Marc Menchaca (born October 10, 1975) is an American actor, writer, and director. His credits include The Alamo (2004), Generation Kill (2008), Homeland (2011–2012), This Is Where We Live (2013), Ozark (2017–2018, 2022), The Sinner (2018), Manifest (2019), The Outsider (2019), Black Mirror: episode "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" (2019), Alone (2021), No One Gets Out Alive (2021), Jack Ryan (2022), White House Plumbers (2023), Beacon 23 (2023–2024), American Rust (2024), The Big Cigar (2024), Dexter: Resurrection (2025), Companion (2025), The Abandons (2025), and Dutton Ranch (2026).
Early life and education His father is Mexican and his mother is American. Menchaca first became interested in performing as a student at Central High School in San Angelo, Texas. After graduating, he attended Texas A&M University, earning a bachelor's degree in English; it was also where he acted in his first play. He attended a summer acting program at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in Manhattan before deciding to pursue an acting career in his twenties. He is an alumnus of the William Esper Studio.
Career Menchaca was co-director, co-writer and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival movie This Is Where We Live.
In 2015, he played a lead role as Bob Stevens, a veteran struggling with memory loss, in the Kyle Ham-directed film Reparation. It earned him the best actor award at the Breckenridge Film Festival, with the film receiving a further 10 festival awards, including the Austin Film Festival ‘s Audience Choice prize and Best Film at the Santa Fe Film Festival.
In the 2018 Netflix television series Ozark, Menchaca had a recurring role as Russ Langmore, a man struggling to suppress his homosexuality. He has regular recent roles on television in The Sinner and Manifest. He appeared again on TV with Jason Bateman in 2019, in the Stephen King horror miniseries portraying Jack Hoskins in all 10 episodes of The Outsider (2019). The same year he starred alongside Miley Cyrus playing her father Kevin Goggins in the Black Mirror episode "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" (2019).
In 2020, he won Best Actor in a Feature at the Mammoth Film Festival Awards, for his performance as Sam in the John Hyams thriller Alone alongside co-star Jules Willcox. He performed his own stunts in the film, including a fight scene in mud with Willcox. He received a further award for Best Actor in 2020 at the Oxford International Film Festival (OXIFF) in the UK, for his portrayal of 'The Man' in the Sarah Pirozek directed film #Like
In 2021, he starred in the Santiago Menghini-directed Netflix horror movie No One Gets Out Alive with co-star Cristina Rodlo.
In 2025, Menchaca played Ronald "Red" Schmidt and The Dark Passenger in Dexter: Resurrection. He was Sheriff Hayworth, working in the same cast as his wife Lena Headey, also Gillian Anderson in the western series The Abandons.
Personal life On October 6, 2022, Menchaca married British actress Lena Headey in Apulia, Italy.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes/ref. 2002PageantOfficer Paddy 2003Screen Door JesusLittle Red 2004No Pain, No GainUniversity CopThe AlamoFifer2009Last Day of SummerShipping EmployeeFrame of MindInterrogator 2011A Long RoadEmployer 1 ShortBrightTaylor Short 2013This Is Where We LiveNoah Actor, writer and directorReservoirAdam Pierce 2014 She's Lost ControlJohnny 2015ReparationBob Stevens 2016 Ace the CaseGunner 2017Where Is Kyra?VineWeightlessCodySmartassRod 2019Every Time I DieJay 2020 The Evening Hour Everett Upstream with Jimmy DallasJimmy Dallas Short Motherhood Phillip ShortAloneSam Dillon2021#LikeThe Man No One Gets Out Alive Red The Retaliators Jed Treat Mike Playing GodVaughn 2022 9 Bullets Sheriff John Carter SickJason2023The CreatorCaptain McBride2025CompanionDeputy HendrixCameoDead of WinterCamo Jacket2026 Unabomber Eddie Turrell
Television YearTitleRoleNotes/Ref.2001Arrest & TrialJunior Episode: "Texas Prison Break"2002Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls WilderStore AssistantTelevision film2006Guiding LightBusiness Guy 1Episode #1.149892008Generation Kill Gunnery Sergeant Mike “Gunny” Wynn7 episodes2009Law & Order: Criminal IntentN/AEpisode: "Family Values"CSI: NYLeonardEpisode: "Manhattanhenge"CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationHank RinaldiEpisode: "Better Off Dead"2009–2010FlashForwardWheeler3 episodes2010True BlueN/ATelevision film2011 TremeJames DistelEpisode: "On Your Way Down"The GladesMichael CaldwellEpisode: "Addicted to Love"Black JackCorporal PierceTelevision film2012 Person of InterestFoxEpisode: "No Good Deed" 2011–2012 HomelandLauder Wakefield5 episodes2013 Law & Order: Special Victims UnitOfficer Michael GrovesEpisode: "Internal Affairs"2013–2015 Inside Amy SchumerTravis / Drew / Matt Forrester 3 episodes 2015 The BlacklistPierce2 episodesTogethernessTexEpisode: "Houston, We Have a Problem" Sleepy HollowColonel SuttonEpisode: "Tempus Fugit" Chicago P.DOwen KozelekEpisode: "Push the Pain Away"Blue BloodsMarty BrockEpisode: "With Friends Like These"2016 ElementaryDetective Ryan DunningEpisode: "A View with a Room"2017 The SonBigfoot WallaceEpisode: "Death Song"2017–2018, 2022OzarkRuss Langmore11 episodes2018 Random Acts of FlynessAssistant DirectorEpisode: "I tried to tell my therapist about my dreams/MARTIN HAD A DREEEEAAAAM"MacGyverBoothEpisode: "Wind + Water"The SinnerGlen Fisher4 episodes2019 WPT Deepstacks Jacksonvillehimself1 episodeManifestJames Griffin3 episodesRaising Dion Walter Mills2 episodesBlack MirrorKevin GogginsEpisode: "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too"2020The OutsiderJack HoskinsMiniseries, 10 episodes2021Curb Your EnthusiasmKlansman JoeEpisode: "The Watermelon"2022Law & Order: Organized CrimeBrother BillEpisode: "As Hubris Is to Oedipus"Jack RyanCaptain Andrew Bennett2 episodes2023White House PlumbersCarl ShofflerMiniseries, 2 episodes2023–2024Beacon 23Keir5 episodes2024American RustVic Walker7 episodesThe Big CigarSydney ClarkMiniseries, 5 episodes2025Dexter: ResurrectionRonald "Red" Schmidt / The Dark Passenger3 episodes 2025The AbandonsSheriff Hayworth3 episodes2026Dutton RanchZachariah9 episodes2026Life, Larry and the Pursuit of UnhappinessJoseph ClantonEpisode: "Lincoln"
Video games YearTitleRoleNotes 2003 Freelancer 2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Del Lobos
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2013 South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival Awards Best narrative Feature This Is Where We Live 2016 Breckenridge Film Festival Awards Best Actor Reparation 2020 Mammoth Film Festival Awards Best Actor in a Feature Alone 2020 Oxford International Film Festival (OXIFF) Best Actor #Like
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