José Carlos Ruiz

José Carlos Ruiz

Known for
Acting
Born
November 17, 1936 (age 89)
Birthplace
Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico

Biography

José Carlos Ruiz (born November 17th, 1936) is a Mexican film and television actor, born in the City of Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico. His first film intervention is in the film Black Wind, which deals with a tragedy that occurred in the Altar Desert, in Sonora, Mexico, where he acted alongside David Reynoso, Fernando Luján, etc. filmed in 1965. Later (1966) he filmed The Scapular, a prestigious film in which he acted alongside Enrique Lizalde, Ofelia Guilmáin, Alicia Bonet, Carlos Cardán and the late Enrique Aguilar, among other actors. It appears in the historical recreation of a tragic episode that happened in the Republic of Chile, in the tape, Actas de Marusia, which narrates the drama of a bloody crushing of a mining strike in that country. The film is important for the prominent actors who participate in it: Alejandro Parodi, Diana Bracho, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Eduardo López Rojas, Salvador Sánchez, Gian María Volanté, among others, but also, by the then very recent military coup led by the General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte. In 1976, he appeared in El Apando, a film in which he played a drug addict locked up in the Black Palace or Lecumberri Prison, which is the complaint made by the political express and now disappeared José Revueltas regarding the Mexican prison system, seen from his confinement as a prisoner of conscience in that prison. Under the Shrapnel is a film filmed in 1983, which deals with the issue of the Guerrilla and where this actor plays an infiltrator who finally turns out to be a police officer; Two years later he would film Massacre in the Tula River, where he plays a Colombian guerrilla and trafficker, and which refers to a real-life case that happened in Mexico City, allegedly victimized by police officers.

