Which actor played Cali Cartel accountant Guillermo Pallomari in Narcos?

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Javier Cámara played Cali Cartel accountant Guillermo Pallomari in Narcos.

Cámara portrays Pallomari in the third season, when the series centers on the Cali Cartel after Pablo Escobar’s death. Pallomari is shown as the organization’s chief accountant and an important insider whose knowledge of its finances makes him valuable to both the cartel and law enforcement.

The character is based on a real person: Guillermo Alejandro Pallomari González, a Chilean accountant who worked for the Cali Cartel. His financial records and testimony were connected to investigations into the cartel and the alleged financing of Colombian political campaigns. The series dramatizes and condenses these events for its thriller narrative.

Javier Cámara is a Spanish actor known for films such as Talk to Her and Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed. His casting is sometimes confused with Francisco Denis, who played Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, or Damián Alcázar, who played Gilberto. Cámara’s role is the accountant and insider Pallomari, not one of the cartel’s Rodríguez Orejuela brothers.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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