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Eligio Meléndez
Mexico
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 reno…
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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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2026
Desechos
Movie Arturo
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2025
Border Hunters
Movie Ezekiel
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2025
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Movie Viejo Guerrero (voice)
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2025
Public Phone
Movie Gabriel
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2025
The Dead Girls
TV show Gedeón Céspedes
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2025
Mi Amigo Bernardo
Movie Abuelo Vicente
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2025
Fuego en el sur
Movie
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2025
Dreams
Movie Fernando's Father
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2024
*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
Movie
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2024
#Rats
Movie
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2024
Quietud
Movie
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2024
Underdog
Movie Aureliano
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2024
Consuelo
TV show Carlos Portillo (Padre)
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2024
Disappear Completely
Movie Elías Lozano Mata
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2024
The Day Everything Changed
Movie Fausto (Cantinero)
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2024
The Perfect Tomato
Movie
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2023
Jefecita
Movie
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2023
The Great Seduction
Movie Simón
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2023
El colapso
TV show Román
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2022
Medusa
Movie Esposo
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2022
Recurring Patients
Movie Raúl
- 2022
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2022
Living all of Life
Movie Leo
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2022
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
Movie Old Man
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2021
Cecilia
TV show
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2021
Siete en punto
Movie
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2021
La Civil
Movie Quique
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2020
New Order
Movie Rolando
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2020
Tragic Jungle
Movie Mundo
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2020
El Candidato
TV show Julio de Velasco
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2019
This Is Tomas
Movie Reparador
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2018
Guardia García
TV show Rodolfo Silva
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2018
Fireflies
Movie Jorge
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2018
An Unknown Enemy
TV show Fidel Velázquez
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2018
El Día de la Unión
Movie Achichincle
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2017
I Dream in Another Language
Movie Evaristo
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2015
Bleak Street
Movie Dad
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2014
Yerbamala
Movie Anselmo
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2014
Vultures
Movie Durán
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2014
The Impostor
TV show Padre Camilo Fernández
