Biography

Mariano 'Big Dawg' Mendoza

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Born
September 17, 1968 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Nicknames
- BigDawg
- Marianobigdawg
- Mariano Bigdawg #1
- BadGuy#1
Height
6′ 2″ (1.88 m)

Biography

Mariano is best known for his part in Eastbound and Down as Rodney "Hammer" Garcia in Season 4.

Mariano Mendoza is former MMA World Champion Fighter, Actor, Stuntman, Veteran and deemed as the WORLD'S STRONGEST LATINO and rated in the top 100 fighters in the WORLD!

His Autobiography "The Untold Story of Mariano Mendoza" was released this last year and is now available to rent and buy on Amazon. He has several current projects he's working on in 2018 and is in post production of "Duel of Legands"(2018), "The Pining"(2018), "Voyeur"(2018), "Compton's Finest"(2017) and is currently filming "Pontius Pilate". Past TV shows and Movies he has appeared on include "Better Call Saul", "Training Day", "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" just to name a few. You can expect to see more and more of Mariano on the big screen and on your TV this year because he is getting hit after hit in and not just in MMA!

Mariano Mendoza was born in Los Angeles, California. He is a U.S Navy Veteran. He is considered the Hispanic version of Debo/Van Damme Martial Artist and. He is the first Hispanic Heavyweight Cage Fighter to fight in the W.V.C in Brazil and Jamaica. He is know as OLEG in the video game "Saints Row 3" He was also featured in the "MMA Supremacy" video game as Mariano "Big Dawg" the boxer. He has numerous world record titles such as Muscle Beach Strong Man 1995 and 1996. He has the World Record at 220 lbs with the Strict Curl and it is undefeated. He has been a stunt coordinator for a scene on the T.V. show "The Mentalist" and featured as a coach in the episode called "Blood Sport". In 2012 he was featured as Junior in the movie "School Dance", with Nick Cannon as the director. With Wilmer Valderrama as his brother in the movie, featuring Kevin Hart, George Lopez and Efren Ramirez.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mariano Mendoza

Family

Spouses
Parents

Self-verified on IMDbPro

Gender / Gender identity
Male
Sexual orientation
Straight

Trademarks

Marianobigdawg

Trivia

First Mexican world champion weightlifter and cage fighter to fight in the world Valle Tudo fights.
Qas the first Mexican Heavywieght Cagefighter to fight in Brazil and was rated in top 100 rated Fighters in the world by Grappler Magazine.
Is on the cover poster for the film "Veteranos" even though he never appears in the film.
Veteran of the U.S Navy and Army Reserves from 1986-1995.
He is currently working and living in Los Angeles. He just finished working on his first comedy "School Dance", with Wilmer Valderama and Director Nick Cannon.

Quotes

All things are possible with Christ.
Its not what you start in life its what you complete..
Mathew 19.23 all things are possible with Christ . Revelation 21.4 and God will wipe away all tears. Train hard to Win Easy.
Mathew 19;26 All things are possible with God.