appear
Hermilda Gaviria	Paulina García	Main		Does not appear
Valeria Vélez[5][6]	Stephanie Sigman	Main	Recurring	Does not appear
Fernando Duque	Bruno Bichir	Main		Does not appear
César Gaviria	Raúl Méndez	Main		Does not appear
Eduardo Sandoval	Manolo Cardona	Main		Does not appear
Judy Moncada[7]	Cristina Umaña	Guest	Main	Does not appear
Bill Stechner	Eric Lange	Does not appear	Main		Guest		Does not appear
Claudia Messina	Florencia Lozano	Does not appear	Main	Does not appear
Gilberto Rodriguez[8]	Damián Alcázar	Does not appear	Main		Does not appear		Guest
Helmer "Pacho" Herrera	Alberto Ammann	Recurring	Main		Guest	Main
Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela	Francisco Denis	Does not appear	Main		Guest	Does not appear
José "Chepe" Santacruz-Londoño	Pêpê Rapazote	Does not appear		Main	Guest	Does not appear	Guest
Jorge Salcedo Cabrera	Matias Varela	Does not appear		Main	Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Guillermo Pallomari	Javier Cámara	Does not appear		Main	Does not appear
David Rodríguez	Arturo Castro	Does not appear		Main	Does not appear
María Salazar	Andrea Londo	Does not appear		Main	Does not appear
Christina Jurado	Kerry Bishé	Does not appear		Main	Does not appear
Chris Feistl	Michael Stahl-David	Does not appear		Main	Does not appear
Daniel Van Ness	Matt Whelan	Does not appear		Main	Does not appear
Amado Carrillo Fuentes	José María Yazpik	Does not appear		Main
Kiki Camarena	Michael Peña	Does not appear			Main	Does not appear
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo[9]	Diego Luna	Does not appear			Main		Guest
Rafael "Rafa" Caro Quintero	Tenoch Huerta	Does not appear			Main	Guest	Does not appear
Mika Camarena	Alyssa Diaz	Does not appear			Main	Does not appear
Ernesto "Don Neto" Fonseca Carrillo	Joaquín Cosío	Does not appear			Main	Guest	Recurring
Jaime Kuykendall	Matt Letscher	Does not appear			Main	Guest	Main
Salvador Osuna Nava	Ernesto Alterio	Does not appear			Main	Does not appear
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán	Alejandro Edda	Does not appear			Main
Maria Elvira	Fernanda Urrejola	Does not appear			Main		Does not appear
Isabella Bautista	Teresa Ruiz	Does not appear			Main		Does not appear
Butch Sears	Aaron Staton	Does not appear			Main	Does not appear
Roger Knapp	Lenny Jacobson	Does not appear			Main	Does not appear
Pablo Acosta	Gerardo Taracena	Does not appear			Main		Does not appear
Commander Guillermo González Calderoni	Julio Cesar Cedillo	Does not appear			Main		Does not appear
Walt Breslin	Scoot McNairy	Does not appear			Recurring	Main
Benjamín Arellano Félix	Alfonso Dosal	Does not appear			Recurring	Main
Enedina Arellano Félix	Mayra Hermosillo	Does not appear				Main
Ramón Arellano Félix	Manuel Masalva	Does not appear			Recurring	Main
Danilo Garza	Miguel Rodarte	Does not appear				Main	Does not appear
Kenny Moss	Alex Knight	Does not appear			Guest	Main	Does not appear
Sal Orozco	Jesse Garcia	Does not appear				Main	Does not appear
Daryl Petsky	Matt Biedel	Does not appear				Main	Does not appear
Ossie Mejía	Jero Medina	Does not appear				Main	Does not appear
Amat Palacios	Alberto Zeni	Does not appear				Main	Does not appear
Héctor Luis Palma Salazar	Gorka Lasaosa	Does not appear			Recurring	Main
Enrique Clavel	Andres Londono	Does not appear				Main	Does not appear
Juan García Abrego	Flavio Medina	Does not appear				Main
Victor Tapia	Luis Gerardo Méndez	Does not appear					Main
Andrea Nuñez	Luisa Rubino	Does not appear					Main
General Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo	Jose Zuniga	Does not appear					Main
Steve Sheridan	Beau Mirchoff	Does not appear					Main
Dani	Kristen Gutoskie	Does not appear					Main
David Barron Corona	Bobby Soto	Does not appear				Recurring	Main
Alex Hodoyan	Lorenzo Ferro	Does not appear					Main
Ramon Salgado	Alejandro Furth	Does not appear					Main
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada	Alberto Guerra	Does not appear					Main

