Cast & creator
Mariano Mendoza
Best known for NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: Los Angeles
Mariano Mendoza, a former MMA World Champion Fighter, is an American film and television actor and stunt performer.
Also known as: Mariano 'Big Dawg' Mendoza
42
film credits
30
television credits
64
1994–2025 · acting roles
5.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (72)
Showing 72 of 72 credits
NCIS
Thug
2003
NCIS: Los Angeles
Bouncer
2009NCIS: Los Angeles
Hummer
2009
Charmed
Convict
1998
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Muscle Inmate (uncredited)
2013Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Muscular Inmate (uncredited)
2013Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Perp
2013
Better Call Saul
Truck Guard
2015
iCarly
MMA Fighter
2007
Weeds
Bodyguard
2005
The Lincoln Lawyer
Inmate #2
2022
Chuck
David Bautista PD
2007
The Mindy Project
MMA Trainer
2012
Silicon Valley
Prison Guard
2014
Reno 911!
Drug Dealer
2003
Franklin & Bash
Hero Inmate 1
2011
Life in Pieces
Cutter
2015
Shark
Bodybuilder
2006
Eastbound & Down
Rodney 'Hammer' Garcia
2009
Law & Order: LA
Gang Member
2010
Dark Blue
Big Tommy 2010
2009
The Finder
Henchman
2012
Murder in the First
Prison Guard (uncredited)
2014
Too Old to Die Young
Pablo
2019
Eyes
Santos Henchman
2005
Training Day
Bodyguard
2017
Countdown
Pool Player (uncredited)
2019
Carl Weber's The Black Hamptons
Construction Contractor
2022
A Line of Fire
Soldier
2025
The Goodwin Games
Little Ed
2013
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Sword Fighter (uncredited)
1994
The Comedy Get Down
Football Lineman
2017
3 from Hell
Gonzo
2019
Debt Collectors
Funeral Morner
2020
Wonder Woman
Super Soldier
Crazy on the Outside
Prisoner #1
2010
Janky Promoters
Stunts
2009
Terror Eyes
Tour Bus Driver
2021
American Lowrider
Crazy Loc's Thug
2013
Yakuza Girl
Big Dawg
2024
Avenge the Crows
Oso (as Mariano Mendoza)
2017
Days of Wrath
Gangster
2008
Vide Noir
Hontanx
2022
Cage Fight
2012
I Accidentally Domed Your Son
Mariano
2004
My Redneck Neighbor: Chapter 1 - The Rednecks Are Coming
Hulk
2024
K-11
Prison Food Server
2013
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
2023
My Redneck Neighbor: Chapter 2 - Let the Games Begin
Hulk
2024
Vatos Locos 2
Hector
2016
Budz House
Gangster
2011
Prison Muscles
BigDawg
2018Prison Muscles
Writer
2018Prison Muscles
Producer
2018
Strike One
Muerto O.G. #2
2014
The Untold Story of Mariano Mendoza
Self
2017The Untold Story of Mariano Mendoza
Co-Director
2017The Untold Story of Mariano Mendoza
Writer
2017The Untold Story of Mariano Mendoza
Executive Producer
2017The Untold Story of Mariano Mendoza
Stunt Coordinator
2017
Products of the Universe with Marsha Tanley
Hitman
2018
Taking the Westside
Model (as Mariano Mendoza)
2003
Revenge
2007
This is Encino
Dutch's Bodyguard #2
2009
Bobby Fischer Live
Bobby fisher fan
2009
Audacity
Hitchhiker
2015
American Comedy
Avi
2023
Exposure
Javier
2019
The Final Resolution
Himself
2016
Stringer
Patient 41
2021
The Boss Man
Bob
2022The Boss Man
Stunts
2022