Sal Lopez
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1954-11-08
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Mexico
Biografía
Sal Lopez (also Sal López) is a Mexican-American actor and producer, born on November 8, 1954, in Mexico. He grew up in a bilingual home in South Central Los Angeles, the second of eight boys born to immigrant parents. He is a founding member of The Latino Theater Company, where he has co-created theater for over 38 years, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is married to Urbanie Lucero and has two children, residing in Silver Lake, Los Angeles. Lopez started his career after landing a key role in the hit play Zoot Suit (1982), which led to an open call by Stanley Kubrick for Full Metal Jacket (1987), in which he played T.H.E. Rock. Other notable film credits include American Me (1992, as Edward James Olmos's father), Selena (1997), Silver City (2004, directed by John Sayles), The Astronaut Farmer (2007, with Billy Bob Thornton), Logan (2017), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), and F1 (2025). His television credits span Nip/Tuck, CSI, ER, NYPD Blue, Melrose Place, The Shield, Westworld, and Queen of the South. On stage, Lopez has performed in numerous productions with The Latino Theater Company, including one-man shows like This Is A Man's World, Premeditation, and August 29th, and the lead in La Virgen Dios Inantzin, performed annually at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. He has received an ALMA Award for Outstanding Individual Performance and a DramaLogue Award, and produced and starred in the independent film Luminarias (1999).
Conocido por
Filmografía
Sabes Que Te Quiero
El botín
Atropia
Roses on the Vine
F1 la película
Delfino's Journey
Baby Blue: Asesino en Serie
Seven Cemeteries
Doctor Odyssey
Moe
Centurion: The Dancing Stallion
The Hyperions
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Old Ways
Spiked
El diablo tiene un nombre
Chalino
Culture Shock
Demasiado viejo para morir joven
El Chicano
Acuitzeramo
Velvet Buzzsaw
Barry
Chance
Monday Nights at Seven
Westworld
Lopez
Código negro
Road to Juarez
An Evergreen Christmas
Go for Sisters
The Bridge
Uno para todas
Addicto de Salsa
Castle
Un chihuahua en Beverly Hills
American Son
Life
El granjero astronauta
A Toda Velocidad
Inglés es una segunda lengua
El padrino
Silver City
Paparazzi
Entourage: El séquito
Batman: El misterio de Batwoman
The Lyon's Den
El instructor
Nip/Tuck, a golpe de bisturí
Temblores
CSI: Miami
Amigas a la fuerza
Hunter: Return to Justice
The Shield: Al margen de la ley
Hammerlock
Missing Pieces
CSI: Las Vegas
El precio de la gloria
Luminarias
Snoops
Flypaper
Los siete magníficos
Nightman
Las nuevas aventuras de Batman
El final de la violencia
Por rumbas y a lo loco
Selena
El rey de la colina
Después del silencio
Dangerous Minds
Journey
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
Tocados por un ángel
Urgencias
Ahí va mi chica
Blue tiger (Furia en la piel)
Mr. Jones
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
El regreso de los muertos vivientes 3 (Mortal Zombie)
From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
Melrose Place
Frío en el paraiso
American Me (Sin remisión)
Lookwell
Shades of L.A.
El Diablo
Cartel
Millonarios en la Alcantarilla
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution
Dolly
Wiseguy
Nacido al este de Los Ángeles
La chaqueta metálica
Pasta Gansa
matlock
Get Out of My Room
The Glitter Dome
Hunter
T. J. Hooker
Zoot Suit
Canción triste de Hill Street
Locuras de medianoche
240-Robert
Arnold
CHiPs
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket