Alfonso Arau
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.
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Drunk Angry Idiot
as Ernesto Pino
I Heart Shakey
as Raoul
The Dead One
as Tezcatlipoca (voice)
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
as Himself
Picking Up the Pieces
as Dr. Amado
Committed
as Grampy
Polvora En La Piel
as Unknown
Camino largo a Tijuana
as Unknown
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
as Indio
The Marked Hour
as Ernesto Godin
Stones for Ibarra
as Chuy Santos
Walker
as Raousset
¡Three Amigos!
as El Guapo
Round
as Unknown
227
as Unknown
Miami Vice
as Jorge Cruz
Romancing the Stone
as Juan
Mojado Power
as Nato Solís
The Day Pedro Infante Died
as Anselmo
Used Cars
as Manuel
Tivoli
as Tiliches
Posse
as Pepe
Inspector Calzonzin
as Calzonzín
Nest of Virgins
as Lucas Lucatero
Run, Cougar, Run
as Etio
Aunt Isabel's Garden
as Unknown
El águila descalza
as Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone
Scandalous John
as Paco
El Topo
as Bandit 1
Paradise
as El Perro
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
as Unknown
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
as Unknown
Tres amigos
as Unknown
The Wild Bunch
as Herrera
El aviso inoportuno
as Unknown
Operación carambola
as Capulina's Aid #1
Pedro Paramo
as 'Saltaperico'
There Are No Thieves in This Village
as Unknown
...And Your Love Too
as Alfredo
Trip to the Moon
as Carlos Vera
Música en la noche
as Unknown
New faces
as Unknown
Gunsmoke
as Mando
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Chuy Santos