Name
Alfonso Arau
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1932-01-11 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Biography
Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker, actor, and singer. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002), and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). He is a five-time Ariel Award winner, including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate, and a BAFTA nominee.
Known For
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A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican vi...
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World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- dur...
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An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West i...
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A comedy about alcoholism that follows the relationship between Mateo and his best friend,...
- 1962 ...And Your Love Too as Alfredo
- 1986 ¡Three Amigos! as El Guapo
- 2000 Picking Up the Pieces as Dr. Amado
- 1984 Romancing the Stone as Juan
- 1970 El Topo as Bandit 1
- 1970 Paradise as El Perro
- 1975 Posse as Pepe
- 1970 The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
- 1974 Inspector Calzonzin as Calzonzín
- 1982 The Day Pedro Infante Died as Anselmo
- 1971 Scandalous John as Paco
- 1958 Trip to the Moon as Carlos Vera
- 2012 I Heart Shakey as Raoul
- 2005 Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan as Himself
- 1991 Camino largo a Tijuana
- 1969 The Wild Bunch as Herrera
- 2007 The Dead One as Tezcatlipoca (voice)
- 1988 Stones for Ibarra as Chuy Santos
- 1988 Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? as Indio
- 1956 New faces
- 1972 Nest of Virgins as Lucas Lucatero
- 1983 Mojado Power as Nato Solís
- 1960 Los pistolocos
- 2000 Committed as Grampy
- 1980 Used Cars as Manuel
- 1971 El águila descalza as Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone
- 2018 Drunk Angry Idiot as Ernesto Pino
- 1968 Operación carambola as Capulina's Aid #1
- 1969 El aviso inoportuno
- 1972 Aunt Isabel's Garden
- 1967 Pedro Paramo as 'Saltaperico'
- 1972 Run, Cougar, Run as Etio
- 1970 Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
- 2017 Coco as Papá Julio (voice)
- 1975 Tivoli as Tiliches
- 1987 Walker as Raousset
- 1970 Tres amigos
- 1992 Polvora En La Piel
- 1970 Glücksspirale as Self
- 1986 Round
- 1958 Música en la noche
- 1965 There Are No Thieves in This Village
- 1984 Miami Vice ( 1 episode ) as Jorge Cruz
- 1985 227 ( 2 episodes )
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Mando
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Chuy Santos
- 1988 The Marked Hour ( 1 episode ) as Ernesto Godin
