Acting
Eligio Meléndez
ES, EN cinema · 52 credits
Born
20 June 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
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
Filmography
Desechos
as Arturo
Helena con H
as Licenciado Altamirano
Dreams
as Fernando's Father
Border Hunters
as Ezekiel
Public Phone
as Gabriel
Mi Amigo Bernardo
as Abuelo Vicente
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
as Viejo Guerrero (voice)
Disappear Completely
as Elías Lozano Mata
#Rats
Actor
The Day Everything Changed
as Fausto (Cantinero)
Underdog
as Aureliano
The Great Seduction
as Simón
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
as Old Man
Medusa
as Esposo
La Civil
as Quique
Tragic Jungle
as Mundo
New Order
as Rolando
This Is Tomas
as Reparador
Fireflies
as Jorge
El Día de la Unión
as Achichincle
I Dream in Another Language
as Evaristo
Bleak Street
as Dad
Vultures
as Durán
Yerbamala
as Anselmo
Ismael
as Ismael
The Reasons of the Heart
as Lawyer
One for the Road
as Birthday Girl's Father
Curandero
as Gomez
Love Hurts
as Martin
The Virgin of Lust
as Don Nemesio
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
as Padrastro de Yessica
The Ruination of Men
as The Guard
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
as Don Jacinto
