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My Take
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo is the kind of leading man I keep rooting for: one who arrived at stardom sideways, through character work, rather than being manufactured for it. His Mickey Haller in The Lincoln Lawyer carries an unhurried, lived-in charisma that American legal dramas rarely allow, and I suspect his bicultural career — moving between Guadalajara and Hollywood — is what gives him that ease. He can sit inside a blockbuster spectacle like Six Underground without being swallowed by it, which takes real screen gravity. As Latino leads finally get the roles they deserve, he feels like the movement's quiet standard-bearer.
Overview
Manuel García-Rulfo Lapuente (born February 25, 1981) is a Mexican actor, working in both Mexico and the United States. He is known for his starring role since 2022 as lawyer Mickey Haller in the American television legal drama series The Lincoln Lawyer.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
- Name (Japanese)
- マヌエル・ガルシア＝ルルフォ
- Reading
- まぬえる・がるしあ＝るるふぉ
- Born
- February 25, 1981 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rooster
- Origin
- Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / model / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Atemajac Valley University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | From Dusk till Dawn: The Series | — | |
| Notable work | Touch | — | |
| Notable work | Six Underground | — | |
| Notable work | The Lincoln Lawyer | — | |
| Notable work | Sweet Girl | — | |
| Notable work | La vida inmoral de la pareja ideal | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.