Damián Alcázar

Damián Alcázar

Born: January 8, 1953
in Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico
Jorge Damián Alcázar Castello is a renowned Mexican actor, born in Jiquilpan, Michoacan, on January 8, 1953. One of the most talented and recognized contemporary actors, Damián studied at the National Institute of Fine Arts, and later studied at the Centro of Theater Experimentation and, later, at the Faculty of Theater at the Universidad Veracruzana, where, years later, he would be a teacher. After several years in the theater, Damián made his film debut with The Center of the Labyrinth (1985), and later worked in films such as Romero (1989), The Naked City (1989), Bandidos (1991), Mujer del Puerto (1991). ), Lolo (1993), where he would win his first Ariel award, for best male co-acting, and Two crimes (1994), by Roberto Sneider, for which he was nominated, again, for the Ariel. The success of the film and his performance immediately propelled his career, which would lead him to participate in films such as En el aire (1995), El anzuelo (1996), Hombres armamos (1997), Baja California: El limit del tiempo ( 1998) and Herod's Law (1999), winning two consecutive Ariel Awards for both films, as best actor, in 1998 and 1999. With director Luis Estrada, Alcázar would star in a successful saga of films, with a social and critical spirit, with the films A Wonderful World (2006), Hell (2010) and The Perfect Dictatorship (2014), each one proving successful at the box office and criticismo.

In 2018 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited him to be a special part of its new members.

Alcazár has a vast filmography, which includes film and television. He is considered one of the most important actors of new Mexican cinema.

Movies for Damián Alcázar...

La familia Benetón
Title: La familia Benetón
Released: March 22, 2024
Type: Movie
Toni, a grumpy in his fifties, avoids children at all costs. His life changes when he suddenly has to take care of his sister's five adopted children, each from a different country. Toni will have to deal with new parenthood and cultural differences.
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1938: When the Oil was Ours
Title: 1938: When the Oil was Ours
Released: March 18, 2024
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the Mexican oil expropriation in 1938 through the eyes of President Lazaro Cardenas and journalist Alberto Miranda.
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Safari
Title: Safari
Released: January 27, 2024
Type: Movie
Dakota, a young American, arrives in the Dominican Republic at the dawn of the Trump era with little idea of why he is there, where he is headed, or what might come next. After checking into a beachside hotel, he finds himself in the crossfire of a volatile love triangle between two hotheads and the mysterious and elusive femme fatale Fabiola.
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Blue Beetle
Title: Blue Beetle
Character: Alberto Reyes
Released: August 16, 2023
Type: Movie
Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.
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¡Que viva México!
Title: ¡Que viva México!
Character: Rosendo / Regino / Ambrosio
Released: March 23, 2023
Type: Movie
After his grandfather's death, a man travels with his wife and kids to his hometown, where chaos ensues with his relatives over the inheritance.
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Title: Dudes
Character: Mario Miranda
Released: February 15, 2023
Type: TV
Billuka is a renowned Fintech company created and managed altogether by Julian and his friends Ricardo, Simón, Santiago, Tomas, Daniel and Mafe. On the other hand, Antonia, daughter of a very important businessman, arrives to Colombia in hopes to make a fresh start. When Julian meets Antonia is love at first sight. Later, Julian entangles himself on a series of conflicts between love and business.
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The Monroy Affaire
Title: The Monroy Affaire
Character: Ronnie Monroy
Released: October 6, 2022
Type: Movie
Ronnie Monroy has had an unmeaningful life as a public employee. About to turn 65 and face retirement he discovers the Women’s Prison, where he finds a new purpose.
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Title: Léemelo
Character: Self
Released: August 29, 2022
Type: TV
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The King of All The World
Title: The King of All The World
Character: Don Anselmo
Released: November 12, 2021
Type: Movie
Manuel is preparing his next show, a musical about making a musical show. He seeks the help of Sara his ex-wife and renowned choreographer to direct. In the casting, the young Ines will appear as a rising star while dealing with her father and local mob. During the rehearsals, the passion and tension will grow among the dancers. Powerful Mexican music sets the tone and a play will emerge in which tragedy, fiction and reality intertwine.
