Daniel and Luis Moncada

Honduran-American actors (born 1980 and 1977)
Daniel Moncada
Born (1980-05-17) May 17, 1980 (age 44)
Honduras
OccupationActor
Luis Moncada
Born (1977-07-18) July 18, 1977 (age 46)
Honduras
OccupationActor
Daniel and Luis in 2019

Daniel Moncada and Luis Moncada are Honduran-American actors and brothers best known for their role as "The Cousins" Leonel and Marco Salamanca on the multi-award-winning AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2015–2022).[1][2][3] Despite playing twins in both series, Luis is actually around three years older than Daniel in real life.

Luis Moncada was formerly in a gang and has served a prison sentence for vehicle theft.[4]

Filmography

Daniel's roles

  • Justified (2014) - Manolo
  • Sabotage (2014) - Brujo's Sicario #5
  • McFarland, USA (2015) - Eddie
  • Blood Father (2016) - Choop
  • Bright (2017) - Shadow (uncredited)
  • The Mule (2018) - Eduardo
  • Dead End (2019) - Little Sleepy

Luis' roles

  • Latin Dragon (2004) - Gangster
  • Collateral (2004) - Cold Eyed Killer
  • El Padrino (2004) - Bodyguard (uncredited)
  • Yard Sale (2004) - Gang Member #2
  • Hitting the Bricks (2008) - Rudy
  • Days of Wrath (2008) - Oso
  • Fast & Furious (2009) - Scar Thug
  • Down for Life (2009) - Oso
  • Dexter (2011) - Julio Benes
  • K-11 (2012) - ShyBoy
  • Sabotage (2014) - Brujo's Sicario #2
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2014) - Tito Ruiz
  • Street Level (2015) - Tommy
  • So B. It (2016) - Zander's Dad
  • This Is Now (2016) - Johnny
  • The Night Is Young (2017) - Luis
  • Bright (2017) - Casper
  • Get Shorty (TV series) (2019) - Queso

References

  1. ^ Post, Latinos (9 September 2013). "Daniel and Luis Moncada: Honduras-born Gang Members Turned Hollywood Actors".
  2. ^ "Luis Moncada". IMDb.
  3. ^ "Daniel Moncada". IMDb.
  4. ^ "From prison to 'Breaking Bad's' set". 24 April 2010.

External links

  • Daniel Moncada at IMDb
  • Luis Moncada at IMDb