''The Inmate'' (Spanish: ''El Recluso'') is an American

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produced by Telemundo Internacional Studios that premiered on

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on 25 September 2018 and concluded on 11 October 2018. It is an adaptation of the Argentine television series titled '' El Marginal'' created by

Sebastián Ortega Sebastián Ortega (born 14 August 1973) is an Argentine television producer, screenwriter, production director and actor. Early life Sebastián Ortega was born on 14 August 1973 in Buenos Aires. He is the son of singer Palito Ortega and actre ...

and

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. The series tells the story of an ex-marine who enters a maximum security prison on the border between Mexico and the United States to investigate the kidnapping of the daughter of a prominent US judge.

Plot

An American ex-marine, Lázaro Mendoza (

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) enters a maximum security prison in Mexico (La Rotunda), under a false identity and accused of an alleged triple homicide. Now as Dante Pardo, his mission is to infiltrate a dangerous gang of prisoners and guards that operates inside and outside the prison. They are the main suspects in the kidnapping of the teenage daughter of an American judge named John Morris (

Guy Ecker Guy Frederick Ecker (born February 9, 1959) is an American actor. Born in Brazil to American parents, Ecker became a household name in Latin America for his portrayal of Sebastián Vallejo in the Colombian telenovela '' Café, con aroma de mujer ...

). Within La Rotunda, Lázaro has to discover who is the mastermind of the kidnapping and discover the whereabouts of the girl.

Cast

Confirmed cast. *

as Lázaro Mendoza / Dante Pardo *

Ana Claudia Talancón Ana Claudia Talancón (born Ana Claudia Talancón Ortiz Tirado; 1 May 1980), is a Mexican actress, TV host, and philanthropist. She first started acting in her home town, Cancún, Quintana Roo. Early life and career Talancón first started s ...

as Frida Villarreal *

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as Jorge Peniche * Luis Felipe Tovar as Mariano Tavares *

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as Juan Pablo 'Santito' *

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as Roxana Castañeda *

as John Morris *

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as Linda Morris *

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as Jack * Gustavo Sánchez Parra as Cuauhtémoc * Leonardo Ortizgris as Florentino *

Alejandro Calva Alejandro María Calva (born May 31, 1968 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico), is a Mexican actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in th ...

as La Foca * Rodrigo Oviedo as Silvestre Chávez * Ramón Medina as Marcial Navarro * Erik Hayser as Jeremy Jones * Diego Calva as El Rubio * Kristyan Ferrer as El Syka * Juan Pablo Castañeda as El Picudo *

Héctor Suárez Héctor Suárez Hernández (; 21 October 19382 June 2020) was a Mexican actor, comedian, director and also CTO of Hatch. He appeared in about a hundred films and television shows in a career that spanned 60 years. He was noted for satirizing tho ...

as Salvador Valencia 'El Procurador' * Amador Torralba as Balin * Armando Espitia as Bocinas * Hector Kotsifakis as El Muerto * Luis Daniel Muñoz as Cumbias * Ricardo Esquerra as El Sobaco *

Moisés Arizmendi Moisés Arizmendi (born April 22, 1976) is a Mexican actor. He is most recognised for his portrayal of Amador Zuñiga, the recurring character on the Televisa telenovela '' The Color of Passion''. Early life Arizmendi began his theatrical t ...

as Porfirio Mendoza * Pepe Alonso as El Elegante *

Tiaré Scanda Tiaré Scanda (; born Tiaré Scanda Flores on January 6, 1974 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico) is a Mexican actress. Filmography Awards and nominations TVyNovelas Awards ''TVyNovelas'' is a Mexican magazine published by Editorial T ...

as Azucena Tavares *

Adriana Barraza Adriana Barraza González (born 5 March 1956) is a Mexican actress. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for '' Babel'' (2006). Early life Barraza was born in Toluca, Estado de Mexico, the daughter of Celia (née ...

as Guadalupe Mendoza * Jolien Rutgers as Camila * Vanesa Restrepo as Elvira * Nacho Tahhan as Evaristo Galindo * Cesar Ramos as Julian Mora

Production

The series was unveiled by Telemundo at NAPTE 2018. Filming took place in

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during 2017. The first season will consist of 13 episodes.

Ratings

Episodes

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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