Andrés Almeida

Andrés Almeida

Born: November 30, 1977
in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
(b. 1977, Mexico City), actor and musician. He began his musical career at the age of 14 focused on percussions and shortly after had his first progressive rock band, Asallam, with Fausto Palma. As an actor he had his debut in 1997 with a mini role in Jaime Humberto Hermosillo's De noche vienes, Esmeralda, and later in Y tu mamá también, Déficit, El lenguaje de los machetes, Paraíso, Los Héroes del norte (as "el botarga") and a long etcetera, until today he stars in Manolo Caro's La vida inmoral de la pareja ideal, in El Diablo Guardian and won an Ariel in the category of Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the film Tiempo compartido. He has had incidental roles in practically all the popular series and films of the last decade in Mexico. Andrés has a long trajectory of collaborations with musicians, such as the electro-pop band Songs for Eleonor, which shared the stage with beautiful bands like Mercury Rev, Ulrich Snauss, Circlesquare, Tujiko Noriko, Beach House or Architecture in Helsinki. Or as a soloist in his Almeyda roof project. The techno paid off and in 2006 led him to participate in MUTEK with Richie Hawtin and Troy Pierce.

On the other hand, Almeida has created original music for television in Amor Chilango, Soy tu fan and Los Heroes Del Norte, and in the films Deficit, La Otra Familia, No Eres Tú soy Yo, Sin Ella and Luto. As a producer he collaborated with the group Haciendo el Mal, with Paulina Lasa and Karen Ruiz in the creation of their two LPs. The first one was nominated for Best Pop Album at the IMAS 2013 awards. He also developed original music for several projects such as Abierto de Diseño, FICCO, Distrital, Cineteca Nacional and TAG.

Movies for Andrés Almeida...