Recurring[]

Character	Portrayed by	Appearances
		Narcos			Narcos: Mexico
		Season 1	Season 2	Season 3	Season 1	Season 2	Season 3
Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha	Luis Guzmán	Recurring	Does not appear
Gustavo Gaviria	Juan Pablo Raba	Recurring	Guest	Does not appear
Carlos Lehder	Juan Riedinger	Recurring	Does not appear
CIA Officer	Richard T. Jones	Recurring	Guest	Does not appear
El León	Jon-Michael Ecker	Guest		Does not appear
Elisa Álvarez	Ana de la Reguera	Recurring	Does not appear
Ambassador Noonan	Danielle Kennedy	Recurring	Does not appear
Colonel Lou Wysession	Patrick St. Esprit	Recurring	Guest	Does not appear
Diana Turbay	Gabriela de la Garza	Recurring	Does not appear
Sureshot	Ariel Sierra	Recurring	Guest	Does not appear
Nelson "El Negrito" Hernández[10]	Julián Díaz	Recurring		Does not appear	Guest	Does not appear
Marta Ochoa	Carolina Gaitán	Recurring	Does not appear
Trujillo	Jorge Monterrosa	Recurring		Guest	Does not appear
Alberto Suarez	Julián Beltrán	Recurring	Does not appear
Agent Owen	Thaddeus Phillips	Recurring	Guest	Does not appear
Fernando Galeano	Orlando Valenzuela	Recurring	Does not appear
Kiko Moncada	Christian Tappan	Recurring	Does not appear
Marina Ochoa	Laura Perico	Recurring	Does not appear
Ana Gaviria	Vera Mercado	Recurring	Guest	Does not appear
Navegante	Juan Sebastián Calero	Recurring			Does not appear	Recurring	Does not appear
Limón	Leynar Gómez	Does not appear	Recurring	Does not appear
Maritza	Martina García	Does not appear	Recurring	Does not appear
Ambassador Arthur Crosby	Brett Cullen	Does not appear	Recurring		Does not appear
Edward Jacoby	Konstantin Melikhov	Does not appear	Recurring	Does not appear
Diego "Don Berna" Murillo Bejarano	Mauricio Cujar	Does not appear	Recurring	Guest	Does not appear
Carlos Castaño Gil	Mauricio Mejía	Does not appear	Recurring	Guest	Does not appear
Fidel Castaño	Gustavo Angarita Jr.	Does not appear	Recurring	Guest	Does not appear
Gustavo de Greiff	Germán Jaramillo	Does not appear	Recurring	Does not appear
Colonel Hugo Martínez	Juan Pablo Shuk	Does not appear	Recurring		Does not appear
General José Serrano	Gastón Velandia	Does not appear		Recurring	Does not appear
Agent Neil Stoddard	Raymond Ablack	Does not appear		Recurring	Does not appear
Chucho Peña	Edward James Olmos	Does not appear		Recurring	Does not appear
Franklin Jurado	Miguel Ángel Silvestre	Does not appear		Recurring	Does not appear
Agent Duffy	Shea Whigham	Does not appear		Recurring	Does not appear
Claudio Salazar	Carlos Camacho	Does not appear		Recurring	Does not appear
Paola Salcedo	Taliana Vargas	Does not appear		Recurring	Does not appear
Lorraine	Bre Blair	Does not appear		Recurring	Does not appear
Carlos Córdova	Andrés Crespo	Does not appear		Recurring	Does not appear
Orlando Henao Montoya	Julian Arango	Does not appear		Recurring	Does not appear	Guest
Sofia Conesa	Tessa Ia	Does not appear			Recurring	Does not appear
Ed Heath	Clark Freeman	Does not appear			Recurring		Does not appear
Juan José "El Azul" Esparragoza Moreno	Fermin Martinez	Does not appear			Recurring
Sammy Alvarez	Guillermo Villegas	Does not appear			Recurring	Does not appear
Tomas Morlet	Horacio Garcia Rojas	Does not appear			Recurring	Does not appear
Jim Ferguson	Jackie Earle Haley	Does not appear			Recurring	Does not appear
John Gavin	Yul Vazquez	Does not appear			Recurring	Does not appear
John Clay Walker	Brian Buckley	Does not appear			Recurring	Does not appear
Thomas Buehl	Mike Doyle	Does not appear			Recurring	Does not appear
Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix	Francisco Barreiro	Does not appear			Recurring
Guadalupe Leija Serrano ("Lupita")	Viviana Serna	Does not appear				Recurring	Does not appear
Mimi Webb Miller	Sosie Bacon	Does not appear				Recurring	Does not appear
Juan Nepomuceno Guerra	Jesús Ochoa	Does not appear				Recurring	Guest
Rafael Aguilar Guajardo	Noé Hernández	Does not appear				Recurring	Guest
Javier Arellano Félix	José Julián	Does not appear				Recurring
Eduardo Arellano Félix	Sebastián Buitrón	Does not appear				Recurring
Ruth Arellano Félix	Adriana Llabrés	Does not appear				Recurring
Carlos Hank Gonzalez	Manuel Uriza	Does not appear					Recurring
Hortencia Tapia	Damayanti Quintanar	Does not appear					Recurring
Craig Mills	James Earl	Does not appear					Recurring
Everardo Arturo “Kitty” Paez	Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio	Does not appear					Recurring
Marta Linares	Yessica Borroto	Does not appear					Recurring
Jack Dorian	Eric Etebari	Does not appear					Recurring
Arturo Beltran Leyva	Diego Calva	Does not appear					Recurring
Vicente Carrillo Fuentes	Fernando Bonilla	Does not appear					Recurring
Rogelio	Markin López	Does not appear					Recurring
Alfredo Hodoyan	Iván Aragón	Does not appear					Recurring

