Alfonso Arau
Actor
Born January 11, 1932 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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.
Filmography
Drunk Angry Idiot
Ernesto Pino
Coco
Papá Julio (voice)
I Heart Shakey
Raoul
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
The Dead One
Tezcatlipoca (voice)
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
Himself
Zapata: The dream of a hero
A Painted House
The Magnificent Ambersons
Picking Up the Pieces
Dr. Amado
Committed
Grampy
A Walk in the Clouds
Polvora En La Piel
Like Water for Chocolate
Camino largo a Tijuana
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Indio
Stones for Ibarra
Chuy Santos
Walker
Raousset
¡Three Amigos!
El Guapo
Round
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
227
Miami Vice
Jorge Cruz
Romancing the Stone
Juan
The Day Pedro Infante Died
Anselmo
Mojado Power
Nato Solís
Used Cars
Manuel
Tivoli
Tiliches
Posse
Pepe
Inspector Calzonzin
Calzonzín
Nest of Virgins
Lucas Lucatero
Run, Cougar, Run
Etio
Aunt Isabel's Garden
El águila descalza
Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone
Scandalous John
Paco
El Topo
Bandit 1
Paradise
El Perro
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
Tres amigos
The Wild Bunch
Herrera
El aviso inoportuno
Operación carambola
Capulina's Aid #1
Pedro Paramo
'Saltaperico'
There Are No Thieves in This Village
Agente viajero
...And Your Love Too
Alfredo
Trip to the Moon
Carlos Vera
Música en la noche
New faces
Gunsmoke
Mando
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Chuy Santos