''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 actress ...

and

Adrián Caetano Israel Adrián Caetano (born 1969 in Montevideo, Uruguay), known as Adrián Caetano, is an Uruguayan film director, producer and screenwriter. Biography He's often credited as Adrián Caetano. He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina and at ...

. 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 (

Ignacio Serricchio Ignacio Ariel Serricchio (born April 19, 1982) is an Argentine actor. He is known for his role as Diego Alcazar on '' General Hospital'' and as Alejandro "Alex" Chavez on ''The Young and the Restless''. Other roles include Lifetime's '' Witche ...

) 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. Ecker became a household name in Latin America for his portrayal of Sebastián Vallejo in the Colombian telenovela '' Café, con aroma de mujer''. A second Colombian production, ' ...

). 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 as Frida Villarreal *

Flavio Medina Flavio Medina (; born April 19, 1978) is a Mexican actor. Biography Flavio Medina was born in Mexico City, Mexico, D.F. His first experience with live theater was during his childhood, when the grandson of Juan Grandini, passionate and illumin ...

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 *

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as Cuauhtémoc * Leonardo Ortizgris as Florentino *

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as La Foca * Rodrigo Oviedo as Silvestre Chávez * Ramón Medina as Marcial Navarro *

Erik Hayser Erik Hayser (born December 13, 1980, in Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei'' ...

as Jeremy Jones * Diego Calva as El Rubio *

Kristyan Ferrer Kristyan Ferrer (born Kristyan Antonio Ferrer Medel; 14 February 1995) is a Mexican actor in various roles since 2001. He played the role of El Smiley in the award-winning film '' Sin Nombre'', directed by US director Cary Joji Fukunaga. For his ...

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 train ...

as Porfirio Mendoza * Pepe Alonso as El Elegante * Tiaré Scanda as Azucena Tavares *

Adriana Barraza Adriana Barraza González (born 5 March 1956) is a Mexican actress, acting teacher, and director. In 1999 director Alejandro González Iñárritu cast her as the mother of Gael García Bernal's character in '' Amores perros'', which was nomin ...

as Guadalupe Mendoza * Jolien Rutgers as Camila *

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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

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

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

Ratings

Episodes

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Inmate, The 2018 American television series debuts 2018 American television series endings 2010s American drama television series Telemundo original programming Spanish-language Netflix original programming