Alfonso Arau
Born
January 11, 1932 (93 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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.
Drunk Angry Idiot
Ernesto Pino
2018
Coco
Papá Julio (voice)
2017
I Heart Shakey
Raoul
2012
The Dead One
Tezcatlipoca (voice)
2007
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
Himself
2005
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
(archive footage)
2004
Picking Up the Pieces
Dr. Amado
2000
Committed
Grampy
2000
Polvora En La Piel
1992
Camino largo a Tijuana
1991
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Indio
1988
Stones for Ibarra
Chuy Santos
1988
Walker
Raousset
1987
¡Three Amigos!
El Guapo
1986
227
(2 episodes)
1985
Miami Vice
(1 episode)
1984
Romancing the Stone
Juan
1984
El día que murió Pedro Infante
Anselmo
1982
Mojado Power
Nato Solís
1981
Used Cars
Manuel
1980
Tivoli
Tiliches
1975
Posse
Pepe
1975
Inspector Calzonzin
Calzonzín
1974
Nest of Virgins
Lucas Lucatero
1972
Run, Cougar, Run
Etio
1972
Aunt Isabel's Garden
1972
El águila descalza
Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone
1971
Scandalous John
Paco
1971
El Topo
Bandit 1
1970
Paradise
El Perro
1970
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
1970
Tres amigos
1970
The Wild Bunch
Herrera
1969
El aviso inoportuno
1969
Operación carambola
Capulina's Aid #1
1968
Pedro Paramo
'Saltaperico'
1967
There Are No Thieves in This Village
Agente viajero
1965
...And Your Love Too
Alfredo
1962
Los pistolocos
1960
Trip to the Moon
Carlos Vera
1958
New faces
1956
Gunsmoke
Mando · (1 episode)
1955
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Chuy Santos · (1 episode)
1951