Title: Zorro
Character: Tadeo Márquez
Released: January 25, 2024
Type: TV
Diego de la Vega returns to California to avenge his father's murder. After assuming the title of Zorro, he confronts the Governor, the malevolent leader of the Chinese community and a secret society, placing the common good above all.
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Misión: Peligroso
Title: Misión: Peligroso
Released: December 31, 2023
Type: Movie
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El sabor de la Navidad
Title: El sabor de la Navidad
Character: Genaro
Released: September 11, 2023
Type: Movie
Three parallel stories revolving around Mexico City’s Christmas celebrations intertwine in the film’s finale. In the first story, an estranged daughter seeks reconciliation with her family. In the second, two friends put their friendship to the test when they start working as competing Santa Clauses in Alameda Central Park. In the third, a lonely chef that cooks Christmas dinners for other families confronts her feelings for her kitchen assistant.
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Santa vs Reyes
Title: Santa vs Reyes
Character: Santa Claus
Released: November 18, 2022
Type: Movie
The Three Wise Men, fed up with Santa taking more and more prominence from them, have decided to confront each other without knowing that this war will awaken a much more dangerous common enemy, the Krampus, who had been inactive for centuries.
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BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Title: BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Character: Martín
Released: October 27, 2022
Type: Movie
A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.
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Me casé con un idiota
Title: Me casé con un idiota
Character: Mondragon
Released: August 24, 2022
Type: Movie
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The Ship
Title: The Ship
Character: Doctor
Released: May 12, 2022
Type: Movie
A radio host has to deal with his son's cancer with the help of a trainer.
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Ricochet
Title: Ricochet
Character: Rafael
Released: October 17, 2020
Type: Movie
A simple man in a small and quiet town faces a painful episode that reveals the most primitive and not always explainable impulses that can turn a simple good man into a cold murderer.
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Title: 100 días para enamorarnos
Character: Max Barrios
Released: April 28, 2020
Type: TV
Two couples who struggle to be near each other decide to give another chance for each other, 100 days for them to fall back in love.
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Title: Ana
Released: April 20, 2020
Type: TV
Ana was raised to be stunning and famous until she comes to terms with how superficial this is. This is the late-coming of age of a woman who is no longer scared of getting lost to find herself.
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Bootleg Dad
Title: Bootleg Dad
Character: Jorge
Released: October 25, 2019
Type: Movie
Ian discovers that André, a former soap opera star and current alcoholic is his real father. Ian decides to go work at his ruined mascot business where he finds a place populated by extravagant people and discovers the meaning of fatherhood.
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Modern Loves
Title: Modern Loves
Released: October 11, 2019
Type: Movie
A fateful day reunites an estranged family in Mexico City, where a chain of events shifts their romantic relationships and uncovers a monumental secret.
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Opus Zero
Title: Opus Zero
Character: Daniel
Released: December 28, 2018
Type: Movie
Paul, an American composer, arrives in the desert town of Real de Catorce where his father recently died. For the past ten years, Paul has been consumed with the task of composing an ending for the masterpiece of an early twentieth century musician. Being isolated from the world, he sees an opportunity to finish the symphony. However, Paul is caught up in a new mystery, the disappearance thirty years ago of a woman named Marianne.
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Title: Narcos: Mexico
Character: Cochiloco
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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Getting My Ex-wife Back
Title: Getting My Ex-wife Back
Character: Francisco
Released: September 28, 2018
Type: Movie
When washed-out, has-been actor Francisco, finds out that his ex-wife is about to remarry and take their daughter to live abroad, he'll manipulate everyone around him to stop the wedding and get his family back.
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Time Share
Title: Time Share
Character: Abel
Released: August 2, 2018
Type: Movie
While staying at a tropical resort, a man becomes convinced the American timeshare company running it has an evil plan to take away his loved ones.
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Title: Diablo Guardián
Character: Nefastofeles
Released: May 3, 2018
Type: TV
The story of Violetta, a young woman who flees her native Mexico to start anew in New York City. But instead of a living a dream, Violetta is awoken to a harsh reality when she runs out of money, sending her into the arms of the villainous Nefastófeles.
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Compulsion
Title: Compulsion
Released: January 1, 2018
Type: Movie
A love triangle set in the heart of Mexico City where an impulsive egocentric TV producer, an ambitious neuroscientist, and a police detective desire love, and look for it in all the wrong places.
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Road to Mars
Title: Road to Mars
Character: Jake
Released: December 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Emilia, who suffers from a terminal illness, embarks on a journey with her best friend Violeta. On their way they meet Mark, who claims to be an alien on a mission to destroy the planet for considering humanity (and love) a virus. However, Mark begins to doubt his mission falling in love with Emilia.
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Tales of an Immoral Couple
Title: Tales of an Immoral Couple
Character: Vicente
Released: October 28, 2016
Type: Movie
Lucio and Martina used to share an indescribable chemistry during their highschool years, however, they took separate ways. 25 years later they meet again, but this time they decide to invent an ideal life in order to hide themselves from an inevitable truth: they were really waiting for each other in all of these years.
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Thirty Something, Single and Fabulous
Title: Thirty Something, Single and Fabulous
