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.
Point Break
2015
Easy Money
2010
Stockholm Bloodbath
2024
Assassin's Creed
2016
The Fat and the Angry
2014
Heavy
2019
Easy Money: Hard to Kill
2012
Paltalk
2008
Easy Money III: Life Deluxe
2013
Stockholm Boogie
2005
The Fjällbacka Murders: In the Eye of the Beholder
2012
Storm
2005
Miss Sweden
2004
Once Upon a Time in Phuket
2012
Player
2012
438 Days
2019
Arne Dahl: Bad Blood
2012
Arne Dahl: To the Top of the Mountain
2012
Arne Dahl: The Europe Blues
2012
Arne Dahl: Many Waters
2012
The Dance Club
2025
Mirror
2026