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Carta Blanca
Title: Carta Blanca
Character: Coronel Efraín Bencosme
Released: October 21, 2021
Type: Movie
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Title: Acapulco
Character: Don Pablo
Released: October 8, 2021
Type: TV
In 1984, Maximo Gallardo's dream comes true when he gets the job of a lifetime at Acapulco's hottest resort, Las Colinas. But he soon realizes that working there will be far more complicated than he ever imagined.
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Title: Before I Forget
Character: Pascual
Released: October 7, 2021
Type: TV
Pascual León, a retired 65-year-old man, finds out how to give meaning to his last days after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's: to avenge a past crime before his memory loss erases everything that he is.
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Mighty Victoria
Title: Mighty Victoria
Character: Don Federico
Released: October 5, 2021
Type: Movie
Feature film located at the beginning of the 20th-century which tells the story of the town "La Esperanza", whose dying mining boom receives a fatal blow.
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Title: Not My Fault: Mexico
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: TV
Two years after her sister Liliana disappeared without a trace, Mariana receives painful closure when her body is finally discovered. Mariana’s pain empowers her to embark on a tireless mission to learn the truth about what happened to Liliana – a decision that will open her eyes to despicable statistics of a country unable to stem the brutal violence against women.
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Mosh
Title: Mosh
Character: José la Iguana
Released: November 24, 2019
Type: Movie
Mosh, a 16-year-old dancer, lives with her terminally ill mother and a cousin who is involved in drug trafficking. As things worsen, an unexpected visit changes the family’s fortunes.
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The Mongolian Conspiracy
Title: The Mongolian Conspiracy
Character: Filiberto García
Released: April 18, 2019
Type: Movie
1963, the Soviet Union intercepts a rumour that China pretends to assassinate the president of the US in his visit to Mexico. Filiberto Garcia, a local policeman, has 72 hours to investigate the Mongolian Conspiracy.
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Title: Tijuana
Character: Antonio Borja
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: TV
When a prominent politician is murdered, the intrepid journalists of Frente Tijuana risk their lives to uncover the truth.
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Miss Bala
Title: Miss Bala
Character: Chief Saucedo
Released: February 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.
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Title: Narcos: Mexico
Character: Gilberto Rodríguez
Released: November 16, 2018
Type: TV
See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
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Rubirosa 2
Title: Rubirosa 2
Character: Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Released: October 11, 2018
Type: Movie
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Rubirosa
Title: Rubirosa
Character: Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Released: September 27, 2018
Type: Movie
Story of Porfirio Rubirosa, the Dominican playboy and suspected spy.
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Title: Rubirosa
Character: Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Released: September 27, 2018
Type: TV
The life of the great Latin American seducer, Porfirio Rubirosa, will be full of women, entanglements, betrayals and heartbreaks that will put him all the time on the edge of death when he infiltrates the ranks of a dictator to help the opposition.
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Ana and Bruno
Title: Ana and Bruno
Character: Ricardo/Sr. Estación
Released: September 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Ana, a nine year old girl, arrives with her mother to an isolated beach with the intention to rest and to know the sea. There, she discovers that they are under a terrible threat, therefore she is obligated to look for help with her father in order to save her mother.
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The Hotel
Title: The Hotel
Character: Citlalli's Dad
Released: December 13, 2016
Type: Movie
A single mother named Maria unespectedly inherits an hotel from her deceased father, where she will find the truth about her past while she tries get the business going.
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Title: 2091
Character: Sr. Hull
Released: October 18, 2016
Type: TV
It's the year 2091. The best seven gamers in the world are recruited by a powerful company to travel to the moon of Calisto and play against each other at an extreme video game. But everything will change when one of them, discovers the sinister truth that hides within the game that may put their own lives in danger.
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Las Aparicio
Title: Las Aparicio
Character: Hernán Almada
Released: February 26, 2016
Type: Movie
Three generations of women who share a strange family tradition: all widowed in extraordinary circumstances; all give birth only to girls. This is the film based on the television series.
