Editing Steven Bauer (section)

==Acting career==
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Bauer's first substantial role was in the [[PBS]] bilingual [[sitcom]] ''[[¿Qué Pasa, USA?]]'', playing the teenage son of a Cuban exile family in [[Miami, Florida|Miami]], from 1977 to 1979.<ref name="bauer1"/> He also appeared in the 1980 TV miniseries ''[[From Here to Eternity (TV series)|From Here to Eternity]]''. He was credited in these and a few other early projects as Rocky Echevarría. In 1981, Bauer starred in the television movie ''She's in the Army Now'', where he met his first wife, actress [[Melanie Griffith]]. They both moved to [[New York City]] and stayed at [[Ray Liotta]]'s apartment, while Liotta moved to [[Los Angeles]] and stayed at theirs. Both Bauer and Griffith studied under acting teacher [[Stella Adler]], and he appeared in several off-Broadway productions. During this time he adopted the stage name "Steven Bauer".

Bauer was given the role of Manny Ribera (the part played by [[George Raft]] in the [[Scarface (1932 film)|original 1932 version]]) in the 1983 movie ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'',<ref name="bauer1"/> even though (like Raft) he was a relatively unknown actor at the time. The producers of ''Scarface'' were convinced that he was right for the role based on his strong audition, as well as his authentic Cuban background. His performance drew a [[Golden Globe]] nomination for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor]]. In 1986 he had two other important roles. The first was as Det. Frank Sigliano in the [[Billy Crystal]] and [[Gregory Hines]] cop comedy ''[[Running Scared (1986 film)|Running Scared]]''. The second was as an Israeli soldier named Avner in the Canadian CTV [[television movie]] ''[[Sword of Gideon]]'', which tells the story of [[Mossad]] agents hunting down terrorists in the aftermath of the 1972 [[Munich massacre]]. The ''Sword of Gideon'' script was the basis for [[Steven Spielberg]]'s later film ''[[Munich (2005 film)|Munich]]'', which follows the same storyline and borrows heavily from the ''Sword of Gideon'' story and script. In 1990 Bauer played the role of [[Drug Enforcement Administration|DEA]] agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena in the television miniseries ''[[Drug Wars: The Camarena Story]]'' alongside [[Benicio Del Toro]] and [[Craig T. Nelson]]. That same year, Bauer took over the series lead of the television show ''[[Wiseguy (TV series)|Wiseguy]]'' from [[Ken Wahl]] for the fourth and final season, playing U.S. Attorney Michael Santana after Wahl's character disappears.

Since then, Bauer has made his career primarily, though not exclusively, in [[action film]]s and [[crime drama]]s on both the big and small screens, including the movie ''The Lost City'' where he served in a minor role alongside the film's star and director [[Andy Garcia]]. He also appeared in the motion pictures ''[[Primal Fear (film)|Primal Fear]]'' and ''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]''. In 2007 he appeared on an episode of ''Burn Notice''. In 2011, Bauer appeared on the series ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' playing Mexican drug lord [[Don Eladio Vuente|Don Eladio]]. He stars with [[Julianne Michelle]] in the feature film ''[[Awakened (2013 film)|Awakened]]'', a supernatural thriller.

More recently, Bauer appeared as ex-[[Mossad]] agent turned private investigator Avi in the [[Showtime (TV channel)|Showtime]] series ''[[Ray Donovan (TV series)|Ray Donovan]]''. Bauer also reprised his ''Breaking Bad'' role in 2017 in [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC's]] prequel ''[[Better Call Saul]]''. In addition, he played El Santo in the American version of ''[[Queen of the South (TV series)|Queen of the South]]''.