Matias Varela

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.

Known For

Narcos

Jorge Salcedo

The Borgias

King Ferdinand II of Naples

Raised by Wolves

Lucius

Hellenius Hörna

Self - Guest

Assassin's Creed

Emir

Point Break

Grommet

Stockholm Bloodbath

Cardinal

Hierro

Gaspar Cabrera

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2026	Mirror	Kalle
2025	The Dance Club	Markus
2024	Stockholm Bloodbath	Cardinal
2019	Heavy	Rodrigo
2019	438 Days	Johan Persson
2016	Assassin's Creed	Emir
2015	Point Break	Grommet
2014	The Fat and the Angry	Nicola
2013	Easy Money III: Life Deluxe	Jorge
2012	Easy Money: Hard to Kill	Jorge
2012	Once Upon a Time in Phuket	Jean Luc
2012	Arne Dahl: Bad Blood	Jorge Chavez
2012	Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues	Jorge Chavez
2012	Arne Dahl: Many Waters	Jorge Chavez
2012	Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain	Jorge Chavez
2012	Player	Guy with cigarette
2012	The Fjällbacka Murders: In the Eye of the Beholder
2010	Easy Money	Jorge
2008	Paltalk	Erik
2005	Storm	Knugen
2005	Stockholm Boogie	Sofo
2004	Miss Sweden	Hector

Year	TV Show	Role
2026	Shaolin Heroes	Self
2021	Då är vi igång	Himself - Guest
2020	Raised by Wolves	Lucius
2019	Blinded	Peder Rooth
2019	Hierro	Gaspar Cabrera
2015	Narcos	Jorge Salcedo
2011	The Borgias	King Ferdinand II of Naples
2010	Hellenius Hörna	Self - Guest