Which character is played by Eric Lange in Narcos?

Eric Lange plays Bill Stechner in Narcos.

Stechner is portrayed as the CIA station chief in Colombia, placing him inside the American intelligence effort surrounding Pablo Escobar and, later, the Cali cartel. His role reflects the series’ broader depiction of overlapping DEA, CIA, Colombian police, and political interests.

The character becomes prominent in the later part of the original series, when Narcos shifts its central focus from Escobar’s Medellín cartel to the Cali cartel. Stechner represents a more covert and politically calculated side of the U.S. response than the DEA agents who conduct investigations and arrests.

The name can be confused with Chris Feistl, a DEA agent played by Michael Stahl-David, or Neil Stoddard, another agent in the wider Narcos universe. Eric Lange is an American character actor whose television work also includes Lost, Victorious, The Bridge, and Escape at Dannemora.