Guillermo Gil

Guillermo Gil

Born: January 1, 1943
Died: May 29, 2008
in Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico
Mexican actor Guillermo Gil participated in 51 plays, 49 feature films and 19 soap operas, as well as teaching at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA).

He died at the age of 65, a native of Tehuacán, Puebla, and a graduate of the School of Theatrical Art of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA).

Juan Guillermo Sánchez Bolaños, his real name, stood out in the acting field thanks to his participation in theater and film productions, which earned him the Virgina Fábregas medal in February 2001, awarded by the National Actors Association (ANDA), for more than 25 years of uninterrupted career.

He founded his own theater company which he named "San-Gil", in honor of his late father's name, Don Guillermo Sánchez. He was a teacher for seven years in the acting and theater workshop at CEA, and served as stage director at the experimental and amateur level in 108 plays.

Movies for Guillermo Gil...

Tear This Heart Out
Title: Tear This Heart Out
Character: Rodolfo
Released: September 12, 2008
Type: Movie
A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. by one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature, it is at once a haunting novel of one woman's life and a powerful account of post-revolutionary Mexico from a female perspective.
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Espinas
Title: Espinas
Released: August 31, 2007
Type: Movie
Magdalena is fifteen, but unlike many girls her age, her life is apathetic and somber, due to the abuse she receives from her father, a hopeless alcoholic, and her strange passion for Carlos, a neighborhood thug. A series of complex characters parade through Magdalena's life looking for themselves, such as Gabriel, the homosexual brother, and Huker, a violent judicial policeman who has an important secret. A portrait of the emotional depths of the strange and terrible Mexico City.
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Mezcal
Title: Mezcal
Released: June 15, 2007
Type: Movie
A group of beings permeated by the lack of love, guilt, pain and a desire for revenge, meet on the day of a storm at a cantina in the mythical town of Parián, a place where all roads and all destinies converge. There they find consolation for their woes in mezcal and in the distress of the others.
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A Wonderful World
Title: A Wonderful World
Character: Cara de Rata - padre de Rosa
Released: March 17, 2006
Type: Movie
A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.
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El misterio del Trinidad
Title: El misterio del Trinidad
Released: April 29, 2003
Type: Movie
The strange relation between two brothers.
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Leftie
Title: Leftie
Character: Don Emilio
Released: February 20, 2003
Type: Movie
Futuristic movie about Alejandro, a gifted left-handed child marble player who must win a competition as the entire town's hopes - and money - rest on him.
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Dark Cities
Title: Dark Cities
Character: Zacarías
Released: September 20, 2002
Type: Movie
Adapted by writer/director Fernando Sariñana from the stories by Juan Madrid, Ciudades Oscuras (Dark Cities) tells a story of interwoven lives in the seedy underbelly of Mexico City. The several different story lines concern hooker Lola (Dolores Heredia); her drug addict son Fede (Diego Luna); her friend Zeze (Zaide Silvia Gutierrez); Zeze's daughter Susana (Jimena Ayala); and junkie Vicente (Roberto Sosa). Also on the scene are two corrupt cops (Alejandro Tommasi and Jesus Ochoa) and one good cop (Odiseo Bichir), while Chicken (Hector Suarez) and Casimiro (Alonso Echanove) each tell their separate stories to the same bartender (Demian Bichir). ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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Title: Agua y Aceite
Character: Don Gregorio
Released: January 7, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: Bride's Avenue
Character: Padre Tomás
Released: March 20, 2000
Type: TV
La calle de las novias is a Mexican telenovela produced by TV Azteca and Zuba Producciones. Directed by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, it stars Silvia Navarro and Juan Manuel Bernal as protagonists.
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Los maravillosos olores de la vida
Title: Los maravillosos olores de la vida
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
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Herod's Law
Title: Herod's Law
Character: Cura
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 a Spell
Title: Under a Spell
Character: Lucio
Released: February 19, 1999
Type: Movie