Character: Marco
Released: October 7, 2016
Type: Movie
A woman in her mid-30s breaks up with her boyfriend of seven years and goes on a journey of self-discovery.
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You're Killing Me Susana
Title: You're Killing Me Susana
Character: Adrian
Released: August 25, 2016
Type: Movie
An actor's world comes crashing down after he learns that his wife has left him.
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Title: La Hermandad
Character: Rubén Chávez
Released: June 2, 2016
Type: TV
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Carrion
Title: Carrion
Character: Gabino
Released: April 27, 2016
Type: Movie
A storm threatens the south coast of Mexico. A young couple has traveled to this tropic paradise to light the fire of their relationship. While days pass, this romantic vacation starts turning the opposite: a savage love triangle with a violent and unexpected destination.
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Lost Paradise
Title: Lost Paradise
Character: Pedro
Released: March 11, 2016
Type: Movie
Mexican Caribbean islands are famous for their spectacular beauty. The vast distance where them are found, has transformed them into dens of heartless men, prepared to whatever they need to do in order to remain anonymous. Three young people decide to visit one of these islands, without knowing that there is something inside that can separate them forever.
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Title: Narcos
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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Metal Child
Title: Metal Child
Released: October 18, 2014
Type: Movie
It’s Saturday in Mexico City. A young man, Munra, works weekends in a street market that deals in heavy metal products. He finds himself in deep trouble when he has to take care of his two-year-old, Ozzy. He had Ozzy with his girlfriend, La Vamp, who’s also into heavy metal, but unfortunately, and much to Munra’s chagrin, no longer into him. When people are disappointed and in pain they can end up doing things that are thoughtless and absurd…
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Title: The Color of Passion
Character: Padre Samuel
Released: March 17, 2014
Type: TV
Rebeca murders her sister Adriana to end up with the man she loved, and becomes the step mother of her niece Lucía. Nora, Lucía's half sister and daughter of Rebeca, resents Lucía for the same reasons Rebeca hated Adriana, as history repeats itself.
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Paradise
Title: Paradise
Character: Alfredo
Released: November 30, 2013
Type: Movie
Carmen and Alfredo live a happy, quiet life in the suburbs surrounded by friends and family. After Alfredo receives a promotion, the two move away to Mexico City where they immediately feel the social pressure of being overweight in a bustling metropolis full of beautiful people. Taking the initiative, Carmen convinces her husband to join her in losing weight, but their relationship is put to the test when Alfredo’s program yields far better results than Carmen’s. From award-winning director Marianna Chenillo comes a touching comedy about how true beauty comes from the inside and paradise is closer to home than you might think.
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Machete Language
Title: Machete Language
Released: June 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Love and political passion shared between an activist and his punk singer girlfriend goes to extremes as violent repression pushes them over the edge.
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God Knows Who...
Title: God Knows Who...
Released: May 15, 2011
Type: Movie
Can jealousy and a person from the past tear this couple apart?
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The Other Family
Title: The Other Family
Character: Patrick
Released: March 25, 2011
Type: Movie
Jean Paul and Chema have been together ten years. They have successful careers, a comfortable home and many friends. But that's all turned turned upside down when close friend Ivana rescues Hendrix from his broken home and asks them to care for the boy. Hendrix's mother Nina is a drug addict who suffers at the hands of her abusive partner Patrick. The men begin to consider making Hendrix part of their family. ~ Baseline StudioSystems
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If you Drive at Night try to Have Company
Title: If you Drive at Night try to Have Company
Character: Him
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A couple of old friends talk on a Sunday night in Mexico City.
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Rudo & Cursi
Title: Rudo & Cursi
Character: Apostador 4
Released: December 19, 2008
Type: Movie
Two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico have a simple dream: saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans. A friendly game of soccer leads to first Rudo, then to Cursi being taken on by the nation’s top talent scout. Suddenly, they find themselves living the high life of star athletes: fame, fortune, fast cars and beautiful women.
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40 días
Title: 40 días
Character: Pato
Released: October 3, 2008
Type: Movie
Desperate to experience something real after feeling dead on the inside for far too long, three young Mexicans take a road trip from Mexico City to New York. Andres, El Pato, and Ecuador each suspect that there is more to life than they realize. In an attempt to escape from themselves, the three melancholy friends gas up their convertible and begin driving north. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Y Tu Mamá También
Title: Y Tu Mamá También
Character: Diego 'Saba' Madero
Released: June 8, 2001
Type: Movie
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.
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Esmeralda Comes by Night
Title: Esmeralda Comes by Night
Character: Punk
Released: September 5, 1997
Type: Movie
Esmeralda is married with 5 husbands at the same time, so she has to explain to the judge why she has done this.
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The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
Title: The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
1984. Lidia, an intrepid 12 year-old girl, lives in an isolated mining village affected by an unknown illness that has already killed several men and, according to rumours, is transmitted when a man falls in love with another by looking into each other's eyes. Her beloved brother Alexo, an obese homosexual, is found guilty of carrying the disease and the townspeople decide to tie him up and keep watch over him. This pushes Lidia to confront the ignorance of a myth and put the relationship with her family to the test.