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La Sargento Matacho
Title: La Sargento Matacho
Character: Feliciano Pachón
Released: October 29, 2015
Type: Movie
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Title: The Dandy
Character: Juan Antonio Ramírez "El Chueco"
Released: October 26, 2015
Type: TV
Inspired by the 1997 American drama Donnie Brasco, El Dandy tells the story of a law professor who has been hired by the Attorney General, to participate in a program of special operations, where you must infiltrate one of the most notorious drug cartels of Mexico City. Under the false name Daniel "El Dandy" Bracho, begins the task of identifying all the members of this clandestine network. However, he quickly finds that his acute ability to police work is only comparable with the exciting sense of danger that experiences living life to the fullest. Along the way, it avails itself of the help of a criminal's petty, loyal, even corrupt, called El Chueco, who quickly befriends Bracho and comes dangerously close to discover his true identity. Much deeper Bracho is involved in the mafia, more work tells him to get out, and the professor once incorruptible has to choose between returning to a normal life as a respectable citizen or fully embrace his criminal life.
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Title: Narcos
Character: Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela
Released: August 28, 2015
Type: TV
A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
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Mangoré
Title: Mangoré
Character: Agustín Pío Barrios
Released: August 21, 2015
Type: Movie
The life and times of famed Paraguayan musician Agustín Pío Barrios, from the years of his youth to his international success.
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Magallanes
Title: Magallanes
Character: Magallanes
Released: August 20, 2015
Type: Movie
Magallanes sees his humdrum life turn upside down the day Celina, a women he met in the violent years when he was a soldier with the Peruvian Army, jumps into his taxi in a Lima street. This unexpected re-encounter after 25 years with the dark past that unites them prompts Magallanes to embark on a daring plan to help Celina get money and find his own redemption.
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The Thin Yellow Line
Title: The Thin Yellow Line
Character: Toño
Released: March 6, 2015
Type: Movie
Five men are hired to paint the yellow line the road between two villages in Mexico forgotten. Aboard an old pickup truck, initiated the work of more than two hundred kilometers of asphalt and yellow paint to be completed in less than a fortnight
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Eddie Reynolds y los Ángeles de Acero
Title: Eddie Reynolds y los Ángeles de Acero
Character: Eddie Reynolds
Released: October 19, 2014
Type: Movie
They are not wild and crazy anymore, or at least they think so. Now, thanks to an offer nobody can't refuse, they will try to recapture that old rock and roll magic and give themselves a second chance.
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The Perfect Dictatorship
Title: The Perfect Dictatorship
Character: Gobernador Carmelo Vargas
Released: October 16, 2014
Type: Movie
TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?
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Forgotten
Title: Forgotten
Character: José Mendieta
Released: July 31, 2014
Type: Movie
José, a Bolivian retired general, is lying on his deathbed after a heart attack. Tormented by memories of his involvement in Operation Condor and invaded by deep remorse, he decides to tell his only son his biggest secrets in search of redemption.
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Title: Metástasis
Character: Tuco Salamanca
Released: June 12, 2014
Type: TV
A Colombian remake of the U.S. TV show Breaking Bad. After he is diagnosed with cancer, Walter Blanco teams up with José Miguel Rosas in order to sell crystal meth.
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Citizen Buelna
Title: Citizen Buelna
Character: Lucio Blanco
Released: March 29, 2013
Type: Movie
Rafael faces the complications of the revolution and discovers true love with Luisa.
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Expiration Date
Title: Expiration Date
Character: Genaro
Released: January 11, 2012
Type: Movie
Ramona's compulsive life becomes a wreck when she finds out, after a long search that Osvaldo, her only son, has died.
