Dos Caras

Dos Caras is one of those wrestlers where the ring name does all the heavy lifting — "two faces" for a masked luchador is almost too perfect. Born in San Luis Potosí in 1951, he came up through the golden era of lucha libre and made his biggest mark in the Universal Wrestling Alliance, where he captured the UWA World Heavyweight Championship three times. Three-time world champion is no small thing, and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame induction confirms what Mexican wrestling fans already knew: this guy was the real deal. What I find genuinely cool is that he didn't stay ringside his whole career — he crossed over into acting and film, which honestly fits the "two faces" brand better than any marketing team could have planned. A legitimate legend of Mexican wrestling who earned his reputation the hard way.

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Name (English)

Dos Caras

Name (Japanese)

ドス・カラス

Reading

どす・からす

Born

February 21, 1951 (age 75)

Origin

San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Occupation

actor / professional wrestler / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rabbit

Awards & achievements

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dos%20Caras
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4387550

Tags

• San Luis Potosí
• actor
• professional wrestler
• film actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.