José Tenoch Huerta Mejía (Spanish: [teˈnotʃ ˈweɾta]; born 29 January 1981) is a Mexican actor. He has appeared in a number of movies in Latin America and Spain, starring in both feature films, short films, and Narcos: Mexico, credited as Tenoch Huerta. He is featured in Mónica Maristain's book, 30 Actors Made in Mexico. He played Namor in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and was credited as Tenoch Huerta Mejía.
Huerta was born in Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico, on 29 January 1981. His father, a film buff, enrolled him in an acting course with María Elena Saldaña, and Huerta's later studies were alongside Carlos Torres Torrija and Luis Felipe Tovar.
Huerta is of Indigenous descent, with a Nahua maternal great-grandmother and a Purépecha paternal great-great-grandmother and, like many Mexicans, significant other unknown Indigenous ancestry. He does not self-identify as Indigenous. However, he encourages people to learn more about their Indigenous heritage within and outside the community.

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