Joaquin Cosío was born in Nayarit Mexico His training as an actor began in 1983 and has continued growing and developing ever since In 1994 Cosío wrote his first stage play titled Tomochic Or the day the world ended which was awarded the National Literature Prize Performing in over 50 plays and over 600 live performances his stage career reached a new milestone in 1999 when he was hand selected to join the National Theater Company This led Cosío to make the decision to move to Mexico City permanently and focus on becoming a fulltime actor He has been working nonstop ever since as one of Mexicos most respected actors of stage and screen He made his film debut in 2001 in the film The Blue Room and he has since participated in over 30 feature films and several shorts Cosío played a multiepisode role in the HBO comedy Eastbound Down He played General Medrano one of the main villains in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace and acted alongside Benicio del Toro in Oliver Stones gritty thriller Savages Cosío appeared in Robert Duvalls A Night in Old Mexico and in Disneys 2013 filmThe Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer
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