Maurice Compte

Maurice Compte (/mɔːrˈiːs ˈkɒmpti/;[1] born in 1972) is an American actor known for his roles as Gaff in Breaking Bad, Santiago "Big Evil" Flores in End of Watch, and as Colonel Carrillo in Narcos.

Early life

Born and raised in New Orleans, Compte is the son of Cuban migrants.[2]

Career

Compte has been active as an actor since 1996. He first appeared in series such as Chicago Hope and Pacific Blue. This was followed by minor roles in movies like Before Night Falls and Double Whammy. Compte's first recurring role was as Charlie Gutierrez in the series E-Ring from 2005. Other guest appearances as in Monk and NCIS: Los Angeles followed. In 2011 he portrayed cartel member Gaff in the hit television series Breaking Bad. A year later, he was seen in End of Watch. Other roles in series such as Bones followed, before playing the role of Danny Ortiz in 2014 alongside Liam Neeson in the movie A Walk Among the Tombstones. In 2015, he gained more prominence as Horacio Carrillo in the Netflix series Narcos.[3][4]

He also starred as Diego Jimenez on the Starz drama Power (2014–2020) and later as Kevin Jimenez on Mayans M.C. (2018), the spinoff of the FX television series Sons of Anarchy.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 The Substitute Tay
1996 Illtown Pep
1999 The Dream Catcher Freddy
1999 Eastside Toad
2000 Before Night Falls Nicolas Abreu
2000 Dancing at the Blue Iguana Drug Buyer
2001 Double Whammy Jo Jo
2002 Showtime Chili
2002 Deuces Wild Maurice
2003 All the Real Girls Bo
2006 Big Top Rico
2007 Poet's War Garcia
2008 They Never Saw Us Coming Waleed
2009 Spoken Word George
2009 Civil Strife Fallah
2009 Tribal Negotiations
2009 After Action Review
2010 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Hakim
2011 Yelling to the Sky Junior Oriol
2011 The Blue of Noon Percival Blue
2012 End of Watch Big Evil
2012 I Do Mano Alfaro
2014 Sabotage Sapo
2014 Echo Park Mateo
2014 A Walk Among the Tombstones Danny Ortiz
2014 Search Party Pelon
2015 There Is a New World Somewhere Esteban
2015 Clarity Omar
2016 True Memoirs of an International Assassin Juan
2017 Once Upon a Time in Venice Oscar
2018 Den of Thieves Benny Magalon
2018 Perfect Dr. Price
2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Land Pirate Maurice
2021 Born a Champion Rosco
2021 American Sicario Roberto Feliz
2023 Little Dixie Lalo Miguel Prado
TBA Don't Suck DJ Minky
TBA Hellfire Salvadore Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Chicago Hope Lead Gang Kid Episode: "The Son Also Rises"
1997, 1999 NYPD Blue Justin Candell /

Gangbanger #2

2 episodes
1997 Pacific Blue Caesar Zamora Episode: "Blood for Blood"
2000 Angel Chain Episode: "War Zone"
2001 The Practice Manny Guzman Episode: "Home of the Brave"
2001 UC: Undercover Rafael Ortega Episode: "Of Fathers and Sons"
2002 Fidel Raúl Castro Television film
2003 Boomtown Pedro Aguilar /

Jaime Aguilar

Episode: "Sinaloa Cowboys"
2003 24 Cole 3 episodes
2003 CSI: Miami Guillermo Soriano Episode: "Body Count"
2004 Karen Sisco Aldo Episode: "Dog Day Sisco"
2005 CSI: NY Michael Armstrong Episode: "On the Job"
2005 Line of Fire FBI Informant Episode: "Born to Run"
2005 Wanted Alvarez Kelly Episode: "Click, Click, Boom"
2005–2006 E-Ring Charlie Gutierrez 11 episodes
2008 Moonlight Bustos Episode: "Love Lasts Forever"
2008 Burn Notice Trevor Episode: "Scatter Point"
2009 Without a Trace Mario Castro Episode: "Friends and Neighbors"
2009 Life Len Lyle Hix Episode: "3 Women"
2009 Monk Luke Johnston Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes Camping"
2010 NCIS: Los Angeles Rafael Taro Episode: "Missing"
2010 FutureStates Oscar Episode: "The Rise"
2010 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Chalo Arua Episode: "Irradiator"
2010 Lie to Me Juan Campos Episode: "Headlock"
2010–2012 Choke.Kick.Girl: The Series Chatto 8 episodes
2011 Southland Officer Rodrigo Morales 2 episodes
2011 Breaking Bad Gaff 4 episodes
2013 Bones Alex Garcia Episode: "The Fact in the Fiction"
2013 Criminal Minds Detective Mark Reyes Episode: "The Return"
2015–2016 Narcos Horacio Carrillo 12 episodes
2016 Hawaii Five-0 Levi Sosa Episode: "Kuleana"
2016 Rush Hour Carlos Episode: "Pilot"
2016 From Dusk till Dawn: The Series Brassa 6 episodes
2017 APB Marcos Cruz Episode: "Above & Beyond"
2017 Kevin Can Wait Domingo 2 episodes
2017–2018 Power Diego Jiménez 9 episodes
2018 Erase Valentino Television film
2018 Mayans M.C. Kevin Jimenez 9 episodes
2018 The Last Ship Gustavo Barros 8 episodes
2020 Deputy Cartel Boss Episode: "10-8 Firestone"
2020 The Fugitive Alfredo Mengiora Episode: "When Mike Met Ronnie"
2020–2021 In the Dark Josiah 10 episodes

References

  1. ^ "Ask Dusk: Maurice Compte". El Rey Network. June 14, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  2. ^ Robbins, Caryn. "Directors, New Cast Members Announced for FROM DUSK TILL DAWN: THE SERIES Season 3". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  3. ^ "What a character: Why Colonel Carrillo from Narcos is a TV great". JOE.ie. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  4. ^ "Maurice Compte". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-09-06.