José María Yazpik
Biography
A Mexican actor, José María Yazpik is known for portraying Amado Carrillo Fuentes in the Netflix drama Narcos. Born in Mexico City, he first appeared in the television film The Brute With the Angel of Death through a friend of his father. He then studied acting at CEA, the school run by Televisa, and after graduation was offered small parts in youth telenovelas there. His first major television role came in 1995 with The Dove. He then worked on the telenovela Song of Love and the feature Última llamada in 1996. In 1997 he played villainous young men in Pueblo chico, infierno grande and Ángela. Later, Yazpik took on the role of the narcotics trafficker Amado Carrillo Fuentes for the third season of Narcos, which was released in 2017, and stayed with the character through all three seasons of the follow-up Narcos: Mexico, which ran from 2018 to 2021.
55years old
Turns 56 on November 13in 3 days
- Born Mexico City
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Jose Maria Yazpik
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 21 years2003 to 2024
First and latest
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José María Yazpik movies on Netflix
Greedy Peopleas The Colombian
Madame Webas Santiago
There Are No Saintsas Neto Niente
Everybody Loves Somebodyas Daniel
I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Longas Actor en telenovela
I'm So Excited!as Infante
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendozaas Peyote Asesino (voice)
Beverly Hills Chihuahuaas Vasquez
The Burning Plainas Carlos
Borderlandas Zoilo
A Wonderful Worldas Asesor Financiero
Sueñoas Pancho
Crónicasas Iván Suárez
Nicotinaas Joaquín
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Jesús Ochoa appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.







Films together
Jesús Ochoa4 films together, 2003 to 2012
Jesús Ochoa's page El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza2012IMDb rating 6.2Yazpik as Peyote AsesinovoiceOchoa as Diablo Zepedavoice
Beverly Hills Chihuahua2008IMDb rating 4.0Yazpik as VasquezOchoa as Officer Ramirez
A Wonderful World2006IMDb rating 6.8Yazpik as Asesor FinancieroOchoa as El Tamal
Nicotina2003IMDb rating 6.5Yazpik as JoaquínOchoa as Tomson
Cecilia Suárez3 films together, 2006 to 2013
Cecilia Suárez's page I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long2013IMDb rating 6.9Yazpik as Actor en telenovelaSuárez as Actriz en telenovela
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza2012IMDb rating 6.2Yazpik as Peyote AsesinovoiceSuárez as Kikis Corcuera / La Caperuzavoice
A Wonderful World2006IMDb rating 6.8Yazpik as Asesor FinancieroSuárez as Rosita
Damián Alcázar3 films together, 2004 to 2007
Damián Alcázar's page Borderland2007IMDb rating 5.6Yazpik as ZoiloAlcázar as Ulises
A Wonderful World2006IMDb rating 6.8Yazpik as Asesor FinancieroAlcázar as Juan Perez
Crónicas2004IMDb rating 6.8Yazpik as Iván SuárezAlcázar as Vinicio Cepeda
John Leguizamo2 films together, 2004 to 2005
Paz Vega2 films together, 2013 to 2022
Paz Vega's page There Are No Saints2022IMDb rating 4.9Yazpik as Neto NienteVega as Nadia
I'm So Excited!2013IMDb rating 5.6Yazpik as InfanteVega as Alba
Daniel Giménez Cacho2 films together, 2003 to 2012
Daniel Giménez Cacho's page El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza2012IMDb rating 6.2Yazpik as Peyote AsesinovoiceCacho as Santosvoice
Nicotina2003IMDb rating 6.5Yazpik as JoaquínCacho as Beto
Also two films together3 more actors
- Karla SouzaThere Are No Saints (2022) and Everybody Loves Somebody (2017)
- Raúl MéndezI Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long (2013) and A Wonderful World (2006)
- Jorge ZárateA Wonderful World (2006) and Nicotina (2003)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What José María Yazpik's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$281 million
9 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 3 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$149M53.1% of the total
- 2$100M35.7% of the total
- 3$12M4.2% of the total
- 4$6.5M2.3% of the total
- 5$5.8M2.0% of the total
- 6$5.6M2.0% of the total
- 7$946K0.3% of the total
- 8$784K0.3% of the total