Known For

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Filmography

2023
La posada poster

La posada

Movie · as Carlos

2022
Agua de Arrayan poster

Agua de Arrayan

Movie

2021
CARNAL poster

CARNAL

Movie · as Gonzalo

2021
Grumpy Christmas poster

Grumpy Christmas

Movie · as Primitivo

2020
Tigers poster

Tigers

Movie · as Pascual el Viejo

2020
Tell Me When poster

Tell Me When

Movie

2018
Stormmaker poster

Stormmaker

Movie

2018
Laws of love poster

Laws of love

TV · as Armando · 2 eps

2015
One for the Road poster

One for the Road

Movie · as Emiliano

2015
Warehoused poster

Warehoused

Movie · as Mr. Lino

2013
El lado oscuro de la luz poster

El lado oscuro de la luz

Movie

2013
Wild at Heart poster

Wild at Heart

TV · as Padre Julián · 162 eps

2012
Suave Patria poster

Suave Patria

Movie · as Jeronimo Natage

2012
Crossing the Desert poster

Crossing the Desert

Movie · as Don Prudencio

2010
Soy tu dueña poster

Soy tu dueña

TV · as Sabino Mercado · 146 eps

2009
El estudiante poster

El estudiante

Movie · as Don Pedro

2009
Morenita: el escándalo poster

Morenita: el escándalo

Movie · as Obispo

2009
Buddah's Head poster

Buddah's Head

Movie · as Invitado 3

2009
Más allá del muro poster

Más allá del muro

Movie

2009
Sortilegio poster

Sortilegio

TV · as Chucho · 90 eps

2008
El Garabato poster

El Garabato

Movie · as Commander Carmona

2008
Cruz de navajas poster

Cruz de navajas

Movie

2008
Tear This Heart Out poster

Tear This Heart Out

Movie · as Soriano

2008
Killer Women poster

Killer Women

TV · as Comandante Quiroz · 1 ep

2007
24 Horas para Desaparecer un Cadáver poster

24 Horas para Desaparecer un Cadáver

Movie

2007
La Casa de los Amantes poster

La Casa de los Amantes

Movie · as Charly

2007
Paper Cemetery poster

Paper Cemetery

Movie · as Everardo

2007
Storm Over Paradise poster

Storm Over Paradise

TV · as Ahzac · 4 eps

2006
Tribus Urbanas poster

Tribus Urbanas

Movie

2006
Guadalupe poster

Guadalupe

Movie

2006
Amar sin límites poster

Amar sin límites

TV · as Don Aurelio Huerta · 135 eps

2005
Curandero poster

Curandero

Movie · as Don Carlos

2005
Te metiste a mi cama

Te metiste a mi cama

Movie

2003
The Miracle poster

The Miracle

Movie

2003
Las perversiones del padre José poster

Las perversiones del padre José

Movie

2003
Los muertos que nos dieron la vida poster

Los muertos que nos dieron la vida

Movie

2003
Paredes pintadas poster

Paredes pintadas

Movie

2003
Dark Fate poster

Dark Fate

TV · as Isidro Valtierra · 135 eps

2002
Benjamín poster

Benjamín

Movie

2002
Snake Skin poster

Snake Skin

Movie

2002
Viaje Aterrador

Viaje Aterrador

Movie · as Alejandro

2002
Las Vías del Amor poster

Las Vías del Amor

TV · as Fidel Gutiérrez Arismendi · 220 eps

2001
The Mexican poster

The Mexican

Movie

2001
Atrévete a Olvidarme poster

Atrévete a Olvidarme

TV · as Cecilio Rabadán · 26 eps

2000
His Most Serene Highness

His Most Serene Highness

Movie · as Máximo Huerta

2000
Otaola o la república del exilio poster

Otaola o la república del exilio

Movie

2000
La casa en la playa poster

La casa en la playa

TV · as Severo Rincón · 65 eps

1999
Reclusorio III poster

Reclusorio III

Movie

1999
Chamula, tierra de sangre poster

Chamula, tierra de sangre

Movie · as Presidente Municipal

1999
A medias tintas

A medias tintas

Movie · as Dr. Zambrano

1998
Soñadoras poster

Soñadoras

TV · as Don Eugenio de la Peña · 174 eps

1997
La crisis me da risa poster

La crisis me da risa

Movie

1997
Pueblo chico, infierno grande poster

Pueblo chico, infierno grande

TV · as Arcadio · 150 eps

1997
María Isabel poster

María Isabel

TV · as Pedro · 125 eps

1996
Jasmine blossoms

Jasmine blossoms

Movie · as Don Ramón

1996
Morir dos veces poster

Morir dos veces

TV · as Orduña · 55 eps

1995
Two Crimes poster

Two Crimes

Movie · as Ramón

1994
Suerte en la vida (La Lotería III) poster

Suerte en la vida (La Lotería III)

Movie

1994
Wall of Darkness poster

Wall of Darkness

Movie · as Dr. García (oftalmólogo)

1994
Juana la Cubana poster

Juana la Cubana

Movie

1993
Santo: la leyenda del enmascarado de plata poster

Santo: la leyenda del enmascarado de plata

Movie · as Don Severo

1993
La loteria poster

La loteria

Movie · as Policarpo (El mala-suerte)

