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MAURICIO MENDOZA

"RICO"

Mauricio Mendoza award winning actor/producer was born in Davis, California, but was raised in Bogota/Cartagena Colombia.Holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts  from United States International University in San Diego and  received his  M.F.A. from the University of San Diego and the Old Globe actor professional training program. Mauricio has worked continuously in Los Angeles appearing in film, television and theatrical productions. He successfully completed three seasons as a series regular on Showtime’s Resurrection Blvd as Miguel Santiago, as well as one season on  Telemundo Sony Tri-Star series , "Angeles"  as David Bose the Bosley Character in Charlie's Angels and one season on a bilingual soap opera Hacienda Heights as "Cesar"on MegaTV and can now be seen in the  new series La Quinceañera for stage 13/Warner brothers on studio+. Television and movie credits include:  La sorpresa del katch, Confessions of a gangster,  Unknowns,Last Man On Earth, Criminal Minds, Curb Your Enthusiasm,A gangters word, ,The Shifting, Law and Order LA,  Dawn Patrol, Quinto Piso,The Nine lives of Chole, Judging Amy, 24, King of Queens, Babylon 5, Undercovers, NCIS, Lincoln Heights, Cold Case, Virgin of Akron Ohio, Just for Kicks, Days of our lives, WingCommander, Everybody Hates Chris, and Blow starring Johnny Depp.

Theatre credits include: In The Heights, Destiny Of Desire,Water & Power, School of the Americas, The Fantastik’s, Nine, Into the Woods, Zoot Suit, West Side Story,Man of La Mancha, Evita, Zorro Live, Much Ado about Nothing,Taming of the Shrew, Lalo Guerrero, Fastasma, Romeo and Juliet, Ed Begley, Jr.’s critically acclaimed musical Cesar and Ruben.2010 Mauricio joined his wife Actress/Producer Yeniffer Behrens-Mendoza in their producing company True Form Films which has produced films such as After School, Fighting Chance, It Can Only Be Used Once, Sinvergùenzas, The Shifting,Intolerance,Mi Amor and their first international coproduction "Los Internacionales". Mauricio also served as a Executive producer/producer on the Imagen awards winning webseries "Encounters"

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