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Guerrero, Sueño Republicano
Title: Guerrero, Sueño Republicano
Character: Narrator
Released: October 28, 2010
Type: Movie
Heroes of Flesh and Bones
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The Last Commander
Title: The Last Commander
Released: October 15, 2010
Type: Movie
In the eve of the 30th anniversary of the triumph of Nicaragua's revolution a long forgotten Sandinista commander appears: Paco Jarquin. Contrary to the most of his former FSLN colleagues, he prefer to deny his glorious past to live anonymously in the neighbor Costa Rica as a dance teacher.
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El Infierno
Title: El Infierno
Character: Benjamín García "El Benny"
Released: September 3, 2010
Type: Movie
Benjamin Garcia, Benny is deported from the United States. Back home and against a bleak picture, Benny gets involved in the drug business, in which he has for the first time in his life, a spectacular rise surrounded by money, women, violence and fun. But very soon he will discover that criminal life does not always keep its promises.
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García
Title: García
Character: García
Released: August 1, 2010
Type: Movie
García has managed to accomplish his wedding promise to his wife, Amalia: buy her a wretched farm outside the city, which is far from his wife's dream. But life turns unexpectedly as he arrives home and finds Amalia missing.
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The two Perez
Title: The two Perez
Released: July 23, 2010
Type: Movie
The story of two brothers. One lives in the city and one in the field, and they have different lives. One day they decide to join together to create a film and that's when the drama begins.
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Chicogrande
Title: Chicogrande
Character: Chicogrande
Released: May 28, 2010
Type: Movie
Butch Fenton, major of American army, comes for Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The "Punitive Expedition" proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. Mexican revolution is the first social movement of the century.
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De la infancia
Title: De la infancia
Character: Basilio Niebla
Released: March 14, 2010
Type: Movie
It tells the story of Niebla, who died in a shootout with the police and whose ghost comes back to help change Francisco´s fate, a 10 years old boy. Francisco´s father, Basilio, an abusive and violent thief, adored and feared by his son, destroys his mother and brothers, when he takes out his frustrations at home. The ghost protects Francisco from his father´s violence and handholds him threw his first love with Roxana who has her own story of abuse. Feeling protected, Francisco is able to face his oppression.
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Title: Kdabra
Character: René
Released: November 12, 2009
Type: TV
A 17-year-old boy finds himself involved in a series of supernatural phenomena.
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Marea  de Arena
Title: Marea de Arena
Character: Carpio
Released: October 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Of Love and Other Demons
Title: Of Love and Other Demons
Character: Abrenuncio
Released: March 26, 2009
Type: Movie
Based on Gabriel García Márquez's novel, this is the unsettling story of 13-year-old noble Sierva and the dog bite that changes her life forever. Abandoned, displaced, in the midst of a sexual awakening and finally exorcised, Sierva finds an unlikely ally in a young priest and together they discover passion.
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Bala mordida
Title: Bala mordida
Released: March 16, 2009
Type: Movie
Mauro Hernandez, a young preventive policeman, gets involved in a coke deal, and to keep some of the money he has for paying for the transaction, gives his gun away to cover the deal. He argues to Joaquin, old drug dealer and ex-policeman and ends up threatening him. On his way out of the operation, Mauro and his partner policemen, a gang controlled by Joaquin, stop their way out start a wrangle where Mauro is wounded. His body armor couldn´t even stop a small touch of the knife. The scandal on the bad quality of body armors turns into an investigation of malversation of police funds which is exaggerated and misreported by the media. Apparently made in 2009, but not released until 2011.
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Don't Let Me Drown
Title: Don't Let Me Drown
Character: Ramon
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
In a post-September 11th world overflowing with fear and hate, two Latino teens discover that sometimes the only thing that can keep them from drowning is love.
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Teo's Journey
Title: Teo's Journey
Released: October 10, 2008
Type: Movie
Separated from his father after illegally crossing the Mexico-U.S. border, young Teo and his new friend, Chuy, set off on a dangerous quest across the desert to find his dad in this touching tale of courage, adventure and friendship.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Title: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Character: Lord Sopespian
Released: May 15, 2008
Type: Movie
One year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a young prince whose life has been threatened by the evil King Miraz. Now, with the help of a colorful cast of new characters, including Trufflehunter the badger and Nikabrik the dwarf, the Pevensie clan embarks on an incredible quest to ensure that Narnia is returned to its rightful heir.
