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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.



Filmography

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 35% from 2 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 1,999 member
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  • Repo Chick on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Jaclyn Jonet,  Miguel Sandoval,  Chloe Webb
    Director: Alex Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Iconoclastic filmmaker Alex Cox offers a unique look at California consumer culture in the midst of the post-millennium financial meltdown in this surreal comedy. Pixxi De La Chasse (Jaclyn Jonet) is a self-centered daughter of privilege who spends her days getting into one scrape after another and ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 161 members
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  • Human Nature on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Tim Robbins,  Patricia Arquette,  Rhys Ifans
    Director: Michel Gondry
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When Lila Jute (Patricia Arquette), a nature writer with excessive body hair, meets Nathan Bronfman (Tim Robbins), an obsessive/compulsive scientist attempting to teach mice table manners, the two begin an unlikely romance. On a hiking trip, the new couple encounters a feral young man (Rhys Ifans) ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 4,406 members
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  • Black Point on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Caruso,  Susan Haskell,  Thomas Ian Griffith
    Director: David Mackay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Seasoned television cop David Caruso (formerly of TV's hit series NYPD BLUE) goes back to his crime fighting roots here, playing an ex-cop with a strong sense of right and wrong. When he falls obsessively in love with a beautiful woman, this former policeman finds himself caught up on the side of ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 196 members
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  • Route 9 on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Kyle MacLachlan,  Peter Coyote,  Amy Locane
    Director: David Mackay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two town deputies discover a van full of drugs and money on a desolate road. They decide to take the cash... A DEA investigation begins and soon the pair are looking for somewhere to run...
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 63 members
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  • Mrs Winterbourne on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Ricki Lake,  Shirley MacLaine,  Brendan Fraser
    Director: Richard Benjamin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Connie Doyle (Ricki Lake) is pregnant and homeless after a fight with her deadbeat boyfriend (Loren Dean). A train wreck and a case of mistaken identity leads her to the opulent Massachusetts mansion of the Winterbourne family, lead by the stately Grace (Shirley MacLaine). Thought to be the wife of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,125 member
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  • Death And The Compass on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Peter Boyle,  Christopher Eccleston,  Miguel Sandoval
    Director: Alex Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Alex Cox (REPO MAN) directed this stylized adaptation of Jorge Luis Borges labyrinthine detective story about a totalitarian city of the future plagued by a rash of bizarre crimes. Peter Boyle stars as Lonnrot, a decidedly even headed detective prone to philosophizing and Christopher Eccleston is ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 225 members
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  • Clear And Present Danger on DVD (1994)
    Starring: James Earl Jones,  Harrison Ford,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Tom Clancy's bestseller has Jack Ryan acting as Head of the CIA when his mentor Admiral Greer falls prey to cancer. On his watch, the President of the United States orders a covert operation to attack some South American druglords responsible for a friend's death. Ryan, who swears before Congress ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 11,213 members
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  • Voyagers! (5 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Jon-Erik Hexum,  Meeno Peluce,  Ed Begley Jr.
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Television screens in the early 1980s were lit up by THE VOYAGERS, a dizzying trip through history with retired pirate Phineas Bogg (Jon-Erik Hexum) and orphan Jeffrey Jones (Meeno Peluce). Together they travel through time and meet some familiar characters, such as Jack the Ripper, Robin Hood, and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 51 members
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Miguel Sandoval facts

5 most recent films

Medium - Season 7 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Spoken Word - 2.0 stars
Medium - Season 5 - 4.5 stars
Bottle Shock - 3.0 stars
Repo Chick - 2.0 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
Medium - Season 7 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Repo Chick - 2.0 stars
Death And The Compass - 2.0 stars
Route 9 - 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