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 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 actor to have appearances in all six seasons of both series combined.
= Main cast (credited)
= Recurring cast (3+)
= Guest cast (1-2)
| Character | Portrayed by | Seasons | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narcos | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Pablo Escobar[1] | Wagner Moura | ||||||
| Steven Murphy[2] | Boyd Holbrook | ||||||
| Javier Peña | Pedro Pascal | colspan="3" | |||||
| Connie Murphy | Joanna Christie | colspan="4" | |||||
| Colonel Horacio Carrillo[3] [4] | Maurice Compte | colspan="4" | |||||
| Jorge Ochoa | André Mattos | colspan="5" | |||||
| Fabio Ochoa | Robert Urbina | colspan="5" | |||||
| Juan Diego "La Quica" Díaz | Diego Cataño | colspan="4" | |||||
| Roberto "Poison" Ramos | Jorge A. Jimenez | colspan="2" | |||||
| Tata Escobar | Paulina Gaitán | colspan="4" | |||||
| Hermilda Gaviria | Paulina García | colspan="4" | |||||
| Valeria Vélez[5] [6] | Stephanie Sigman | colspan="4" | |||||
| Fernando Duque | Bruno Bichir | colspan="4" | |||||
| César Gaviria | Raúl Méndez | colspan="4" | |||||
| Eduardo Sandoval | Manolo Cardona | colspan="4" | |||||
| Judy Moncada[7] | Cristina Umaña | colspan="4" | |||||
| Bill Stechner | Eric Lange | ||||||
| Claudia Messina | Florencia Lozano | colspan="4" | |||||
| Gilberto Rodriguez[8] | Damián Alcázar | ||||||
| Helmer "Pacho" Herrera | Alberto Ammann | colspan="2" | |||||
| Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela | Francisco Denis | colspan="2" | |||||
| José "Chepe" Santacruz-Londoño | Pêpê Rapazote | ||||||
| Jorge Salcedo Cabrera | Matias Varela | ||||||
| Guillermo Pallomari | Javier Cámara | colspan="3" | |||||
| David Rodríguez | Arturo Castro | colspan="3" | |||||
| María Salazar | Andrea Londo | colspan="3" | |||||
| Christina Jurado | Kerry Bishé | colspan="3" | |||||
| Chris Feistl | Michael Stahl-David | colspan="3" | |||||
| Daniel Van Ness | Matt Whelan | colspan="3" | |||||
| Amado Carrillo Fuentes | José María Yazpik | colspan="4" | |||||
| Kiki Camarena | Michael Peña | colspan="2" | |||||
| Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo[9] | Diego Luna | ||||||
| Rafael "Rafa" Caro Quintero | Tenoch Huerta | ||||||
| Mika Camarena | Alyssa Diaz | colspan="2" | |||||
| Ernesto "Don Neto" Fonseca Carrillo | Joaquín Cosío | ||||||
| James "Jaime" Kuykendall | Matt Letscher | ||||||
| Salvador Osuna Nava | Ernesto Alterio | colspan="2" | |||||
| Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán | Alejandro Edda | colspan="3" | |||||
| Maria Elvira | Fernanda Urrejola | ||||||
| Isabella Bautista | Teresa Ruiz | ||||||
| Butch Sears | Aaron Staton | colspan="2" | |||||
| Roger Knapp | Lenny Jacobson | colspan="2" | |||||
| Pablo Acosta | Gerardo Taracena | ||||||
| Guillermo González Calderoni | Julio Cesar Cedillo | ||||||
| Walt Breslin | Scoot McNairy | colspan="2" | |||||
| Benjamín Arellano Félix | Alfonso Dosal | colspan="2" | |||||
| Enedina Arellano Félix | Mayra Hermosillo | colspan="2" | |||||
| Ramón Arellano Félix | Manuel Masalva | colspan="2" | |||||
| Danilo Garza | Miguel Rodarte | ||||||
| Kenny Moss | Alex Knight | ||||||
| Sal Orozco | Jesse Garcia | ||||||
| Daryl Petsky | Matt Biedel | ||||||
| Ossie Mejía | Jero Medina | ||||||
| Amat Palacios | Alberto Zeni | ||||||
| Héctor Luis Palma Salazar | Gorka Lasaosa | colspan="2" | |||||
| Enrique Clavel | Andres Londono | ||||||
| Juan García Abrego | Flavio Medina | colspan="2" | |||||
| Victor Tapia | Luis Gerardo Méndez | ||||||
