Sal Lopez
Acting
- Born:
- 1954-11-08
- Place of birth:
- Mexico
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
You Know I Love You
The Rip
Atropia
Roses on the Vine
F1
Delfino's Journey
Baby Blue
Seven Cemeteries
Doctor Odyssey
Moe
Centurion: The Dancing Stallion
The Hyperions
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Old Ways
Spiked
The Devil Has a Name
Chalino
Culture Shock
Too Old to Die Young
El Chicano
Acuitzeramo
Velvet Buzzsaw
Barry
Chance
Monday Nights at Seven
Westworld
Lopez
Code Black
Road to Juarez
An Evergreen Christmas
Go for Sisters
The Bridge
Last Man Standing
Addicto de Salsa
Castle
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
American Son
Life
The Astronaut Farmer
Lost in Plainview
ESL: English as a Second Language
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
Silver City
Paparazzi
Entourage
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
The Lyon's Den
The Handler
Nip/Tuck
Tremors
CSI: Miami
The Banger Sisters
Hunter: Return to Justice
The Shield
Hammerlock
Missing Pieces
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Price of Glory
Luminarias
Snoops
Flypaper
The Magnificent Seven
Nightman
The New Batman Adventures
The End of Violence
Out to Sea
Selena
King of the Hill
After the SIlence
Dangerous Minds
Journey
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
Touched by an Angel
ER
There Goes My Baby
Blue Tiger
Mr. Jones
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
Return of the Living Dead III
From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
Melrose Place
Cold Heaven
American Me
Lookwell
Shades of L.A.
El Diablo
Cartel
Down the Drain
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution
Dolly
Wiseguy
Born in East L.A.
Full Metal Jacket
Million Dollar Mystery
Matlock
Get Out of My Room
The Glitter Dome
Hunter
T. J. Hooker
Zoot Suit
Hill Street Blues
Midnight Madness
240-Robert
Diff'rent Strokes
CHiPs
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket