Eligio Meléndez
Born
June 20, 1950 (75 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Mexico
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.
Known For
Dreams
Fernando's Father
2025
#Rats
2024
*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
2024
Underdog
Aureliano
2024
Disappear Completely
Elías Lozano Mata
2024
El día que todo cambió
Fausto (Cantinero)
2024
The Perfect Tomato
2024
Jefecita
2023
The Great Seduction
Simón
2023
El colapso
Román · (1 episode)
2023
Medusa
Esposo
2022
Recurring Patients
Raúl
2022
More Tomorrow Than Before
2022
Living all of Life
Leo
2022
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
Old Man
2022
Siete en punto
2021
La Civil
Quique
2021
New Order
Rolando
2020
Tragic Jungle
Mundo
2020
El Candidato
Julio de Velasco · (1 episode)
2020
This Is Tomas
Reparador
2019
Guardia García
Rodolfo Silva · (10 episodes)
2018
Fireflies
Jorge
2018
El Día de la Unión
Achichincle
2018
I Dream in Another Language
Evaristo
2017
Bleak Street
Dad
2015
Yerbamala
Anselmo
2014
Vultures
2014
The Impostor
Padre Camilo Fernández · (120 episodes)
2014
Ismael
Ismael
2012
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
Adulto
2011
The Reasons of the Heart
Lawyer
2011
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
Ascanio
2010
One for the Road
Birthday Girl's Father
2010
Curandero
Gomez
2005
Love Hurts
Martin
2002
The Virgin of Lust
Don Nemesio
2002
¿De qué lado estás?
2002
Nadie te oye: perfume de violetas
Padrastro de Yessica
2001
The Ruination of Men
The Guard
2000
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
Don Jacinto
2000
No One Writes to the Colonel
Sotero
1999
El Extraordinario Hombre Halcón
Don Gustavo
Reencuentros
1997
The Overturning Of The Heart
1996
Repartidores de muerte
1993
Curvas peligrosas
1991
Perseguida
1991
Quietud
Gringo Hunter
Ezekiel