| Andrea Nuñez | Luisa Rubino | ||||||
| Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo | José Zúñiga | ||||||
| Steve Sheridan | Beau Mirchoff | ||||||
| Dani | Kristen Gutoskie | ||||||
| David Barron Corona | Bobby Soto | ||||||
| Alex Hodoyan | Lorenzo Ferro | ||||||
| Ramon Salgado | Alejandro Furth | ||||||
| Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada | Alberto Guerra | ||||||
= Recurring cast (3+)
= Guest cast (1-2)
| Character | Portrayed by | Seasons | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narcos | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha | Luis Guzmán | colspan="5" | |||||
| Gustavo Gaviria | Juan Pablo Raba | colspan="5" | |||||
| Carlos Lehder | Juan Riedinger | colspan="5" | |||||
| CIA Officer | Richard T. Jones | colspan="5" | |||||
| Elisa Álvarez | Ana de la Reguera | colspan="5" | |||||
| Ambassador Noonan | Danielle Kennedy | colspan="5" | |||||
| Colonel Lou Wysession | Patrick St. Esprit | colspan="5" | |||||
| Diana Turbay | Gabriela de la Garza | colspan="5" | |||||
| Sureshot | Ariel Sierra | colspan="4" | |||||
| Nelson "El Negrito" Hernández[10] | Julián Díaz | colspan="5" | |||||
| Marta Ochoa | Carolina Gaitán | colspan="5" | |||||
| Agent Owen | Thaddeus Phillips | colspan="4" | |||||
| Juan Pablo Escobar | Juan Sebastian Murcia | colspan="4" | |||||
| Trujillo | Jorge Monterrosa | colspan="5" | |||||
| Alberto Suarez | Julián Beltrán | colspan="5" | |||||
| Fernando Galeano | Orlando Valenzuela | colspan="5" | |||||
| Kiko Moncada | Christian Tappan | colspan="5" | |||||
| Marina Ochoa | Laura Perico | colspan="5" | |||||
| Ana Gaviria | Vera Mercado | colspan="4" | |||||
| Navegante | Juan Sebastián Calero | ||||||
| Limón | Leynar Gómez | colspan="5" | |||||
| Maritza | Martina García | colspan="5" | |||||
| Ambassador Arthur Crosby | Brett Cullen | colspan="5" | |||||
| Edward Jacoby | Konstantin Melikhov | colspan="5" | |||||
| Velasco | Alejandro Buitrago | colspan="4" | |||||
| Jairo | Jairo Ordoñez | colspan="4" | |||||
| Diego "Don Berna" Murillo Bejarano | Mauricio Cujar | colspan="5" | |||||
| Ricardo Prisco | Federico Rivera | colspan="5" | |||||
| Manuela Escobar | María José Sanchez | colspan="4" | |||||
| Carlos Castaño Gil | Mauricio Mejía | colspan="5" | |||||
| Fidel Castaño | Gustavo Angarita Jr. | colspan="5" | |||||
| Gustavo de Greiff | Germán Jaramillo | colspan="5" | |||||
| Colonel Hugo Martínez | Juan Pablo Shuk | colspan="5" | |||||
| Hugo Martinez Jr. | Sebastián Vega | colspan="5" | |||||
| General Diego Vargas | Álvaro García | colspan="5" | |||||
| Franklin Jurado | Miguel Ángel Silvestre | colspan="5" | |||||
| Carlo Córdova | Andrés Crespo | colspan="5" | |||||
| Flaco | Arnold Cantillo | colspan="5" | |||||
| Orlando Henao Montoya | Julián Arango | colspan="4" | |||||
| Enrique | Carrell Lasso | colspan="5" | |||||
| Claudio Salazar | Carlos Camacho | colspan="5" | |||||
| Dario | Roberto Cano | colspan="5" | |||||
| Manuel | Maurho Jimenez | ||||||
| Agent Neil Stoddard | Raymond Ablack | colspan="5" | |||||
| Paola Salcedo | Taliana Vargas | colspan="5" | |||||
| Vera Salcedo | Juana Álvarez | colspan="5" | |||||
| Patricía Pallomari | Lina Castrillón | colspan="5" | |||||
| Wilber Varela | Girolly Gutiérrez | ||||||
| Carolina Álvarez | Margarita Rosa de Francisco | colspan="5" | |||||
| Alma Salcedo | Bella Barragán | colspan="5" | |||||
| Nicolas Rodriguez | Sebastián Eslava | colspan="5" | |||||
| Alvaro Herrera | Edgar Prada | colspan="5" | |||||
| Fernando Botero Zea | Luis Mesa | colspan="5" | |||||