In the Yucatan coast of the thirties , Elisha, a boy of 13, is initiated into the art of love by Felipa , his schoolteacher. After discovering the relationship, Felipa runs away from the village , leaving Elisha mired in nostalgia. Forced to marry another woman and lead a routine life , recalling the years passed Eliseo romance with Felipa until ten years later, the woman returns , removing his wounds and changing forever the life of Elisha , his family and the whole town
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Luces de la noche
Title: Luces de la noche
Character: Carmelo
Released: May 29, 1998
Type: Movie
On a whim, a retired gentleman decides to track down an old girlfriend from decades back.
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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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Jonah and the Pink Whale
Title: Jonah and the Pink Whale
Character: Patrocio
Released: November 7, 1995
Type: Movie
Official submission of Bolivia for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 68th Academy Awards in 1996. A schoolteacher in the small city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra has a passionate affair with his frigid wife's sister--despite the risk of having to confront not only his wife, but also his dubious father-in-law. Photographer Jonas (Dino García) and teenager Julia (María Renée Prudencio) live the romance loaded with erotic adventure in the dark and wet basement of the old house where he installs his laboratory of development. She is the sister of Talía (Claudia Lobo)- his wife and both are daughters of a coffin maker who dreams of pharaonic tombs. The film shows the rise of drug trafficking, illegal trade in which Julia's family is involved, the same that ends up marrying Grigotá (Milton Cortez) the son of a powerful narco.
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Sin remitente
Title: Sin remitente
Character: Mario
Released: October 6, 1995
Type: Movie
A lonely, aging postal worker finds himself the victim of a cruel practical joke in this pessimistic Mexican drama. The trouble begins when crotchety postman Andre begins complaining about his young neighbor Marianna's propensity for playing loud music every time she entertains a lover. To get back at him, Marianna begins sending him anonymous love letters. The old man is intrigued by the mysterious letters and hires a cheap detective to find their author. The detective is convinced the perpetrator is Teresita, a veteran hooker who joins in on the scheme to earn a little extra cash. Andre's friend and colleague tries to warn Andre that it is all a game, but his friend is in love and will not listen. Meanwhile, Marianna attempts to woo Luis Felipe, a hard, unfeeling tabloid journalist who has her take grisly pictures of murder victims for him. Both Marianna and Andre are destined to meet an unpleasant fate at the story's end.
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Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead
Title: Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead
Character: Evaristo
Released: October 5, 1995
Type: Movie
Escaping gangsters trying to kill her because of being witness to a crime, Gloria (Victoria Abril), a young woman of lower class, comes back to Madrid, Spain and to her family. There she tries to find work and earn some money.
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Two Crimes
Title: Two Crimes
Character: Santana
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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Viva San Isidro!
Title: Viva San Isidro!
Character: Chepe Chamaco
Released: April 13, 1995
Type: Movie
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A Trickle of Blood
Title: A Trickle of Blood
Released: March 19, 1995
Type: Movie
Leon has a crush on Ofelia, so he decides to steal money from his father and cross the country looking for Ofelia who traveled to Guadalajara. On his journey, Leon goes through many adventures and takes the final step from childhood into adolescence.
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The Queen of the Night
Title: The Queen of the Night
Character: Gato Linares
Released: September 7, 1994
Type: Movie
The legendary life of Mexican singer Lucha Reyes is the basis of this fictionalized biography ( or as director Arturo Ripstein puts it "an imaginary biography"). Lucha Reyes was an unconventional, and sexually liberated woman, most famous for her "cancion ranchera" style singing. Her story begins in 1939, where at 33 she still lived at home with her mother, Dona Victora, the madame of a renowned Mexico City whorehouse. Lucha marries the liberal Pedro Calderon and then buys a beggar's daughter. She becomes the mother to this child, Luzma. Lucha craves lasting love like junkies crave heroin. But for her loyal daughter, she never finds it and in the end no one can help her.
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La señorita
Title: La señorita
Released: June 2, 1994
Type: Movie
Violent death of a loan shark investigated by diligent policeman.
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Días de combate
Title: Días de combate
