Julio Oscar Mechoso

Julio Oscar Mechoso

Miami Vice Character	Metro-Dade Policeman Lester Kosko "Heart of Darkness" "Cool Runnin'" "One Eyed Jack" "No Exit" "Milk Run" "Golden Triangle (Part I)" Tommy ("Lend Me an Ear") Escobar ("Badge of Dishonor")
Born	May 31, 1955, Cuba
Died	November 25, 2017, Burbank, California, (age 62, heart attack)
Active	1983-2017
Spouse/Child(ren)	Linda Ruiz (one daughter)

Julio Oscar Mechoso (May 31, 1955 - November 25, 2017) made his TV debut in the show Miami Vice as Metro-Dade Policeman Lester Kosko, the "resident electronics expert" on loan from Metro to the Organized Crime Bureau in the episodes "Heart of Darkness", "Cool Runnin', "One Eyed Jack", "No Exit", "Milk Run", and "Golden Triangle (Part II)", appeared as pathologist Tommy in the episode "Lend Me an Ear", and as drug dealer Escobar in the episode "Badge of Dishonor".

Partial Filmography

Guaguasi (1983, first movie appearance)
Flight of the Navigator (1986, with Raymond Forchion and Veronica Cartwright)
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)
Internal Affairs (1990, with John Kapelos and Xander Berkeley)
Knots Landing (TV, 1991, episode with Larry Riley and Guy Boyd)
Quantum Leap (TV, 1992, with Dean Stockwell)
Toys (1992)
Bad Boys (1995, with Will Knickerbocker and Marc Macaulay)
Coach (TV, 10 episodes, 1994-1996)
Vegas Vacation (1997)
Damon (TV, 8 episodes, 1998)
All The Pretty Horses (2000, with Ruben Blades
NYPD Blue (TV, 2001, with Garcelle Beauvais and Esai Morales)
Cane (TV, 2007, with Jimmy Smits and Rita Moreno)
Justice for Natalee Holloway (TV, 2011, with Francesco Quinn)
The Baytown Disco (2012)
House of Lies (TV, 2012)
A Dark Truth (2013, with Alfredo Alvarez Calderon and Kim Coates)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV, 2014, with Paul Guilfoyle
Matador (TV, 2014, with Alfred Molina)
Rules Don't Apply (2016, with Annette Benning)
Madam Secretary (TV, 2017, final TV appearance)
Inheritance (2017, final film appearance)

Notes

Mechoso was only credited for three out of his six appearances as Lester Kosko.

Personal Life/Death

Mechoso met his wife, Linda Ruiz, in Miami at the Mutiny Hotel in the early 80s (at the time, known as a hangout for "cocaine cowboys") and they had a daughter, Melinda. Mechoso died from a heart attack at the age of 62 on November 25, 2017 in Burbank, California.