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Borderland
Title: Borderland
Character: Ulises
Released: November 9, 2007
Type: Movie
Three college students, Phil, Ed, and Henry take a road trip into Mexico for a week of drinking and carefree fun only to have Phil find himself a captive of a group of satanic Mexican drug smugglers who kill tourists and whom are looking for a group of new ones to prepare for a sacrifice.
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Satanás - Profile of a Killer
Title: Satanás - Profile of a Killer
Character: Eliseo
Released: March 4, 2007
Type: Movie
Based on the Mario Mendoza's book and inspired by true events, tells three interconnected stories happening in the eve of the infamous Pozzetto Massacre.
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Beyond the Sky
Title: Beyond the Sky
Character: Rojas
Released: January 12, 2007
Type: Movie
Malboro and Cucu, the starring characters, are two brothers who split after the older one, Malboro, went to prison five years. One day he is set free, willing to return to his life. Cucu is the younger brother, who has become a boxer with possible success, if only the beater he keeps somewhere inside, didn't arise in the worst moments. The relationship between the two brothers is somehow ambiguous, there's something unclear that caused Malboro's arrest. To complete the triangle is Uncle Jesus who has been like a father to them; a retired boxer who's always thinking about his past. Sara is Malboro's great love, a woman full of shame and resented after almost leaving her whole life behind to follow Malboro, but he failed in their attempt to run away because that same night, he got arrested by Rojas. Rojas is Sara's husband, a police officer who hates Malboro and will do anything to get him out of his way...
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The Citrillo's Turn
Title: The Citrillo's Turn
Character: Sergeant Collazo
Released: November 10, 2006
Type: Movie
1903, before the Revolution… The Citrillo’s Turns is a pulque bar in Mexico City, in which beings with no present or future gather to drink their lives away and tell stories of the dead and apparitions. Thus is woven a story of real passions –love, betrayal, jealousy, pillage- in an atmosphere of drunkenness and hallucination.
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A Wonderful World
Title: A Wonderful World
Character: Juan Perez
Released: March 17, 2006
Type: Movie
A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.
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La mesa servida
Title: La mesa servida
Released: May 29, 2004
Type: Movie
Carlos has an empty belly and tries to dominate nature by obeying it. The only two pigs in his village are seductive meat. He already has the table set, without knowing that the pig affection will tell him what the pantheons are full of.
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Crónicas
Title: Crónicas
Character: Vinicio Cepeda
Released: May 16, 2004
Type: Movie
A suspense thriller about a reporter from Miami who travels to Ecuador in pursuit of a serial killer known as the "Monster of Babahoyo."
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Héctor
Title: Héctor
Character: Martín
Released: May 7, 2004
Type: Movie
Adolescent Hector faces a major lifestyle change after moving into his aunt's flat in a blue-collar suburb of Madrid.
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Title: And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Released: September 7, 2003
Type: Movie
In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual Film Corporation, through producer D.W. Griffith, interests for the proposition and sends the filmmaker Frank Thayer to negotiate a contract with Pancho Villa himself.
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The Crime of Padre Amaro
Title: The Crime of Padre Amaro
Character: Padre Natalio Pérez
Released: October 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Sent to Mexico to help take care of aging Father Benito, young Father Amaro faces a moral challenge when he meets a 16-year-old girl who he starts an affair with. Likewise, the girl's mother had been having an affair with Father Benito. Father Amaro must choose between a holy or sinful life.
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The Blue Room
Title: The Blue Room
Character: Garduño
Released: May 4, 2002
Type: Movie
A couple meet each other often in a motel room.
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Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good
Title: Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good
Character: Abel
Released: November 9, 2001
Type: Movie
The attack on a popular singer known as Pachito -who becomes the favorite candidate to win the presidential election in an imaginary Latin American country- is the starting point of several stories, including: the alleged murderer, a police officer investigating the disappearance of the murdered body and an architect hired to design the mausoleum to the memory of the possible dictator.
