Steven Bauer

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Steven Bauer (born Esteban Ernesto Echevarría Samson) is a Cuban-born American actor. Bauer began his career on PBS, portraying Joe Peña, the son of Cuban immigrants on Qué Pasa, USA (1977-1980) and is perhaps most famous for his role as the Cuban drug lord Manny Rivera in the 1983 crime drama Scarface, in which he starred alongside Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer. He also played the drug cartel leader Eladio Vuente in Breaking Bad and in Better Call Saul and as the retired Mossad agent Avi Rudin in Ray Donovan (2013-2020).

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Awards
- 9 wins & 5 nominations

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Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Steven Bauer in Scarface (1983)

Al Pacino and Steven Bauer in Scarface (1983)

Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Ángel Salazar, and Harris Yulin in Scarface (1983)

Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, and Robert Loggia in Scarface (1983)

Known for:

Scarface

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Manny Ribera

1983

Traffic

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Carlos Ayala

2000

Primal Fear

7.7

Pinero

1996

Paloma

5.1

Short

Enrique

2012

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Actor

On Painted Wings
- Andre
White House Plumbers
- Dr. Manuel Artime
- TV Mini Series
- 2023
S.W.A.T.
- Sancho Zamora
- TV Series
- 2023
Nothing is Impossible
- Archie Touraine
- 2022
Better Call Saul
- Don Eladio
- TV Series
- 2017–2022
Mister Mayfair
- Mike
- 2021
A Song to Kill For
- Mike
- 2021
Love on the Rock
- Claudio Fairbanks
- 2021
My Dead Dad
- Uncle Tommy
- 2021
NCIS
- Miguel Torres
- TV Series
- 2021
Women Is Losers
- Don Juan
- 2021
Flinch
- Joseph Doyle
- 2021
Deported
- Male INS Agent
- 2020
Supergirl
- Bernardo Rojas
- TV Series
- 2019
Counterpunch
- Tomas
- 2019

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Official sites
- Cameo
- Facebook
Alternative names
- Rocky Bauer
Height
- 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
Born
- December 2, 1956
- Havana, Cuba
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Other works
Music video for "Secret Admirer" by Pitbull & Lloyd
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Trivia
His big film break came with the substantial role of Manolo Ribera in Scarface (1983), even though he was a relatively unknown actor at the time. The producers were convinced that he was right for the role based on his strong audition, as well as his authentic Cuban background. His performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

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If you look at 1983, the film of the year was 'Terms of Endearment.' 'Scarface' was lumped in under the gratuitously violent banner. I mean, we knew it was violent, that it depicted a violent time and place. But it wasn't the end-all of the thing.