
Acting
Born June 23, 1980 · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
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.

Mirror
2026

The Dance Club
2025

Stockholm Bloodbath
2024

438 Days
2019

Heavy
2019

Assassin's Creed
2016

Point Break
2015

The Fat and the Angry
2014

Easy Money III: Life Deluxe
2013

The Fjällbacka Murders: In the Eye of the Beholder
2012

Player
2012

Easy Money: Hard to Kill
2012

Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues
2012

Arne Dahl: Many Waters
2012

Once Upon a Time in Phuket
2012

Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain
2012

Arne Dahl: Bad Blood
2012

Easy Money
2010

Paltalk
2008

Stockholm Boogie
2005

Storm
2005

Miss Sweden
2004