Alfonso Arau

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-01-11 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Alfonso Arau

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.

Acting

1962

1986

¡Three Amigos!

as El Guapo

2000

1970

El Topo

as Bandit 1

1970

Paradise

as El Perro

1975

Posse

as Pepe

1974

Inspector Calzonzin

as Calzonzín

1971

1958

Trip to the Moon

as Carlos Vera

2012

1969

The Wild Bunch

as Herrera

2007

The Dead One

as Tezcatlipoca (voice)

1988

Stones for Ibarra

as Chuy Santos

1972

Nest of Virgins

as Lucas Lucatero

1981

Mojado Power

as Nato Solís

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

1967

Pedro Paramo

as 'Saltaperico'

1972

2017

Coco

as Papá Julio (voice)

1975

Tivoli

as Tiliches

1987

Walker

as Raousset

Production

2000

1995

2003

A Painted House

as Director

1975

Tivoli

as Writer

1974

1981

Mojado Power

as Director

1971

1956

New faces

as Writer

1974

1974

1971

2000

Picking Up the Pieces

as Executive Producer

1981

Mojado Power

as Writer

1981

Mojado Power

as Producer

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