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A Breakfast Chronicle
Title: A Breakfast Chronicle
Character: Taxista
Released: November 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A view of the end-of-the-century Mexican family. A father who comes back home after a long absence, but who would rather be somewhere else. A daughter suffering from a trapped pain. A son full of guilt and recriminations. A little kid who soaks up all the tension in the house, like a sponge, and a self-effacing mother who would like to go away and leave everything behind.
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Compassionate Sex
Title: Compassionate Sex
Character: Hombre virgen
Released: June 30, 2000
Type: Movie
Dolores is a mature and kind woman whose husband abandons her because he can't stand her uncanny generosity. Desperate to get her husband back, she devotes her life to works of charity, which is to go to bed with the other men of the town. Dolores, now "Lolita", becomes so famous that all men seek out her help now. It is through her compassionate sex that she brings back the colour and the happiness to a town that was immersed in sadness. Written by HoMordomo.
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Sofía
Title: Sofía
Released: June 22, 2000
Type: Movie
A volcano scientist (Issabela Camil) arrives in Mexico to study the Popocatepetl volcano. The journey will change her whole life
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Ave María
Title: Ave María
Character: Cuña
Released: November 20, 1999
Type: Movie
In the colonial New Spain Ana is a missionary who decides to support the indigenous people.
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Herod's Law
Title: Herod's Law
Character: Juan Vargas
Released: November 9, 1999
Type: Movie
Mexico, 1949. The fable of a janitor turned Mayor on a little town lost in the Mexican desert, who gradually realizes how far his new acquainted power and corruption can get him.
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Under California: The Limit of Time
Title: Under California: The Limit of Time
Character: Damián
Released: September 8, 1998
Type: Movie
Damian is a married artist living in Los Angeles with his wife. After Damian accidentally hits a woman with his car and flees the scene, he seeks atonement and travels alone to Mexico, both to find peace and to reconnect with his family roots. Assisted by local guide Arce, Damian locates his grandmother's resting place and searches for redemption through a long trek in the arid wilderness of his ancestral land.
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Men with Guns
Title: Men with Guns
Character: Padre Portillo, the Priest
Released: March 27, 1998
Type: Movie
Dr. Fuentes is a medical professor approaching his retirement and journeys to find old students, with sometimes disturbing results.
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Katuwira, donde nacen y mueren los sueños
Title: Katuwira, donde nacen y mueren los sueños
Character: Caronte
Released: December 18, 1996
Type: Movie
Sofia meets a stranger man who hacks the computer system where she works before she has an accident. After the accident, she is the only one that remember seeing this man, so she decides to search for him.
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Overkill
Title: Overkill
Character: Jose
Released: June 1, 1996
Type: Movie
American Police officer Jack Hazard heads for South America after being ordered to take time off by his boss after a raid goes bad. Once there, however, he finds himself caught up with a stranger wanted by the government, and soon ends up in prison. He and his unwanted companion escape, and now Jack must try to get back to safety while being hunted down by an iron-fisted tyrant.
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El Anzuelo
Title: El Anzuelo
Character: Humberto
Released: June 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Ernesto Rimoch looks at the potent combination of love and ambition in this film about a couple who's so happy their daughter is marrying into a rich clan that they throw the best wedding ever, even if they can't afford it. When the father (Damián Alcázar) loses the money to pay for the musician, mayhem ensues. The film itself is made to look like a videotaping of the wedding, revealing who's responsible for the crime.
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The Ringer
Title: The Ringer
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
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Tres minutos en la oscuridad
Title: Tres minutos en la oscuridad
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Four childhood friends decide to play a prank on an aunt of one of the four. Two enter the house and two others remain waiting in the car. When the alarm goes off, the two waiting in the car escape, leaving the other two to escape on their own. After that, the friends begin distrusting each other wondering what really happened during those three minutes in the dark inside the house.