Main characters[]

Introduced in Narcos[]

Pablo Escobar[]

Pablo Escobar played by Wagner Moura (seasons 1-2), Colombian drug lord and head of the Medellín Cartel. He is married to Tata and has a close relationship with his mother and his cousin, Gustavo. Moura also made guest appearances in the first and third seasons of Narcos: Mexico.

Steven Murphy[]

Steven Murphy played by Boyd Holbrook (seasons 1-2), a DEA agent assigned to Colombia. He is married to Connie who has trouble adjusting to their life in Colombia. He serves as the narrator for the first two seasons of Narcos.

Javier Peña[]

Javier Peña played by Pedro Pascal (seasons 1-3), a DEA agent and Murthy’s partner. He serves as the narrator for the third season and final season of Narcos.

Connie Murphy[]

Connie Murphy played by Joanna Christie (seasons 1-2), Steve’s wife, a nurse who finds a job at a local hospital in Colombia.

Colonel Carrillo[]

Colonel Horacio Carrillo played by Maurice Compte (season 1; recurring season 2), colonel of the Republic of Colombia and leader of the Search Bloc police unit.

Jorge Ochoa[]

Jorge Ochoa played by André Mattos (season 1), founding member and former leader of the Medellín cartel.

Fabio Ochoa[]

Fabio Ochoa played by Robert Urbina (season 1), a high-ranking member of the Medellín cartel and Jorge’s brother.

La Quica[]

Juan Diego "La Quica" Díaz played by Diego Cataño (season 1; recurring season 2), an assassin working for the Medellín cartel.

Poison[]

Roberto "Poison" Ramos played by Jorge A. Jimenez (season 1; guest season 2), a hit man hired by the Medellín cartel. Jimenez also made a guest appearance in the first season of Narcos: Mexico.

Tata Escobar[]

Tata Escobar played by Paulina Gaitán (seasons 1-2), Pablo Escobar’s wife and mother of his two children.

Hermilda Gaviria[]

Hermilda Gaviria played by Paulina García (seasons 1-2), Pablo’s mother who he has a close relationship to.

Valeria Vélez[]

Valeria Vélez played by Stephanie Sigman (season 1; recurring season 2), a Colombian journalist who is Escobar’s mistress.

Fernando Duque[]

Fernando Duque played by Bruno Bichir (seasons 1-2), a Colombian lawyer representing Pablo Escobar.

César Gaviria[]

César Gaviria played by Raúl Méndez (seasons 1-2), a Colombian politician who becomes the 28th President of Colombia.

Eduardo Sandoval[]

Eduardo Sandoval played by Manolo Cardona (seasons 1-2), the Vice Minister of Justice for President Gaviria’s administration.

Judy Moncada[]

Judy Moncada played by Cristina Umaña (season 2; guest season 1), a former leader of the Medellín cartel who wants revenge on Pablo Escobar for the murder of her husband.

Bill Stechner[]

Bill Stechner played by Eric Lange (seasons 2-3), the CIA station chief in Colombia. Lange also made guest appearances in the first and second seasons of Narcos: Mexico.

Claudia Messina[]

Claudia Messina played by Florencia Lozano (season 2), a high-ranking DEA agent who acts as Murphy and Peña’s supervisor.

Gilberto Rodriguez[]

Gilberto Rodriguez played by Damián Alcázar (seasons 2-3), leader of the Cali cartel and one of Escobar’s primary rivals. Alcázar also made a guest appearance in the third season of Narcos: Mexico.

