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Alfonso Arau
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
Born January 11, 1932 (92 years)
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2018 | Malacopa · as Ernesto Pino |
| 2017 | Coco · as Papá Julio Rivera (voice) |
| 2012 | I Heart Shakey · as Raoul |
| 2007 | The Dead One · as Tezcatlipoca (voice) |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade · as (archive Footage) |
| 2000 | Picking Up the Pieces · as Dr. Amado |
| 2000 | Committed · as Grampy |
| 1988 | |
| 1988 | Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? · as Indio |
| 1988 | The Marked Hour (TV Series) · as Ernesto Godin |
| 1988 | Stones for Ibarra · as Chuy Santos |
| 1987 | Walker · as Raousset |
| 1986 | Three Amigos! · as El Guapo |
| 1986 | Redondo · as Cast |
| 1985 | 227 (TV Series) |
| 1984 | Miami Vice (TV Series) |
| 1984 | Romancing the Stone · as Juan |
| 1981 | Mojado Power · as Nato Solís |
| 1980 | Used Cars · as Manuel |
| 1976 | La palomilla al rescate · as Cast |
| 1975 | Posse · as Pepe |
| 1975 | Tívoli · as Tiliches |
| 1974 | Inspector Calzonzin · as Calzonzín |
| 1972 | Nest of Virgins · as Lucas Lucatero |
| 1972 | Run, Cougar, Run · as Etio |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | El águila descalza · as Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone |
| 1971 | Scandalous John · as Paco |
| 1970 | El Topo · as Bandit 1 |
| 1970 | Paraíso · as El Perro |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | The Wild Bunch · as Herrera |
| 1968 | Operación carambola · as Capulina's Aid #1 |
| 1967 | Pedro Páramo · as 'saltaperico' |
| 1965 | There Are No Thieves in This Village · as Agente Viajero |
| 1962 | ...und deine Liebe auch · as Alfredo |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | Música en la noche · as Cast |
| 1958 | Trip to the Moon · as Carlos Vera |
| 1957 | Cien muchachas · as Cast |
| 1957 | La locura del rock and roll · as Cristobal |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Mando |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Etio |
| 1954 | El casto Susano · as Cast |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Chuy Santos |