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On the Air
Title: On the Air
Character: Cmdr. Paco
Released: December 8, 1995
Type: Movie
Alberto is a disc-jockey at a radio station. His life is torn apart by the memories of his ex-wife and his free and careless life in the 60s. Alberto remembers, and his memories don't let him live his present life with Ana, his current girlfriend.
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Algunas nubes
Title: Algunas nubes
Character: La Rata
Released: September 15, 1995
Type: Movie
A Spanish movie directed by Carlos García Agraz.
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Two Crimes
Title: Two Crimes
Character: Marcos González
Released: May 26, 1995
Type: Movie
After being falsely accused of a murder, Marcos runs away to the small and quiet town of Cuevano. There he finds that the family matters are more complicated than his.
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Pánico en el paraíso
Title: Pánico en el paraíso
Released: December 31, 1994
Type: Movie
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Amber
Title: Amber
Character: Preso carcel 1
Released: August 28, 1994
Type: Movie
Old Max remembers the time as a child when he was taken to the jungle where he met a prophet, a circus man and other weird characters.
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Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7
Title: Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7
Character: Machine Gun
Released: November 23, 1993
Type: Movie
Student nurses join some doctors to work in a medical station a few hours flying-time from the Mexican town of Catamaco. One of their planes goes down due to an engine malfunction and crashes in the rain forest. This is the story of the attempts to save the lives of the passengers (both nurses and doctors).
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Lolo
Title: Lolo
Released: April 16, 1993
Type: Movie
Lolo lives in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Mexico City. One day he is assaulted and injured out of the factory where he works. After a week of hospitalization, Lolo loses his job and is forced to seek sustenance. The accidental death of an elderly woman, whom Lolo trying to steal a watch that his mother had insisted, facing the young people in your neighborhood and forces him to flee, full of guilt and shame.
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Abuelita de Bakman
Title: Abuelita de Bakman
Character: Escritor
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
A novelist cannot create new and original stories, his wife suggests that he go out and write about the people he sees as he passes by.
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Cita en el paraíso.
Title: Cita en el paraíso.
Character: Pablo
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Alejandra (Gutiérrez), a drugstore clerk, receives a note from a strange man (Alcázar). The note only shows a number, but Alejandra seems to understand its meaning. That night, Alejandra walks directly to a creepy downtown hotel, climbs the stairs and finds the man waiting for her in a room. The strange rendez-vous is not what it seems to be.
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Highway Patrolman
Title: Highway Patrolman
Character: Sospechoso #1
Released: December 28, 1991
Type: Movie
A naïve rookie in the Mexican highway patrol must adapt in order to survive as he contends with widespread corruption, dangerous drug runners and the consequences of his often morally gray actions.
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La mujer del puerto
Title: La mujer del puerto
Character: Marro
Released: September 11, 1991
Type: Movie
Perla, a prostitute and the star in a miserable cabaret in the docks, falls in love with a sailor without knowing that he is her brother. Tomasa, Perla's mother, tries to prevent this incestuous relationship at all costs, but fails to do so. Set in a sordid environment, the director makes no concessions in this tragic love affair, which is narrated from three different points of view.
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Bandidos
Title: Bandidos
Released: August 9, 1991
Type: Movie
In the wake of the Mexican Revolution, a band of pre-teen boys are forced to rely on their own resources for survival.
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Diplomatic Immunity
Title: Diplomatic Immunity
Character: Pool cleaner (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1991
Type: Movie
Cole Hickel, a Marine, pursues his daughter's killer when he is allowed to go back to Paraguay because of "diplomatic immunity."
