Marc Menchaca

Marc Menchaca (born October 10, 1975) is an American actor, writer, and director. His credits include The Alamo (2004), Generation Kill (2008), Homeland (2011–2012), This Is Where We Live (2013), Ozark (2017–2018, 2022) and The Sinner (2018), Manifest (2019) and The Outsider (2019), Black Mirror: episode "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" (2019), Alone (2021), No One Gets Out Alive (2021), Jack Ryan (2022), White House Plumbers (2023), Beacon 23 (2023–2024), American Rust (2024), The Big Cigar (2024), Dexter: Resurrection (2025), Companion (2025) and The Abandons (2025).

Early life and education

His father is Mexican and his mother is American. Menchaca first became interested in performing as a student at Central High School in San Angelo, Texas. 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 attended a summer acting program at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in Manhattan before deciding to pursue an acting career in his twenties. He is an alumnus of the William Esper Studio.

Career

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 Breckenridge Film Festival, with the film receiving a further 10 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 had a recurring role as Russ Langmore, a man struggling to suppress his homosexuality. He has regular recent roles on television in The Sinner and Manifest. He appeared again on TV with Jason Bateman in 2019, in the Stephen King horror miniseries portraying Jack Hoskins in all 10 episodes of The Outsider (2019). The same year he starred alongside Miley Cyrus playing her father Kevin Goggins in the Black Mirror episode "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" (2019).

In 2020, he 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 own stunts in the film, including a fight scene in 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 'The Man' in the Sarah Pirozek directed film #Like

In 2021, he starred in the Santiago Menghini-directed Netflix horror movie No One Gets Out Alive with co-star Cristina Rodlo.

In 2025, Menchaca played Ronald "Red" Schmidt and The Dark Passenger in Dexter: Resurrection. He was Sheriff Hayworth, working in the same cast as his wife Lena Headey, also Gillian Anderson in the western series The Abandons.

Personal life

On October 6, 2022, Menchaca married British actress Lena Headey in Apulia, Italy.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

External links

• at IMDb