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.
...And Your Love Too
(Alfredo)
¡Three Amigos!
(El Guapo)
Picking Up the Pieces
(Dr. Amado)
Romancing the Stone
(Juan)
El Topo
(Bandit 1)
Paradise
(El Perro)
Posse
(Pepe)
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
Inspector Calzonzin
(Calzonzín)
El día que murió Pedro Infante
(Anselmo)
Scandalous John
(Paco)
Trip to the Moon
(Carlos Vera)
I Heart Shakey
(Raoul)
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
(Himself)
Camino largo a Tijuana
There Are No Thieves in This Village
(Agente viajero)
The Wild Bunch
(Herrera)
The Dead One
(Tezcatlipoca (voice))
Stones for Ibarra
(Chuy Santos)
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
(Indio)
New faces
El rincón de las vírgenes
(Lucas Lucatero)
Mojado Power
(Nato Solís)
Los pistolocos
Committed
(Grampy)
Used Cars
(Manuel)
El águila descalza
(Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone)
Drunk Angry Idiot
(Ernesto Pino)
Operación carambola
(Capulina's Aid #1)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
((archive footage))
El aviso inoportuno
Aunt Isabel's Garden
Pedro Paramo
('Saltaperico')
Run, Cougar, Run
(Etio)
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
Coco
(Papá Julio Rivera (voice))
Tivoli
(Tiliches)
Walker
(Raousset)
Tres amigos
Polvora En La Piel
Miami Vice
227
Gunsmoke
(Mando)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Chuy Santos)
Picking Up the Pieces
(Director)
A Walk in the Clouds
(Director)
A Painted House
(Director)
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
(Screenplay)
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
(Story)
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
(Director)
Like Water for Chocolate
(Director)
Tivoli
(Writer)
The Magnificent Ambersons
(Director)
Zapata: The dream of a hero
(Director)
Like Water for Chocolate
(Producer)
Zapata: The dream of a hero
(Producer)
Zapata: The dream of a hero
(Writer)
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
(Director)
Inspector Calzonzin
(Director)
Mojado Power
(Director)
El águila descalza
(Director)
New faces
(Writer)
Inspector Calzonzin
(Producer)
Inspector Calzonzin
(Writer)
El águila descalza
(Writer)
Picking Up the Pieces
(Executive Producer)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Director)