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El Señor de los Cielos

  • TV Series
  • 2013–2024
  • TV-MA
  • 1h
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6.7/10
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Rafael Amaya in El Señor de los Cielos (2013)
El Senor de los Cielos
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The most powerful drug dealer of his time, Amado Carrillo Fuentes was a man who became the head of the Juarez Cartel. He was nicknamed the lord of the skies for his fleet of planes he used t... Read allThe most powerful drug dealer of his time, Amado Carrillo Fuentes was a man who became the head of the Juarez Cartel. He was nicknamed the lord of the skies for his fleet of planes he used to transport drugs.The most powerful drug dealer of his time, Amado Carrillo Fuentes was a man who became the head of the Juarez Cartel. He was nicknamed the lord of the skies for his fleet of planes he used to transport drugs.

  • Creators
    • Mariano Calasso
    • Luis Zelkowicz
  • Stars
    • Rafael Amaya
    • Carmen Aub
    • Wayne LeGette
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    6.7/10
    1.6K
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    • Creators
      • Mariano Calasso
      • Luis Zelkowicz
    • Stars
      • Rafael Amaya
      • Carmen Aub
      • Wayne LeGette
    • 17User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Rafael Amaya
    Rafael Amaya
    • Aurelio Casillas…
    • 2013–2024
    Carmen Aub
    Carmen Aub
    • Rutila Casillas
    • 2014–2024
    Wayne LeGette
    Wayne LeGette
    • Dalvio Navarrete 'El Ingeniero'…
    • 2013–2020
    Iván Arana
    Iván Arana
    • Ismael Casillas Guerra
    • 2016–2024
    Fernando Banda
    Fernando Banda
    • El Vitaminas
    • 2013–2024
    Alejandro López
    Alejandro López
    • El Súper Javi
    • 2015–2023
    Fernanda Castillo
    • Mónica Robles
    • 2013–2017
    Lisa Owen
    • Doña Alba Casillas
    • 2013–2024
    Robinson Díaz
    Robinson Díaz
    • Milton Jiménez 'El Cabo'…
    • 2013–2024
    Alex Walerstein
    • Paul 'El Greñas'
    • 2017–2024
    Jose Sedek
    Jose Sedek
    • Bernardo Castillo
    • 2017–2024
    Alan Slim
    Alan Slim
    • Jaime Ernesto Rosales
    • 2017–2024
    David Ponce
    • José Manrique 'Skinny'
    • 2014–2024
    Marisela González
    • Eunice Lara 'La Felina'
    • 2016–2024
    Jesús More
    Jesús More
    • Omar Terán
    • 2015–2023
    Daniel Martínez
    Daniel Martínez
    • Guillermo Colón
    • 2017–2024
    Alejandro Félix
    Alejandro Félix
    • Chatarrero
    • 2015–2024
    Isabella Castillo
    • Diana Ahumada
    • 2018–2024
    • Creators
      • Mariano Calasso
      • Luis Zelkowicz
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    10omayrafontanez9

    Rafael Amaya The Mexican Al Pacino!

    Rafael amaya's masterful performance is worth seeing in El senor de los cielos alone. He reminds me so much of al pacino's performance in scarface. He's that good and el senor de cielos is an amazing action packed series. Its no wonder it won an emmy in 2013. Once rafael leaves the series dies with him. Best seasons are 1 to 5. I hope telemundo gets Rafael back for a season 8 or a least for a movie on netflix ending el senor de los cielos the correct way with rafael in it to beginning to end.
    5Teleluver

    Perverse

    Ten stars for Ochmann.

    Ochmann somehow makes you like a villain/monster. The expressions on Ochmann's face, his cockiness, body language and sarcasm are spectacular. I don't understand all the Mexican-Colombian lingo, but some of the things he says are funny. I find myself laughing every time he laughs. Go figure. He makes it worth watching if you can bare all the Illuminati garbage, signs, colors, references, rituals and hand gestures. The character "tijeras" is also funny.

