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Eligio Meléndez
Biography
Eligio Meléndez is a Mexican film, theater and television director and actor, born on June 20, 1950, in Mexico City. He studied at the Andrés Soler Acting Institute, with the renowned Luis Gimeno, Carlos Ancira, Miguel Círcega and Soledad Ruíz as teachers. One of the most recognized personalities in theater, the actor has participated in more than 30 works, including The Flower of the Heart, Borges with Music, The Enchanted Mirror, The Old Men, Trufaldino Servant of Two Patrons, Mexican Entremeses, Mexico Pachuco, Soldado Razo, among others. In film, Eligio made his debut in the film Perseguida (1991), and then built an interesting and lucrative career with roles in films such as The Colonel Doesn't Have Anyone Write to Him (1999), In the Country of Nothing Happens (2000), for which that he would receive his first Ariel nomination; Perfume of violets (2001), Amar te duele (2002), Curandero (2005), The last one and we leave (2009), Hidalgo – The untold story (2010), Yerbamala (2014) and Dream in another language (2017) , for which he was nominated, for the second time, for an Ariel award.
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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 20, 1950
Age
76 years old
Place of Birth
Mexico
Popularity Score
0.4
Filmography
Dreams
Fernando's Father
2025Movie
Border Hunters
Ezekiel
2025Movie
Public Phone
Gabriel
2025Movie
Mi Amigo Bernardo
Abuelo Vicente
2025Movie
Fuego en el sur
2025Movie
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Viejo Guerrero (voice)
2025Movie
The Dead Girls
Gedeón Céspedes
2025TV
Disappear Completely
Elías Lozano Mata
2024Movie
#Rats
2024Movie
*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
2024Movie
The Day Everything Changed
Fausto (Cantinero)
2024Movie
Underdog
Aureliano
2024Movie
Quietud
2024Movie
The Perfect Tomato
2024Movie
Consuelo
Carlos Portillo (Padre)
2024TV
The Great Seduction
Simón
2023Movie
Jefecita
2023Movie
El colapso
Román
2023TV
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
Old Man
2022Movie
More Tomorrow Than Before
2022Movie
Recurring Patients
Raúl
2022Movie
Medusa
Esposo
2022Movie
Living all of Life
Leo
2022Movie
Siete en punto
2021Movie
La Civil
Quique
2021Movie
Cecilia
2021TV
Tragic Jungle
Mundo
2020Movie
New Order
Rolando
2020Movie
El Candidato
Julio de Velasco
2020TV
This Is Tomas
Reparador
2019Movie
Fireflies
Jorge
2018Movie
El Día de la Unión
Achichincle
2018Movie
Guardia García
Rodolfo Silva
2018TV
An Unknown Enemy
Fidel Velázquez
2018TV
I Dream in Another Language
Evaristo
2017Movie
Bleak Street
Dad
2015Movie
Vultures
Durán
2014Movie
Yerbamala
Anselmo
2014Movie
The Impostor
Padre Camilo Fernández
2014TV
Ismael
Ismael
2012Movie
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
Adulto
2011Movie
The Reasons of the Heart
Lawyer
2011Movie
One for the Road
Birthday Girl's Father
2010Movie
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
Ascanio
2010Movie
Curandero
Gomez
2005Movie
Love Hurts
Martin
2002Movie
¿De qué lado estás?
2002Movie
The Virgin of Lust
Don Nemesio
2002Movie
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
Padrastro de Yessica
2001Movie
The Ruination of Men
The Guard
2000Movie
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
Don Jacinto
2000Movie
No One Writes to the Colonel
Sotero
1999Movie
Reencuentros
1997Movie
The Overturning Of The Heart
1996Movie
Repartidores de muerte
1993Movie
Curvas peligrosas
1991Movie
Perseguida
1991Movie
El Extraordinario Hombre Halcón
Don Gustavo
—Movie
Desechos
Arturo
—Movie