Alfonso Arau
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 11, 1932 (age 94)
- Birthplace
- Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Drunk Angry Idiot
Movie · as Ernesto Pino
Coco
Movie · as Papá Julio (voice)
I Heart Shakey
Movie · as Raoul
The Dead One
Movie · as Tezcatlipoca (voice)
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
Movie · as Himself
Picking Up the Pieces
Movie · as Dr. Amado
Committed
Movie · as Grampy
Polvora En La Piel
Movie
Camino largo a Tijuana
Movie
Stones for Ibarra
Movie · as Chuy Santos
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Movie · as Indio
The Marked Hour
TV · as Ernesto Godin · 1 ep
Walker
Movie · as Raousset
¡Three Amigos!
Movie · as El Guapo
Round
Movie
227
TV · 2 eps
Romancing the Stone
Movie · as Juan
The Day Pedro Infante Died
Movie · as Anselmo
Miami Vice
TV · as Jorge Cruz · 1 ep
Mojado Power
Movie · as Nato Solís
Used Cars
Movie · as Manuel
La palomilla al rescate
Movie
Posse
Movie · as Pepe
Tivoli
Movie · as Tiliches
Inspector Calzonzin
Movie · as Calzonzín
Nest of Virgins
Movie · as Lucas Lucatero
Aunt Isabel's Garden
Movie
Run, Cougar, Run
Movie · as Etio
Scandalous John
Movie · as Paco
El águila descalza
Movie · as Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone
El Topo
Movie · as Bandit 1
Paradise
Movie · as El Perro
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
Movie
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
Movie
Tres amigos
Movie
Glücksspirale
Movie · as Self
The Wild Bunch
Movie · as Herrera
El aviso inoportuno
Movie
Operación carambola
Movie · as Capulina's Aid #1
Pedro Paramo
Movie · as 'Saltaperico'
There Are No Thieves in This Village
Movie
...And Your Love Too
Movie · as Alfredo
Los pistolocos
Movie
Trip to the Moon
Movie · as Carlos Vera
Música en la noche
Movie
La locura del rock and roll
Movie · as Cristobal
Hundred girls
Movie
New faces
Movie
Gunsmoke
TV · as Mando · 1 ep
El casto Susano
Movie
Miradas que matan
Movie · as Bailarín
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Chuy Santos · 1 ep