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Home/People/Matias Varela
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Born
Jun 23, 1980
Age 45
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

22
Movies
8
TV Shows
Also Known As
Mathias Padin
Matias Padin
Matias Padin Varela
Matias Varela
Louis Matias Karl Padin Varela
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IMDb Profile

Matias Varela

Acting

Biography
Matias Varela, born 23 June 1980 in Katarina parish in Stockholm, is a Swedish-Spanish actor of Galician descent. Varela played Miguel "Mischa" Zantos in TV4's Nya tider in 2000–2001. He made a big comeback after 10 years away from acting in the role of Jorge Salinas Barrio in Snabba Cash and returned in the acclaimed role in the sequels Snabba Cash II and Snabba Cash – Livet deluxe . He was nominated for the Guldbaggen for his contributions in the last two films in the Snabba Cash trilogy. In the Arne Dahl films he plays Jorge Chavez. In 2013 he was in the third season of the TV series The Borgias, where he played the role of Ferdinand II of Naples. After this, his international career took off with roles in Point Break and Assassin's Creed. Matias Varela plays one of the main characters, Jorge Salcedo, in season three of the Netflix series Narcos.
Mirror poster

Mirror

as Kalle
2026
The Dance Club poster

The Dance Club

as Markus
2025
Stockholm Bloodbath poster

Stockholm Bloodbath

as Cardinal
2024
438 Days poster

438 Days

as Johan Persson
2019
Heavy poster

Heavy

as Rodrigo
2019
Assassin's Creed poster

Assassin's Creed

as Emir
2016
Point Break poster

Point Break

as Grommet
2015
The Fat and the Angry poster

The Fat and the Angry

as Nicola
2014
Easy Money III: Life Deluxe poster

Easy Money III: Life Deluxe

as Jorge
2013
The Fjällbacka Murders: In the Eye of the Beholder poster

The Fjällbacka Murders: In the Eye of the Beholder

Cast
2012
Player poster

Player

as Guy with cigarette
2012
Easy Money: Hard to Kill poster

Easy Money: Hard to Kill

as Jorge
2012
Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues poster

Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues

as Jorge Chavez
2012
Arne Dahl: Many Waters poster

Arne Dahl: Many Waters

as Jorge Chavez
2012
Once Upon a Time in Phuket poster

Once Upon a Time in Phuket

as Jean Luc
2012
Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain poster

Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain

as Jorge Chavez
2012
Arne Dahl: Bad Blood poster

Arne Dahl: Bad Blood

as Jorge Chavez
2012
Easy Money poster

Easy Money

as Jorge
2010
Paltalk poster

Paltalk

as Erik
2008
Stockholm Boogie poster

Stockholm Boogie

as Sofo
2005