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Miguel Sandoval

Miguel Sandoval (born November 16, 1951) is an American film and television actor.

Sandoval was born in Washington, D.C. He began working as a professional actor in 1975 when he joined a mime school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He later joined the troupe full time and continued his study of mime. He began his film career in the early 1980s. He had small roles in such acclaimed films Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, and Jurassic Park. After appearing in Clear And Present Danger in 1994, he began to take on larger roles, and appeared in Get Shorty, Up Close & Personal, and Blow.

Having appeared briefly in Repo Man and Sid and Nancy, Sandoval has also played the major roles of Treviranus (in Death And The Compass) and Bennie Reyes (in Three Businessmen) for director Alex Cox. In addition to film, Sandoval has acted in numerous television shows, often in recurring roles. Though shows such as The Court and Kingpin failed, he found a success with Medium in 2005, where he currently plays D.A. Manuel Devalos. Sandoval's other guest starring roles include appearances in popular series such as Frasier, The X-Files, Seinfeld and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.



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Miguel Sandoval - what members say


  • Repo Chick
  • Repo Chick review by CyberSimian from Norfolk
    Rated - 3.5 stars This is not a sequel to Repo Man. 12 February 2011
    ...fantastic in this. I find it hard to believe she has been in only 1 other film. Miguel Sandoval is excellent as usual, a regular in most other Alex Cox films. Although I wa...   Read customer review

Miguel Sandoval - filmography


  • Spoken Word (2010)
    Starring: Kuno Becker,  Miguel Sandoval,  Ruben Blades
    Director: Victor Nunez
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A San Francisco spoken word artist returns to New Mexico to be with his dying father, only to find he loses his "voice" as he is sucked back in to the dysfunctional life of drugs and violence he left behind.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 3 members
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  • Repo Chick on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Rosanna Arquette,  Karen Black,  Miguel Sandoval
    Director: Alex Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    This comedy from cult director Alex Cox is a sort-of sequel to his 1984 hit 'Repo Man' and follows the antics of rich wild child Pixxi (Jaclyn Jonet). After relying on her family to get her out of trouble one too many times, Pixxi's father disinherits her, leaving her in need of a job. She gets ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 37% from 196 members
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  • Bottle Shock on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Alan Rickman,  Chris Pine,  Rachael Taylor
    Director: Randall Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 1976, a small American winery bested the exalted French wines of the time and sent the wine industry into a tizzy--putting California wines on the map for good. Based on a true story, "Bottle Shock" chronicles the events leading up to the famous "Judgment of Paris" tastings, told through the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 2,135 members
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  • Black Point on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Thomas Ian Griffith,  Miguel Sandoval,  Susan Haskell
    Director: David Mackay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When John Hawkins (David Caruso), an ex-military hotshot with a tragic past, falls for Natalie (Susan Haskell), the wife of a violent killer, their passion and their world spin out of control. Her only hope of escaping her terrifying marriage is to steal a stash of cash from her murderous husband. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 198 members
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  • Human Nature on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Robert Forster,  Rhys Ifans,  Miranda Otto
    Director: Michel Gondry
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Lila, a young woman with a severe hormonal condition, is forced to hide her malady and eventually leave society for the solitude she finds in nature. While in the forest she writes novels that become wildly successful. Once famous, she returns to society and starts looking for a man. With the help ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 4,500 members
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  • Three Businessmen on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Alex Cox,  Andrew Schofield,  Miguel Sandoval
    Director: Alex Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When art dealers Bennie (Miguel Sandoval) and Frank (Alex Cox) have no luck trying to get a meal in the abandoned dining room of a Liverpool hotel they set out into the city looking for something to eat. However, for one reason or another, each of the restaurants they visit proves unsatisfactory ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 126 members
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  • Route 9 on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Amy Locane,  Richard Riehle,  Scott Coffey
    Director: David Mackay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Made-for-TV crime thriller starring Kyle Maclachlan and Wade Williams as two small-town cops who stumble onto a crime scene on a deserted highway. Apparently a shoot-out has taken place leaving no living witnesses, just a van stuffed with narcotics and a suitcase containing $1.5 million dollars in ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 64 members
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  • Death And The Compass on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Pedro Armendariz Jr.,  Bruno Bichir
    Director: Alex Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Lonnrot (Peter Boyle) is a great detective with the genius of Sherlock Holmes. On the trail of the notorious Red Sharlach, (Christoper Eccleston) he will stop at nothing to bring him to justice. But when he finally catches up with Sharlach in the Villa Triste-Le-Roy, what he encounters there will ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 241 members
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  • Mrs Winterbourne on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Ricki Lake,  Shirley MacLaine,  Miguel Sandoval
    Director: Richard Benjamin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Pregnant and penniless, Connie Doyle (Ricki Lake) is mistaken for the wife of a dead man after her train derails. Accepted into the Winterbourne mansion as the bride of their son, Patricia Winterbourne, Connie has to deal with a grieving mother-in-law (Shirley Maclaine) and sceptical twin (Brendan ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,153 member
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  • Clear And Present Danger on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Joaquim De Almeida,  Harris Yulin
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Harrison Ford reprises his role as CIA Agent Jack Ryan in this adaptation of Tom Clancy's novel. When his mentor Admiral James Greer (James Earl Jones) becomes gravely ill, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. His first assignment: to investigate the murder of one of the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 11,548 members
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  • Voyagers! (5 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Meeno Peluce,  Jon-Erik Hexum,  Ed Begley Jr.
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    All 20 episodes of the childrens sci-fi adventure series. Join former pirate Phineas Bogg (Jon-Erik Hexum) and 12-year-old orphan Jeffrey Jones (Meeno Peluce) on their action-packed adventures through history, guided by the mysterious Omni device. From rescuing Cleopatra to saving the Foundling ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 53 members
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Miguel Sandoval facts

5 most recent films

Medium - Season 7 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Spoken Word - 2.0 stars
Repo Chick - 2.0 stars
Medium - Season 5 - 4.5 stars
Bottle Shock - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Medium - Season 5 - 4.5 stars
Medium - Season 2 - Complete - 4.5 stars
Medium - Season 4 - 4.5 stars
Medium - Season 3 - 4.5 stars
Medium - Season 1 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Spoken Word - 2.0 stars
Repo Chick - 2.0 stars
Death And The Compass - 2.0 stars
Route 9 - 2.5 stars
Human Nature - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Patricia Arquette - 38 times - show films
Jake Weber - 37 times - show films
Sofia Vassilieva - 29 times - show films
David Cubitt - 24 times - show films
Maria Lark - 19 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Aaron Lipstadt - 31 times - show films
Ronald L. Schwary - 13 times - show films
Vince Misiano - 12 times - show films
Arlene Sanford - 10 times - show films
Oz Scott - 7 times - show films