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In 2020, he is slated to star in HBO Max's Raised by Wolves by director Ridley Scott and Scott Free Productions, co-starring with Travis Fimmel of Vikings fame.

Varela was born and grew up in Södermalm on the south side of Stockholm. Both parents are from Galicia and he did not learn Swedish until he started school. During middle school, he became friends with Gustaf Skarsgård, son of internationally noted Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård. Varela did not then know of the famous Skarsgård family because he mostly watched Spanish satellite television. When his friend Skarsgård applied to a selective upper secondary school, Södra Latin’s drama program near where both boys lived, Varela wanted to do the same. The elder Skarsgård gave the young Varela a few hours of acting instructions and he was accepted by the school. Varela said he was surprised, because he had shown up in a track suit and looked more like a chav than an aspiring actor.

In 2017, he starred as Jorge Salcedo Cabrera, the head of security for the Cali Cartel in season three of the Netflix series Narcos. His performance was widely singled out by critics and fans alike as among the best in the series. In 2020, he reprised the role in the second season of Narcos: Mexico.

Among his projects in 2015 and 2016 were Johan Renck's quirky crime drama Ettor och nollor alongside his old friend Gustaf Skarsgård (see above), the 2015 remake Point Break, and the video game adaptation Assassin's Creed, with Michael Fassbender.

Varela had his first international role in an episode of Covert Affairs as a Basque terrorist. In 2013 he was in several episodes of Showtime's The Borgias in the prominent part of Ferdinand II of Naples.

Easy Money was a success and Varela went on to star in both sequels: Easy Money II: Hard to Kill (2012) and Easy Money III: Life Deluxe (2013). He also got the part of Police Detective Jorge Chavez in the big budget TV-series Arne Dahl. In series 2 Alexander Salzberger replaced him.

Louis Matias Karl Padin Varela (born 23 June 1980) is a Swedish actor of Spanish descent.