Matias Varela

Born in Stockholm, Matias Varela is a Swedish actor who trained at Södra Latin's drama program and first appeared in the soap opera Nya tider. He worked in construction while taking small acting jobs before pursuing the role of the drug dealer Jorge Salinas in the adaptation of Snabba Cash. He persuaded Daniel Espinosa, the director, to test him on screen, which led to his casting, and the film's success brought him the sequels Easy Money: Hard to Kill (2012) and Easy Money III: Life Deluxe (2013). He played Detective Jorge Chavez in the television series Arne Dahl. Later he had his first international role as a Basque terrorist in Covert Affairs and appeared in The Borgias as Ferdinand II of Naples. He took parts in Point Break (2015) and Assassin's Creed (2016), then starred as Jorge Salcedo Cabrera in Narcos and reprised the role in Narcos: Mexico. He appeared in 438 Days (2019) and Heavy (2019).