Pacho Herrera[]

Helmer "Pacho" Herrera played by Alberto Ammann (seasons 2-3; recurring season 1), a high-ranking member of the Cali cartel with connections to the Mexican drug trade. Ammann also made a guest appearance in the first season of Narcos: Mexico and was a series regular for seasons 2 and 3.

Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela[]

Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela played by Francisco Denis (seasons 2-3), a high-ranking member of the Cali cartel and Gilberto’s brother. Denis also made a guest appearance in the first season of Narcos: Mexico.

Chepe Santacruz[]

José "Chepe" Santacruz-Londoño played by Pêpê Rapazote (season 3), a high-ranking member of the Cali cartel who oversees their operation in New York. Rapazote also made guest appearances in first and third seasons of Narcos: Mexico.

Jorge Salcedo Cabrera[]

Jorge Salcedo Cabrera played by Matias Varela (season 3), head of security for the Cali cartel. Varela also made a guest appearance in the second season of Narcos: Mexico.

Guillermo Palomari[]

Guillermo Palomari played by Javier Cámara (season 3), the chief accountant for the Cali cartel.

David Rodríguez[]

David Rodríguez played by Arturo Castro (season 3), enforcer for the Cali cartel and Miguel’s son.

María Salazar[]

María Salazar played by Andrea Londo (season 3), wife of a Colombian drug lord affiliated with the North Valley cartel. She becomes romantically involved with Miguel.

Christina Jurado[]

Christina Jurado played by Kerry Bishé (season 3), the American wife of a banker associated with the Cali cartel who becomes a target for the DEA.

Chris Feistl[]

Chris Feistl played by Michael Stahl-David (season 3), a DEA agent working under Peña.

Daniel Van Ness[]

Daniel Van Ness played by Matt Whelan (season 3), a DEA agent partnered with Feistl.

Amado Carrillo Fuentes[]

Amado Carrillo Fuentes played by José María Yazpik (season 3), a Mexican drug lord known as the "Lord of the Skies". He is business partners with Pacho and Félix and is Don Neto’s nephew. Yazpik was also a series regular for all three seasons of Narcos: Mexico.

Introduced in Narcos: Mexico[]

Kiki Camarena[]

Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar played by Michael Peña (season 1), a DEA agent who garners intel on Félix’s rising organization. He is married to Mika and together they have three children.

Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo[]

Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo played by Diego Luna (seasons 1-2; guest season 3), the leader and founder of the Guadalajara Cartel, who pioneered the modern Mexican drug trade.

Rafael Caro Quintero[]

Rafael "Rafa" Caro Quintero played by Tenoch Huerta (season 1; guest season 2), Félix’s friend and business partner, he is a founding member of the Guadalajara cartel.

Mika Camarena[]

Mika Camarena played by Alyssa Diaz (season 1), Kiki’s wife who is pregnant with their third child when he gets stationed to Guadalajara.

Don Neto[]

Ernesto "Don Neto" Fonseca Carrillo played by Joaquín Cosío (season 1; guest season 2; recurring season 3), Félix’s business partner and founding member of the Guadalajara cartel. He is Amado’s uncle and mentor.

Jaime Kuykendall[]

Jaime Kuykendall played by Matt Letscher (seasons 1 & 3; guest season 2), head of the Guadalajara bureau of the DEA and Kiki’s supervisor.

Salvador Osuna Nava[]

Salvador Osuna Nava played by Ernesto Alterio (season 1), Director-General of the Mexican Dirección Federal de Seguridad who becomes associated with Félix.

El Chapo[]

Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán played by Alejandro Edda (seasons 1-3), a member of the Sinaloa cartel who begins rising the ranks of the drug trade.

Maria Elvira[]

Maria Elvira played by Fernanda Urrejola (seasons 1-2), Félix’s wife and the daughter of a Mexican drug lord.

Isabella Bautista[]

Isabella Bautista played by Teresa Ruiz (seasons 1-2), Félix’s friend and business associate.

Butch Sears[]

Butch Sears played by Aaron Staton (season 1), a DEA agent stationed in Guadalajara.

Roger Knapp[]

Roger Knapp played by Lenny Jacobson (season 1), a DEA agent stationed in Guadalajara.

Pablo Acosta[]

Pablo Acosta played by Gerardo Taracena (seasons 1-2), the leader of the Juarez Cartel.

Commander González Calderoni[]

Commander Guillermo González Calderoni played by Julio Cesar Cedillo (seasons 1-2), the commander of the Mexican Federal Judicial Police.

