Scripted series · Caracol TV
Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Andrés Parra
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria
113 eps
Christian Tappan
Gonzalo Gaviria
113 eps
Cecilia Navia
Patricia de Escobar "Paty"
113 eps
Angie Cepeda
Regina Parejo
113 eps
Vicky Hernández
Doña Enelia de Escobar
113 eps
Rodolfo Silva
Alberto Escobar Gaviria "Peluche"
113 eps
Tommy Vásquez
Fabio Urrea
113 eps
Toto Vega
Alonso Santorini
113 eps
Nicolás Montero
Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento
113 eps
Marcela Gallego
Gloria Pachón de Galán
113 eps
Ernesto Benjumea
Rodrigo Lara Bonilla
113 eps
Diana Hoyos
Nancy Restrepo de Lara
113 eps
Germán Quintero
Guillermo Cano Isaza
113 eps
Helena Mallarino
Ana María Busquets de Cano
113 eps
Susana Torres
Niki Polanía
113 eps
César Mora
Alfredo Gutiérrez "El Aguacil"
113 eps
Juan Carlos Arango
Gustavo Ramírez Gacha "El Mariachi"
113 eps
Alejandro Martinez
Marcos Herber
113 eps
Julio Pachón
Coronel Jairo Jiménez Gómez
113 eps
Anderson Ballesteros
John Mario Ortíz "Chili"
113 eps
Luis F. Orozco
113 eps
Hernán Mauricio Ocampo
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (Niño)
1 eps
Astrid Ramírez
Ana Milena de Gaviria
2 eps
Juan Sebastián Calero
Gonzalo Gaviria Rivero (joven)
2 eps
Carlos-Manuel Vesga
Procurador Carlos Mauro Hoyos
2 eps
Linda Lucía Callejas
Enelia de Escobar Gaviria
1 eps
Luces Velásquez
Griselda Blanco
2 eps
Samuel Muñoz
Alberto Escobar Gaviria (Niño)
1 eps
Hernán Méndez
Fidel Escobar
3 eps
Jorge Armando Soto
Fabio Urrea (Joven)
1 eps
Christian Gómez
Aldemar Castillo
1 eps
Amparo Conde
Alicia de Urrea
3 eps
Mauricio Mejía
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (Joven)
2 eps
Eileen Moreno
Patricia Urrea "Paty"
3 eps
Marcela Vargas
Mireya Ortiz
3 eps
Laura Osma
Prostitute
1 eps
Francisco Bolívar
Gerson Escobar
3 eps
Joavany Alvarez
Pedro Motoa
1 eps
Alejandro Gutiérrez
Germán Motoa
1 eps
Aldemar Correa
Julio Motoa
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord 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
Pablo is a man with a natural ability for business. Early in his life, Pablo is introduced to the business of cocaine and the power it yields. A young life of crime lands Pablo in and out of jail as he builds his criminal empire. Pablo expands his power through politics but it is not long before his conflicts as a Congressman and a drug lord collide. Pablo has his enemies executed, but not before the United States activates its own war on the Medellin cartel.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Enelia gives her first advice to Pablo
After Pablo Escobar's behavior, Enelia begins to give him her first advice without knowing that her son would take it very seriously. She relives the first chapter of this production.
S01E02
Pablo begins to play with candela
Escobar starts his first dirty deals, however, in one of his illicit activities, he is surprised when he is recognized by Don Aldemar.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E113
The death of Pablo Escobar
S01E112
'Los pepes' attack the Escobar family
S01E111
Little by little Pablo Escobar's men fall
S01E110
Die 'Cain', another man of Pablo Escobar
S01E109
The Government authorizes the creation of a search unit
S01E108
Escobar continues to commit crimes from the Cathedral
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Camilo CanoExecutive Producer
- Angélica GuerraExecutive Producer
- Juana UribeProducer
- César Augusto RodríguezExecutive Producer
- Diego F. RamírezExecutive Producer
Writing
- Juan Camilo FerrandWriter
Direction
- Carlos MorenoDirector
- Laura MoraDirector
Cinematography
- Alfredo RuizDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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