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Paco Ignacio Taibo II

Actor, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn November 1, 1949 (76 years)
Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo (b. January 11, 1949), better known as Paco Taibo II or informally as PIT, is a Spanish-Mexican writer, novelist and political activist based in Mexico City.

He is most widely known as the founder of the neopolicial genre of novel in Latin America and is also a prominent member of the international crime writing community. His Spanish language work has won numerous awards including two Latin American Dashiell Hammett Prizes. In 2018, Taibo was appointed as head of the Fondo de Cultura Económica by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Known For

  • Belascoarán, PI
  • Patria
  • Antes de que nos olviden
  • Pancho Villa aquí y allí
  • Días de combate
  • Cosa fácil
  • Los maravillosos olores de la vida

Paco Ignacio Taibo II Filmography

2021
Latin Noir · as Self
2019
The 43 (TV Series) · as Himself
2017
El Che · as Self
2013
2012
The Alamo · as Self - Host
2010
La Red Nazi en México · as Self - Escritor
1995
Metropolis (TV Series) · as Self

2019
Patria · as Screenplay
2000
1994
Días de combate · as Novel
1982
Cosa fácil · as Novel
1982

2022
Belascoarán, PI (TV Series) · as Characters
2015

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