El Marginal: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Former police Miguel Palacios enters as a convict in the prison of San Onofre under a false identity (Pastor) and an invented cause. Its mission is to infiltrate within a mixed band of prisoners and jailers who operates from within the prison. The group has just kidnapped the teenage daughter of a prominent judge of the Nation and therefore Michael's mission is to find the kidnappers and discover the whereabouts of the girl.

After discovering that is captive in a prison area and secure his release, Michael is betrayed, and remains behind bars as an inmate more. Without witnesses who know his true identity and surrounded by criminals and murderers worse, Miguel soon realizes that only escaping can save your life and regain their name.

Series details

• Title: El Marginal
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Spanish
• Genres: Drama, Action, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2016-06-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-05-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Pública
• Network country: Argentina
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7/10
• TVMaze ID: 22557
• IMDb ID: tt5820976
• TVDB ID: 311127

Cast and credited roles

• Juan Minujín — Miguel Palacios / Pastor Peña
• Martina Gusmán — Emma
• Gerardo Romano — Antín
• Claudio Rissi — Borges
• Nicolás Furtado — Diosito
• Emanuel García — Arijol
• Daniel Pacheco — Colombia
• Mariano Argento — Lunati
• Abel Ayala — César
• Jorge Lorenzo — Capece
• Brian Buley — Pedro
• Maite Lanata — Luna

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-06-02; final listed air date 2016-09-08; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2018-07-17; final listed air date 2018-09-04; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2019-07-09; final listed air date 2019-08-27; episode order: 8.
• Season 4: premiered 2022-01-19; final listed air date 2022-01-19; episode order: 8.
• Season 5: premiered 2022-05-04; final listed air date 2022-05-04; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

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