Eligio Meléndez
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.
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
(Old Man)
Disappear Completely
(Elías Lozano Mata)
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
(Adulto)
The Great Seduction
(Simón)
More Tomorrow Than Before
Recurring Patients
(Raúl)
#Rats
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Vultures
Love Hurts
(Martin)
The Ruination of Men
(The Guard)
Medusa
(Esposo)
The Reasons of the Heart
(Lawyer)
Ismael
(Ismael)
El día que todo cambió
(Fausto (Cantinero))
No One Writes to the Colonel
(Sotero)
Curvas peligrosas
Repartidores de muerte
Reencuentros
¿De qué lado estás?
The Virgin of Lust
(Don Nemesio)
One for the Road
(Birthday Girl's Father)
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
(Ascanio)
Siete en punto
Living all of Life
(Leo)
Jefecita
El Extraordinario Hombre Halcón
(Don Gustavo)
Bleak Street
(Dad)
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
(Don Jacinto)
Underdog
(Aureliano)
Perseguida
I Dream in Another Language
(Evaristo)
Fireflies
(Jorge)
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
(Padrastro de Yessica)
El Día de la Unión
(Achichincle)
Tragic Jungle
(Mundo)
Yerbamala
(Anselmo)
The Overturning Of The Heart
New Order
(Rolando)
Curandero
(Gomez)
La Civil
(Quique)
Quietud
This Is Tomas
(Reparador)
Dreams
(Fernando's Father)
Border Hunters
(Ezekiel)
The Perfect Tomato
Desechos
(Arturo)
Public Phone
(Gabriel)
Mi Amigo Bernardo
(Abuelo Vicente)
Fuego en el sur
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
(Viejo Guerrero (voice))
Guardia García
(Rodolfo Silva)
The Impostor
(Padre Camilo Fernández)
El Candidato
(Julio de Velasco)
El colapso
(Román)
An Unknown Enemy
(Fidel Velázquez)
Cecilia
The Dead Girls
(Gedeón Céspedes)