Do you know this man? You should. He’s not just a hard-working and consistently successful actor–a mainstay of Latino Hollywood from Knots Landing more than twenty years ago, he’s also an effective producer and writer who’s making his presence felt at a variety of levels.
The son of Cuban immigrants, and the youngest of 4 siblings, Marco Sanchez was raised in Palm Desert, California. After Knots Landing, he was part of Steven Spielberg‘s seaQuest DSV, and even a regular on Walker, Texas Ranger for a while. Since then, his resume reads like a list of high-end TV dramas, from 24 and Desperate Housewives to ER and The Mentalist. He’s recently been seen in the recurring role of Alejandro Rivera on NCIS, the highest rated hour-long on TV today.
Meanwhile, he’s stayed busy in feature films as well, working with major names like director John Badham and J.J. Abrams (he was part of Super 8 a few years back), and distinguished fellow actors like Dennis Quaid, Kevin Spacey and Morgan Freeman. He’ll even make it all the way to Vice President of the United states in one of this year’s biggest films, Iron Man 3. A Latino V.P., no less, named Rodriguez. And still: that’s only part of the story. Marco co-founded Lyceum films in 2006 with Michael Goorjian and Muse Media Center founder Noah Veneklasen. Marco’s producing credits with Lyceum include Players’ Club, 5 Wishes, The War Prayer (for which he also wrote the adapted screenplay), The Shift, and Tales of Everyday Magic, a continuing anthology of uplifting hour-long stories. You can see previews of the first four, already completed here
NCIS
Today, Marco is continuing to produce and write, and working on Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Lifetime series The Client List, which premiered its second season on Sunday March 10. (You can catch that first new episode half a dozen times this week, with another one next Sunday). And you can see him as Dr. Ortiz in the March 18 episode of Secret Life of an American Teenager at 8P on ABC Family.
A busy man with a lot on his plate (did we mention his wife and daughter?), who’s already accomplished a great deal, with much more to come.