    I found season two barbaric; animal body parts used as lamps and trinkets. By season three, I was nauseated by the constant use of black and white color scheme, all the hexagrams, squares and triangles. Episode 89, Amaya is wearing a black shirt with what appears to be the head of a goat embellished/embroidered in white. So disappointing he partakes in this mentality, and depiction of ranchero attire ruined and disgraced. If you enjoy threesomes and women used as seductresses, this season is full of that.

    It's unfortunate viewers don't get to see the beauty, architecture and antiquity of this country or any others used during production.
    6gdcontreras

    Writers need a tune up

    Must say got in to this series because of Narcos. The problem with this series is the writing, last two years sort of corny. Drug kingpins couldn't or aren't as stupid as this series makes them out to be. It's a miracle that Cabo also escapes serious harm... OMG... Season seven ending is about as stupid as they come too. Get real and rethink the writing, we want to see the Castillas win or we wouldn't watch! Bri
    10dorothyrunnels

    Most awesome show on netflix

    This show has everything. I loved it from start to finish. I really wish they would make more seasons of it. This show is over the top awesome!!!!!
    9Harry_Pamiaqui

    A promiscuity swamp - censored audio - half-baked delivery

    Excellent work, entertaining, even humorous, and with well-staged action scenes. Leaving aside the multiple flaws that fans see allows us to enjoy the adventures, we cannot stop protesting how annoying the audio censorship is in the eighth season. They do not censor violence, nor nudism, they do not censor drug trafficking, nor alcoholism nor smoking, they do not censor kidnappings, murders or shootings. But they censor the curse language of our Hispanic Latino daily life, as if it were a plague. All the violence does not offend the public, only the audio is offensive. Bad idea. Uncensored audio is the spark that brings us closer to reality, anything else is a half-baked reasonable facsimile copy, that is not exact but is a close delivered. Those of us who pay to watch this program expect to receive a full product, because the monthly payment is complete, not in parts.

    The series was popularized by the clash between rivals, one attacks another counterattack, all between drama, violence, comedy, and romances. Season 8 (2023) has censored dialogue, so much effort on the part of the actors to end up being censored. Something undesirable, but normal in Latin America. How far they plan to degrade Rutila, is not enough with lack modesty Tata Guerra. It is already beginning to be shocking to see Rutila (a married woman), who knows that Diana (recently widowed) began a relationship with Fernando (the same day they met), letting herself be carried away by an uncontrollable lust, ending up being unfaithful to Javier. The same thing that she has criticized his father so much. He mocks the fidelity that his sister-in-law Laura keeps to her brother, and incites her to be unfaithful too with the same men ... Really? This unhealthy relationship features the ladies of the Casillas family sharing a relationship with the same man. What is the need?

    I knew from the beginning that everything was going to be downhill. The moment Aurelio said that El Cabo, who killed his mother Alba, his brother Amado, his daughter Luzma, his lover Monica, and shoot his friend La Felina, was a person of no interest, I knew that the season was not going anywhere.

    So far, in 64 chapters they have not advanced anything. From the starting point, they added La Mecha (a beautiful actress), an angelical adult who does not know what she wants, who does not separate from her best girl friend and suitor (a medicine doctor who also took a shot a La Felina without knowing her) who gets into every conversation. I have decided to save myself all that verbiage, and wait for the season to end to see the last three chapters.

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    • Trivia
      Mexican actor Rafael Amaya (Aurelio Casillas) also plays the same character in the Netflix series Queen of the South (2016) and the Telemundo series Lady of Steel (2014) and El Chema (2016), his character being based on real-life drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes who was known as "The Lord of the Skies" because of the fleet of planes he used to transport drugs. Fuentes died in a Mexican hospital in July 1997 after undergoing extensive plastic surgery in an attempt to alter his appearance.
    • Connections
      Referenced in El Fantasma de mi Novia (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      El Jefe de Todos
      Written by Marco Flores

      Performed by Los Cardenales de Nuevo León

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    • Release date
      • April 15, 2013 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Mexico
      • Colombia
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • The Lord of the Skies
    • Production companies
      • Caracol Televisión
      • Telemundo Studios
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      • 1h(60 min)
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      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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