Julio César Cedillo is a Mexican actor, best known for the title role in the 2005 film The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.

Early life

Cedillo was born in Durango, Mexico in (1970-01-01) January 1, 1970 (age 54), but grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1988, he graduated from Dunbar High School.

Career

Cedillo appeared in several television productions in the 1990s, including Wishbone as Travis Del Rio, Oakdale's Sports and Games store owner. He made his film debut in 2000 in All the Pretty Horses. Other films include The Rookie, Serving Sara, The Life of David Gale, The Alamo, Cowboys & Aliens and Sicario.

Filmography

• The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
• In The Electric Mist (2009)
• Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
• Frontera (2014)
• Sicario (2015)
• The Harder They Fall (2021)
• Chocolate Lizards (2022)
• The Black Demon (2023)
• A Million Miles Away (2023)

Video games

• The Terminator: Dawn of Fate - Kyle Reese
• Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion
• Borderlands - Mordecai

Television

• Wishbone (1997 - 1998) - Travis Del Rio
• The Good Guys ("Hunches & Heists") (2010)
• The Walking Dead (Lieutenant Welles, Season 3, Ep. 3) (2012)
• Narcos: Mexico (Comandante Guillermo González Calderoni, 3 Episodes) (2018)