Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 20, 1950
Place of Birth
Mexico
Credits
59 titles
Eligio Meléndez
Biography
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
Border Hunters
Ezekiel
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Viejo Guerrero (voice)
Public Phone
Gabriel
The Dead Girls
Gedeón Céspedes
Mi Amigo Bernardo
Abuelo Vicente
Fuego en el sur
Dreams
Fernando's Father
*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
#Rats
Quietud
Underdog
Aureliano
Consuelo
Carlos Portillo (Padre)
Disappear Completely
Elías Lozano Mata
The Day Everything Changed
Fausto (Cantinero)
The Perfect Tomato
Jefecita
The Great Seduction
Simón
El colapso
Román
Medusa
Esposo
Recurring Patients
Raúl
More Tomorrow Than Before
Living all of Life
Leo
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
Old Man
Cecilia
Siete en punto
La Civil
Quique
New Order
Rolando
Tragic Jungle
Mundo
El Candidato
Julio de Velasco
This Is Tomas
Reparador
Guardia García
Rodolfo Silva
Fireflies
Jorge
An Unknown Enemy
Fidel Velázquez
El Día de la Unión
Achichincle
I Dream in Another Language
Evaristo
Bleak Street
Dad
Yerbamala
Anselmo
Vultures
Durán
The Impostor
Padre Camilo Fernández
Ismael
Ismael
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
Adulto
The Reasons of the Heart
Lawyer
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
Ascanio
One for the Road
Birthday Girl's Father
Curandero
Gomez
Love Hurts
Martin
The Virgin of Lust
Don Nemesio
¿De qué lado estás?
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
Padrastro de Yessica
The Ruination of Men
The Guard