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Peter Marquardt is a Actor American born on 1 july 1964
Peter Charles Marquardt (July 1, 1964 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor and video game producer.
He was best known for his debut film role as the drug lord Moco in Robert Rodriguez's 1992 action film El Mariachi. He landed the role following a chance encounter with Rodriguez at a research facility, where both men were volunteering as test subjects for cholesterol-lowering medication. Rodriguez cast Marquardt in the Spanish-language El Mariachi despite the fact that Marquardt did not speak Spanish.
Marquardt reprised the role of Moco for a flashback sequence in Rodriguez's next film, Desperado. He later appeared in Rodriguez's Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over and starred in the 2011 horror-thriller The Shadow People.
Outside of film acting, Marquardt was an associate producer on several video games for Ion Storm, including Deus Ex and Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. He also co-produced Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3.
Marquardt died in Austin, Texas on July 19, 2014. He was 50.
^ "In Memory of Peter Charles Marquardt". Service Corporation International. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
^ "'El Mariachi' Actor Peter Marquardt Dies at 50". The Hollywood Reporter. July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
^ "R.I.P., ‘El Mariachi’ Star Peter Marquardt". Deadline Hollywood. July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
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He was best known for his debut film role as the drug lord Moco in Robert Rodriguez's 1992 action film El Mariachi. He landed the role following a chance encounter with Rodriguez at a research facility, where both men were volunteering as test subjects for cholesterol-lowering medication. Rodriguez cast Marquardt in the Spanish-language El Mariachi despite the fact that Marquardt did not speak Spanish.
Marquardt reprised the role of Moco for a flashback sequence in Rodriguez's next film, Desperado. He later appeared in Rodriguez's Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over and starred in the 2011 horror-thriller The Shadow People.
Outside of film acting, Marquardt was an associate producer on several video games for Ion Storm, including Deus Ex and Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. He also co-produced Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3.
Marquardt died in Austin, Texas on July 19, 2014. He was 50.
^ "In Memory of Peter Charles Marquardt". Service Corporation International. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
^ "'El Mariachi' Actor Peter Marquardt Dies at 50". The Hollywood Reporter. July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
^ "R.I.P., ‘El Mariachi’ Star Peter Marquardt". Deadline Hollywood. July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
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Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
, 1h24Directed by Robert Rodríguez
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Films about computing, Jeu, Films about video games, Children's films
Actors Danny Trejo, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Ricardo Montalbán
Roles OSS Agent #2
Rating44%
Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara), after stopping Donnagon from activating the EMP device, has retired from the OSS, no longer wanting to work. He now lives a quiet life and works as a private detective, although his salary is very little. One day, he is contacted by President Devlin (George Clooney), former head of OSS, who informs him that his sister, Carmen Cortez (Alexa Vega), is missing after a mission gone wrong. Upset about this, Juni returns to the OSS to learn more about his sister.
Desperado (1995)
, 1h46Directed by Robert Rodríguez
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Sports films, Martial arts films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Antonio Banderas, Joaquim de Almeida, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, Cheech Marin, Quentin Tarantino
Roles Moco
Rating70%
At the Tarasco bar in Mexico, an American man tells the story of how he witnessed a massacre in another bar committed by a Mexican with a guitar case full of guns. The bar's patrons are uninterested until the American mentions the name "Bucho." Meanwhile, El Mariachi has a dream of his encounter with Moco that left his lover dead and his hand shot. He is awakened by the American, who tells him to continue his search for Bucho at the bar. El Mariachi travels to the town and meets a child to whom he gives some guitar playing tips. At the Tarasco bar, El Mariachi engages in a tense standoff with Bucho's goons before a massive gunfight erupts. He kills everyone in the bar, but is followed outside by a man named Tavo. On the street, Tavo shoots El Mariachi twice before being killed himself. El Mariachi is then sheltered in the local bookstore by Carolina, the owner. Bucho arrives at the bar to survey the carnage and hears the kid from earlier playing his guitar by the door. A paranoid Bucho orders his men to hunt down the man with a guitar case full of guns.
El Mariachi (1993)
, 1h21Directed by Robert Rodríguez
Origin Mexique
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Martial arts films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Carlos Gallardo, Peter Marquardt
Roles Mauricio
Rating67%
After breaking out of jail in a small Mexican town, a ruthless criminal, nicknamed Azul (Reinol Martínez), ventures off with a guitar case full of weapons and vows revenge on the local drug lord, Moco (Peter Marquardt), who had had him arrested in the first place. Meanwhile, a young musician (Carlos Gallardo) arrives in town carrying his own guitar case which contains his signature guitar. He hopes to find work in the town in order to pursue his dream of becoming a mariachi like his father.