In 2008, after more than a ten-year break from acting, Mitchell returned to television to play his third character on Neighbours, taking the guest role of Matt Freedman, father to Simon (Mauricio Merino, Jr.) and Tegan Freedman (Chelsea Jones).
Mauricio Macri | Merino | Mauricio Serna | Mauricio Funes | Delaine Merino | Mauricio Cardozo Ocampo | Mauricio Alfaro | Ricardo Gil Lavedra (''third from left'') joins fellow presiding judges of the 1985 Trial of the Juntas in receiving the Bicentennial Medal from Mayor Mauricio Macri | ''Nightmare'' by Mexican artist Mauricio García Vega | Nelson Mauricio Ancheta | merino | Mauricio Walerstein | Maurício Rua | Mauricio Rua | Mauricio Rojas Toro | Mauricio Rocha e Silva | Mauricio Merino, Jr. | Mauricio Lasansky | Mauricio Herrera | Mauricio González de la Garza | Mauricio González | Mauricio Antón | Mauricio Afonso | León Arslanián (''middle'') joins fellow presiding judges of the 1985 Trial of the Juntas in receiving the Bicentennial Medal from Mayor Mauricio Macri | José Toribio Merino | José Maurício | Geovanni Deiberson Maurício | Fernando Arturo de Meriño | Evaristo Merino | Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport |
In early 2010, Merino was cast as Daniel Watts in the Australian supernatural thriller feature film, Redback being shot in the Australian outbacks of Western Australia .
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It is the second time Neighbours hosts this competition, after the success of Sam Clark and Adelaide Kane previous winners.