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The Legend of a Mask
Title: The Legend of a Mask
Character: Olmo Robles
Released: February 21, 1991
Type: Movie
A reporter starts investigating the life of the recently deceased wrestler "The Masked Angel"
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Con el amor no se juega
Title: Con el amor no se juega
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Susana, a beautiful young girl living in 1990, is happily looking forward to her forthcoming marriage - and has bought an antique mirror to grace her future home. Three weeks before the wedding, the mirror is delivered to her Grandmother's home and taken to Susana's room. Later that day, when looking into the glass, Susana is startled to see the image of a handsome soldier, Nicolas (from 1863), instead of her own reflection. It soon becomes obvious that he can see Susana as clearly as she can see him - and life, for them both, is never quite the same again. Contains three shorts as a trilogy: The Two Way Mirror (El espejo de dos lunas) 1990, 0:29:23 With You from a Distance (Contigo en la distancia) 1991, 0:27:38 Saturday Night Thief (Ladrón de sábado) 1996, 0:24:57
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Las buenas costumbres
Title: Las buenas costumbres
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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The Naked City
Title: The Naked City
Character: La Suavecita
Released: November 3, 1989
Type: Movie
A gritty tale of survival set against a city ripe with violence and corruption. The Naked City tells the tale of Alfonso and Aurelia, who with their infant daughter flee the scene of a traffic accident they inadvertently caused, leaving several people seriously injured. On the run, they check into a hotel in a different part of the town. By coincidence, or fate, the hotel is about to be attacked by a violent gang, who resume to hold everyone hostage, moving room to room raping, killing and brutalizing the guests. When it is turn to visit with the young couple it is their time to decide to succumb to the violence, or fight back.
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Romero
Title: Romero
Character: Campesino
Released: August 25, 1989
Type: Movie
Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.
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Tales of the City
Title: Tales of the City
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
"Alguien se acerca", "Viajeros", "Lilí" and "Azul celeste", four stories directed by Ramón Cervantes, Rafael Montero, Gerardo Lara and María Novaro, respectively.
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Pasa en las mejores familias
Title: Pasa en las mejores familias
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Title: El camino secreto
Character: José Luis
Released: September 1, 1986
Type: TV
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El centro del laberinto
Title: El centro del laberinto
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Safari
Title: Safari
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Dakota, a young American, arrives in the Dominican Republic at the dawn of the Trump era with little idea of why he is there, where he is headed, or what might come next. After checking into a beachside hotel, he finds himself in the crossfire of a volatile love triangle between two hotheads and the mysterious and elusive femme fatale Fabiola. The second feature by Juan Antonio Bisonó (Mosh) is a love letter to film noir both classic and contemporary - if the love letter in question was never sent because it got burned to a crisp by its dejected author - and a romantic comedy in reverse, where a breakup precedes the meet-cute, shaking up the beloved and her suitors like a spiked rum cocktail in the Santo Domingo sun.
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Hágase tu voluntad
Title: Hágase tu voluntad
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A woman has been diagnosed with breast cancer, so she decides to follow the trace of her father, who abandoned her when she was a child. His traces lead her to the mexican caribbean.
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Title: Soy Rosalía: una historia de No fue mi culpa
Character: Pedro
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
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The Four Altars
Title: The Four Altars
Character: Don Abel
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The intensity of Ana's life, a Spanish journalist, has reached its climax. On a trip to the Amazon that begins as an investigation into deforestation and illegal gold, she meets Don Abel, a man initiated into an ancient sacred science. Ana will find herself in a ritual that will change her life.
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Silent Drift
Title: Silent Drift
Character: Charles W.A. Petersen
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
"Silent Drift" is a romantic thriller with cinematic elements of film noir set in the Caribbean. This extraordinary story depicts the complicated narratives of a young couple in love. Their survival and the dramatic life-or-death risks they take to be together. Silently drifting on a boat to an uncharted fate at nightfall between the dark blue Atlantic Ocean and the tropical Caribbean Sea, lives are jeopardized to achieve the American Dream. "Silent Drift" captures the intriguing microcosm of a laid-back community revealing the shocking truth of people who are living double lives. Lifestyles that are identified as immoral and torrid in some societies, encompassing dark family relationships between mother and daughter, husband and wife, and lovers.
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Here Be Dragons
Title: Here Be Dragons
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Follows Candelaria, a 18-year old who must survive a devastated country in a vaguely anachronistic 2040 where sinister military forces rule.
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The Portrait’s Secret
Title: The Portrait’s Secret
Character: Don Joaquín
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A true story, with multiple short stories that show human rights violations and economic exploitation within religious and government institutions.