EXCLUSIVE: Popular Mexican actor Osvaldo Benavides (Netflix’s Monarca) is joining the cast of ABC’s The Good Doctor as a series regular for the upcoming fifth season.Benavides plays Dr.
Mateo Rendón Osma, an incredibly skilled trauma surgeon, who has spent many years working in Guatemala for a Doctors-Without-Borders type of organization.
But Mateo hasn’t always been a hero; some rash actions during his residency will be back to haunt him and could complicate things.He was introduced in The Good Doctor‘s two-part Season 4 finale.
The two-episode arc came with a Season 5 series regular option for Benavides, which was picked up after The Good Doctor was renewed last month.In Part 1 of the Season 4 finale, which aired last week, Mateo met the
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