Character: Pancho Ventura
Released: March 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A novice private detective is on the trail of a serial strangler in Mexico City.
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Gertrudis Bocanegra
Title: Gertrudis Bocanegra
Released: September 24, 1992
Type: Movie
Biopic about a woman who played a courageous role in the resistance against French occupation of Mexico in the early 1800s.
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Playa azul
Title: Playa azul
Character: Gobernador
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
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Difficult Days
Title: Difficult Days
Character: Ignacio Cruz, secuestrador
Released: July 7, 1988
Type: Movie
Two shareholder brothers close several factories due to economic problems, except for their chemical plants.
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I Love You Catalina
Title: I Love You Catalina
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
An unseen person enters a taxi late at night. Suddenly the taxi driver is stabbed with a large metal knitting needle. From there we meet our female killer. Catalina is a very plain Jane looking young lady. She wears some geeky glasses and usually dresses very conservatively. She lives with her grandmother and they both seem to loathe men. Catalina’s grandmother mentions that her late daughter/Catalina’s mother was troubled by men and that cost her her life. Catalina and her mother resemble each other. At night, Catalina awakens by the vengeful spirit of her mother to advise her to go out and kill men. The kind that only want to take advantage.
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Pedro Páramo
Title: Pedro Páramo
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
The third film version of the popular Mexican novel, about a wayfarer who travels to a mysterious arid village, to meet the father who long ago abandoned his wife.
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Naufragio
Title: Naufragio
Character: Hernández Pimental
Released: November 2, 1978
Type: Movie
One woman lives waiting for her son who is a sailor. She hasn't seen him for years although he writes to her a lot. The woman shares the letters and her grief with a co-worker and friend. This last woman begins to idealize her friend's son.
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New World
Title: New World
Character: Fray Antonio
Released: August 10, 1978
Type: Movie
Towards the end of the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors living in the New World faced a serious problem: the evangelization of the indigenous people, who did not understand or accept Christianity due to their unshakable faith in their own religion. The court of the Inquisition cracks down on heretics and the natives prepare for a general uprising ...
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The Bricklayers
Title: The Bricklayers
Character: Valverde, policía
Released: December 23, 1976
Type: Movie
When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.
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Chin-Chin el Teporocho
Title: Chin-Chin el Teporocho
Released: August 15, 1976
Type: Movie
Rogelio’s story, a young man of humble origin in the neighborhood of Tepito, who falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy grocer, Michelle, but his marriage to her will be a failure and he will end up as a one more drunk.
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The Heist
Title: The Heist
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: August 5, 1976
Type: Movie
In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held in the cell lead to a bloody confrontation.
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Canoa: A Shameful Memory
Title: Canoa: A Shameful Memory
Character: Policia del ejercito
Released: March 4, 1976
Type: Movie
A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on a true story.
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Letters from Marusia
Title: Letters from Marusia
Character: Calameño
Released: December 26, 1975
Type: Movie
Chronicle of the repression that a foreign company exerts on the miners of a small nitrate town in Chile, whose workers decide to claim their most essential rights. A reflection of the historic union struggles in the northern Chile that ended with terrible repressive acts.
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Simon Blanco
Title: Simon Blanco
Character: Onésimo's henchman
Released: March 16, 1975
Type: Movie
The peasant and revolutionary Zapatista Simon Blanco still in arms but Zapata is dead. Simon with his lieutenant Andres visits his mother and his girlfriend in his hometown. The cacique Onesimo and his brother, the commissioner Martial put ambushes but he eludes them.
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Esa mi Irene
Title: Esa mi Irene
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A 43 minutes short film filmed in Mexico in 1975