| General Rosso José Serrano | Gastón Velandia | colspan="5" | |||||
| Juan José "El Azul" Esparragoza Moreno | Fermin Martinez | colspan="4" | |||||
| Tomas Morlet | Horacio Garcia Rojas | colspan="4" | |||||
| Sammy Alvarez | Memo Villegas | colspan="4" | |||||
| Cochiloco | Andrés Almeida | ||||||
| Governor Leopoldo Celis | Rodrigo Murray | colspan="4" | |||||
| Comandante Méndez | Edison Ruiz | colspan="4" | |||||
| Humberto Machaín | Emilio Guerrero | ||||||
| Kiki Camarena Jr. | Alessandro Borrelli | colspan="4" | |||||
| Miguel Gallardo Jr. | Jonathan Ochoa | ||||||
| Abril Gallardo | Ivana Plantier | ||||||
| Suzy | Natasha Esca | colspan="4" | |||||
| Falcón | Luis Roberto Guzmán | colspan="4" | |||||
| Cuco | Edmundo Vargas | colspan="4" | |||||
| Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix | Francisco Barreiro | colspan="4" | |||||
| Sofia Conesa | Tessa Ía | colspan="3" | |||||
| Tony | Mark Kubr | colspan="3" | |||||
| Juan Matta-Ballesteros | Vladimir Cruz | ||||||
| Manuel Torres Félix | Joshua Okamoto | colspan="3" | |||||
| Ed Heath | Clark Freeman | ||||||
| Thomas Buehl | Mike Doyle | colspan="4" | |||||
| Ana Kuykendall | Tania Arredondo | colspan="4" | |||||
| John Gavin | Yul Vazquez | colspan="4" | |||||
| Mr. X / Andrés | Alejandro Bracho | ||||||
| Ruben Zuno Arce | Milton Cortés | ||||||
| Guadalupe "Lupita" Leija Serrano | Viviana Serna | ||||||
| Juan Nepomuceno Guerra | Jesús Ochoa | ||||||
| Mimi Webb Miller | Sosie Bacon | ||||||
| Javier Arellano Félix | José Julián | colspan="5" | |||||
| Eduardo Arellano Félix | Sebastián Buitrón | colspan="5" | |||||
| Daniela Gallardo | Alejandra Guilmant | ||||||
| Rafael Aguilar Guajardo | Noé Hernández | ||||||
| Marco De Haro | Alfonso Borbolla | ||||||
| Isabel Arellano Félix | Luna Beltran | colspan="5" | |||||
| Alicia María Arellano Félix | Marilyn Uribe | colspan="5" | |||||
| Manny | Erick Israel Consuelo | colspan="5" | |||||
| Carlos Salinas de Gortari | Adolfo Madera | ||||||
| Raúl Salinas de Gortari | Mauricio Isaac | ||||||
| Cecilia Rosado | Mariana Treviño | ||||||
| Carlos Hank Gonzalez | Manuel Uriza | ||||||
| Hortencia Tapia | Damayanti Quintanar | ||||||
| Craig Mills | James Earl | ||||||
| Everardo Arturo “Kitty” Paez | Benito Martínez Ocasio | ||||||
| Marta Linares | Yessica Borroto | ||||||
| Jack Dorian | Eric Etebari | ||||||
| Rogelio | Markin López | ||||||
| Ruth Arellano Félix | Adriana Llabrés | ||||||
| Alfredo Hodoyan | Iván Aragón | ||||||
| Marcos Santos | Francisco Rubio | ||||||
| Claudio Vazquez | Claudio Lafarga | ||||||
| Isabella | Ana Cecilia Azuela | ||||||
| Isaac | Nicolás de Llaca | ||||||
| Arturo Beltrán Leyva | Diego Calva | ||||||
| Vicente Carrillo Fuentes | Fernando Bonilla | ||||||
| Gerardo Corral | Eugenio Rubio | ||||||
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 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 played by Pedro Pascal (seasons 1-3), a DEA agent and Murphy’s partner. He serves as the narrator for the third season and final season of Narcos.
Connie Murphy played by Joanna Christie (seasons 1-2), Steve’s wife, a nurse who works at a local hospital in Colombia.
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 played by André Mattos (season 1), founding member and former leader of the Medellín cartel.
Fabio Ochoa played by Robert Urbina (season 1), a founding member and former leadership of the Medellín cartel and Jorge’s brother.
Juan Diego "La Quica" Díaz played by Diego Cataño (season 1; recurring season 2), an assassin working for the Medellín cartel.