Walt Breslin[]

Walt Breslin played by Scoot McNairy (seasons 2-3; recurring season 1), a DEA agent and the leader of Operation Leyenda. He serves as the narrator of the first two seasons of Narcos: Mexico.

Benjamín Arellano Félix[]

Benjamín Arellano Félix played by Alfonso Dosal (seasons 2-3; recurring season 1), the leader of the Tijuana Cartel, Enedina and Ramón’s older brother.

Enedina Arellano Félix[]

Enedina Arellano Félix played by Mayra Hermosillo (seasons 2-3), a high-ranking member of the Tijuana cartel, Benjamín and Ramón’s sister. She initially begins an alliance with Isabella, before joining her family’s business.

Ramón Arellano Félix[]

Ramón Arellano Félix played by Manuel Masalva (seasons 2-3; recurring season 1), an enforcer and high-ranking member of the Tijuana cartel, Benjamín and Enedina’s younger brother.

Danilo Garza[]

Danilo Garza played by Miguel Rodarte (season 2), a Mexican police officer and member of Operation Leyenda.

Kenny Moss[]

Kenny Moss played by Alex Knight (season 2; guest season 1), a DEA agent and member of Operation Leyenda.

Sal Orozco[]

Sal Orozco played by Jesse Garcia (season 2), a DEA agent and member of Operation Leyenda.

Daryl Petsky[]

Daryl Petsky played by Matt Biedel (season 2), a DEA agent and member of Operation Leyenda.

Ossie Mejía[]

Ossie Mejía played by Jero Medina (season 2), a Mexican police officer and member of Operation Leyenda.

Amat Palacios[]

Amat Palacios played by Alberto Zeni (season 2), a Mexican police officer and member of Operation Leyenda.

Héctor Luis Palma Salazar[]

Héctor Luis "El Güero" Palma Salazar played by Gorka Lasaosa (seasons 2-3; recurring season 1), a high-ranking member and sometimes leader of the Sinaloa cartel.

Enrique Clavel[]

Enrique Clavel played by Andres Londono (season 2), Félix’s right-hand man who becomes involved with Guadalupe, Salazar’s wife.

Juan García Abrego[]

Juan García Abrego played by Flavio Medina (seasons 2-3), the leader of the Gulf cartel and Guerra’s nephew.

Victor Tapia[]

Victor Tapia played by Luis Gerardo Méndez (season 3), a Juarez police officer who becomes drawn to series of killings involving young women.

Andrea Nuñez[]

Andrea Nuñez played by Luisa Rubino (season 3), a young journalist investigating the activities of the cartels, she works for La Voz de Tijuana. She serves as the narrator for the third and final season of Narcos: Mexico.

General Rebollo[]

General Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo played by Jose Zuniga (season 3), a Mexican military general working against the cartels.

Steve Sheridan[]

Steve Sheridan played by Beau Mirchoff (season 3), a DEA agent working under Kuykendall.

Dani[]

Dani played by Kristen Gutoskie (season 3), Walt’s girlfriend who is reluctant in their relationship.

David Barron Corona[]

David Barron Corona played by Bobby Soto (season 3; recurring season 2), a high-ranking member of the Logan Heights Gang and hit-man for the Tijuana cartel.

Alex Hodoyan[]

Alex Hodoyan played by Lorenzo Ferro (season 3), a member of Ramón's Narcojuniors gang, a group composed of young rich kids who act as enforcers for the Tijuana cartel.

Ramon Salgado[]

Ramon Salgado played by Alejandro Furth (season 3), co-founder of La Voz de Tijuana and Andrea's boss.

El Mayo[]

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada played by Alberto Guerra (season 3), an independent drug trafficker who uses his fishing business as a front. His business becomes an asset to the competing cartels.

Recurring characters[]

Introduced in Narcos[]

Recurring guest stars[]

Recurring co-stars[]

Notable guests[]

Introduced in Narcos[]

• A.J. Buckley as Kevin Brady (season 1)
• Luis Gnecco as Cucaracha or "Cockroach" (né Mateo Moreno) (season 1)
• Adria Arjona as Helena Sotomayor (season 1)
• Rafael Cebrián as Alejandro Ayala (season 1)
• Adan Canto as Rodrigo Lara Bonilla (season 1)
• Dylan Bruno as Barry Seal (season 1)
• Juan Pablo Espinosa as Luis Carlos Galán (season 1)
• Alfredo Castro as Abel Escobar (season 2)
• Tristán Ulloa as Ernesto Samper Colombian President (season 3)

References[]