Huerta was born on January 29, 1981, in Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico. Huerta’s father, a film enthusiast, enrolled him in an acting class with Mara Elena Saldaa, and he later studied with Carlos Torres Torrija and Luis Felipe Tovar. Huerta is descended from indigenous peoples, having a Nahua maternal great-grandmother and a Purépecha paternal great-great-grandmother. Huerta does not consider herself to be Indigenous. He does, however, encourage people to learn more about their Indigenous heritage both within and outside of the community.
He made his acting debut as a minor character in the 2006 film Asi del precipicio. In 2009, he played Li’l Mago, leader of the Tapachula faction of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha gang, in Cary Joji Fukunaga’s film Sin Nombre. In 2015, he starred as Carlos Mamami in the biographical disaster survival film The 33, Alejo in Camino. In 2018, he began playing Rafael Caro Quintero in Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico. In 2021, he co-starred with Narcos: Mexico co-star Alejandro Edda in The Forever Purge, the fifth film in The Purge franchise. Huerta was revealed to have joined the cast of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever during a San Diego Comic-Con presentation in 2022, playing Namor.
Tenoch Huerta wife: Is Tenoch Huerta married?
According to public records, Huerta is most likely single and has not publicly disclosed his previous or current relationships.