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 played by Paulina Gaitán (seasons 1-2), Pablo Escobar’s wife and mother of his two children.
Hermilda Gaviria played by Paulina García (seasons 1-2), Pablo’s mother who he has a close relationship to.
Valeria Vélez played by Stephanie Sigman (season 1; recurring season 2), a Colombian journalist who is Escobar’s mistress.
Fernando Duque played by Bruno Bichir (seasons 1-2), aColombian lawyer representing Pablo Escobar.
César Gaviria played by Raúl Méndez (seasons 1-2), a Colombian politician who becomes the 28th President of Colombia.
Eduardo Sandoval played by Manolo Cardona (seasons 1-2), the Vice Minister of Justice for President Gaviria’s administration.
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. She is a founding member of the Los Pepes hit squad, designed to destroy Escobar’s organization.
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 played by Florencia Lozano (season 2), a high-ranking DEA agent who acts as Murphy and Peña’s supervisor.
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.
Helmer "Pacho" Herrera played by Alberto Ammann (seasons 2-3; recurring season 1), a leader 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 played by Francisco Denis (seasons 2-3), a leader and founding member of the Cali cartel and Gilberto’s brother. Denis also made a guest appearance in the first season of Narcos: Mexico.
José "Chepe" Santacruz-Londoño played by Pêpê Rapazote (season 3), a leader and founding 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 played by Matias Varela (season 3), head of security for the Cali cartel. Varela also made a guest appearance in the second season ofNarcos: Mexico.
Guillermo Palomari played by Javier Cámara (season 3), the chief accountant for the Cali cartel.
David Rodríguez played by Arturo Castro (season 3), an enforcer for the Cali cartel and Miguel’s son.
María Salazar played by Andrea Londo (season 3), the wife of a Colombian drug lord affiliated with the North Valley cartel. She becomes romantically involved with Miguel.
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 played by Michael Stahl-David (season 3), a DEA agent working under Peña.
Daniel Van Ness played by Matt Whelan (season 3), a DEA agent partnered with Feistl.
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.
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 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 "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 played by Alyssa Diaz (season 1), Kiki’s wife who is pregnant with their third child when he gets stationed to Guadalajara.
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.
James "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 played by Ernesto Alterio (season 1), Director-General of the Mexican Dirección Federal de Seguridad who becomes associated with Félix.
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 played by Fernanda Urrejola (seasons 1-2), Félix’s wife and the daughter of a Mexican drug lord.
Isabella Bautista played by Teresa Ruiz (seasons 1-2), Félix’s friend and business associate.
Butch Sears played by Aaron Staton (season 1), a DEA agent stationed in Guadalajara.
Roger Knapp played by Lenny Jacobson (season 1), a DEA agent stationed in Guadalajara.
Pablo Acosta played by Gerardo Taracena (seasons 1-2), the leader of the Juarez Cartel.
Commander Guillermo González Calderoni played by Julio Cesar Cedillo (seasons 1-2), the commander of the Mexican Federal Judicial Police.
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 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 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 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 played by Miguel Rodarte (season 2), a Mexican police officer and member of Operation Leyenda.
Kenny Moss played by Alex Knight (season 2; guest season 1), a DEA agent and member of Operation Leyenda.
Sal Orozco played by Jesse Garcia (season 2), a DEA agent and member of Operation Leyenda.
Daryl Petsky played by Matt Biedel (season 2), a DEA agent and member of Operation Leyenda.
Ossie Mejía played by Jero Medina (season 2), a Mexican police officer and member of Operation Leyenda.
Amat Palacios played by Alberto Zeni (season 2), a Mexican police officer and member of Operation Leyenda.
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 played by Andres Londono (season 2), Félix’s right-hand man who becomes involved with Guadalupe, Salazar’s wife.
Juan García Abrego played by Flavio Medina (seasons 2-3), the leader of the Gulf cartel and Guerra’s nephew.
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 played by Luisa Rubino (season 3), a young journalist investigating the activities of the cartels for "La Voz de Tijuana". She serves as the narrator for the third and final season of Narcos: Mexico.
General Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo played by Jose Zuniga (season 3), a Mexican military general working against the cartels.
Steve Sheridan played by Beau Mirchoff (season 3), a DEA agent working under Kuykendall.
Dani played by Kristen Gutoskie (season 3), Walt’s girlfriend who is reluctant in their relationship.
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 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 played by Alejandro Furth (season 3), co-founder of "La Voz de Tijuana" and Andrea's boss.
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.