Scripted series · Telemundo
El Chema
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Mauricio Ochmann
José María 'Chema' Venegas85
85 eps
Julio Bracho
Don Ricardo Almenar Paiva
85 eps
Itatí Cantoral
Blanca
85 eps
Fernando Noriega
Eutimio 'Rojo' Flores
85 eps
Arcelia Ramírez
Elvira Mendivil
85 eps
Sergio Basañez
Tobías Clark
85 eps
Alejandro Speitzer
Don Ricardo Almenar Paiva (joven)
85 eps
Scarlet Gruber
Blanca Joven
85 eps
Jorge Luis Moreno
Víctor Casillas Jr.
85 eps
Iván Tamayo
Jorge Elías Salazar
85 eps
Isela Vega
Celia
85 eps
Rafael Amaya
Aurelio Casillas
85 eps
Rafael Ernesto Hernández
Canario
85 eps
Luisa Huertas
Nelly
85 eps
Jhoan Martinez
12 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How El Chema actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
El Chema reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Follow one man's epic journey as he transforms from wily underage drug smuggler to one of the world's most infamous cartel leaders.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Where to watch
Streaming
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