1992
La tumba del Atlantico poster

La tumba del Atlantico

Movie · as Chito Cardona

1992
Alto poder poster

Alto poder

Movie

1991
El extensionista poster

El extensionista

Movie · as Benito Sánchez, Manuela

1991
Maria la guerrillera poster

Maria la guerrillera

Movie · as Moisés Lozoya

1991
Amor y venganza poster

Amor y venganza

Movie · as Aurelio Morán

1990
La jaula de la muerte

La jaula de la muerte

Movie · as Enrique

1990
Wooden Town poster

Wooden Town

Movie · as Don Pancho

1989
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie

1989
Goitia: A God for Himself poster

Goitia: A God for Himself

Movie · as Goitia

1989
For Better or for Worse poster

For Better or for Worse

Movie · as Choirboy

1988
The Wrath of a God poster

The Wrath of a God

Movie

1988
Hope poster

Hope

Movie · as General

1988
Intriga contra México poster

Intriga contra México

Movie

1988
Reto a la vida poster

Reto a la vida

Movie · as Doctor

1987
La mujer policía poster

La mujer policía

Movie

1987
Wandering Lives poster

Wandering Lives

Movie · as Francisco

1987
Zapata en Chinameca poster

Zapata en Chinameca

Movie · as Urbano Martínez

1987
The Scent of Death poster

The Scent of Death

Movie · as Mr. López

1986
Salvador poster

Salvador

Movie · as Archbishop Romero

1986
Three of Cups poster

Three of Cups

Movie · as Narrator

1986
Robachicos poster

Robachicos

Movie

1986
Astucia poster

Astucia

Movie · as Tendero

1986
The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell poster

The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell

Movie · as Guillermo

1986
Contrabando y muerte poster

Contrabando y muerte

Movie

1986
La rebelión de los colgados poster

La rebelión de los colgados

Movie

1985
Viaje al paraíso poster

Viaje al paraíso

Movie · as Pajarito

1985
Operation Marihuana poster

Operation Marihuana

Movie

1985
Masacre en el río Tula poster

Masacre en el río Tula

Movie · as El Mulato

1985
Violent Stories poster

Violent Stories

Movie

1985
Toña Machetes poster

Toña Machetes

Movie

1985
Muchachita poster

Muchachita

TV · as Pascual Sánchez · 150 eps

1984
Carnival Night poster

Carnival Night

Movie · as Jincho

1984
El Mil Usos II poster

El Mil Usos II

Movie

1984
Luna de sangre poster

Luna de sangre

Movie · as Coco Loco

1984
La traición poster

La traición

TV · as Cholo · 120 eps

1983
Under the Shrapnel poster

Under the Shrapnel

Movie · as Martin

1983
Mundo mágico poster

Mundo mágico

Movie

1983
Guerrillero Del Norte poster

Guerrillero Del Norte

Movie · as Profesor

1981
Fuego en el mar poster

Fuego en el mar

Movie · as Manuel

1981
El mil usos poster

El mil usos

Movie

1981
Occupation of Darkness poster

Occupation of Darkness

Movie

1980
Caboblanco poster

Caboblanco

Movie · as Hernandez

1980
Chicoasén poster

Chicoasén

Movie · as Lauro (El ratón)

1979
The Holy War poster

The Holy War

Movie · as Celso Dominguez

1979
Eagle's Wing poster

Eagle's Wing

Movie · as Lame Wolf

1978
Who'll Stop the Rain poster

Who'll Stop the Rain

Movie · as Galindez

1978
The Year of the Plague poster

The Year of the Plague

Movie · as Dr. Jorge Martínez Abasolo

1978
The Children of Sanchez poster

The Children of Sanchez

Movie

1978
Cananea poster

Cananea

Movie · as Manuel Diéguez

1978
Los hijos de Sanchez poster

Los hijos de Sanchez

Movie

1977
Rattlesnake poster

Rattlesnake

Movie · as Tomás

1977
El elegido poster

El elegido

Movie · as Judas

1976
Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra! poster

Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!

Movie

1976
The Heist poster

The Heist

Movie · as El Carajo

1976
The Bricklayers poster

The Bricklayers

Movie · as Jacinto Martínez

1976
The House in the South poster

The House in the South

Movie · as Peasant

1976
El hombre del puente poster

El hombre del puente

Movie · as El Extraditado

1975
Simon Blanco poster

Simon Blanco

Movie · as Lic. Cardoso

1975
El valle de los miserables poster

El valle de los miserables

Movie · as Tío Chinto

1975
Letters from Marusia poster

Letters from Marusia

Movie · as Argandoña

1974
La muerte de Pancho Villa poster

La muerte de Pancho Villa

Movie

1974
The Dogs of God poster

The Dogs of God

Movie · as Javier Ortega / Priest / Man on the street

1972
Buck and the Preacher poster

Buck and the Preacher

Movie · as Brave

1971
They Call Him Marcado poster

They Call Him Marcado

Movie · as el Manco

1970
Emiliano Zapata poster

Emiliano Zapata

Movie

1968
Valentín de la Sierra poster

Valentín de la Sierra

Movie

1968
The Scapular poster

The Scapular

Movie · as Ruiz, soldado

1968
Lucio Vazquez poster

Lucio Vazquez

Movie

1965
Major Dundee poster

Major Dundee

Movie · as Riago

1965
Black Wind poster

Black Wind

Movie · as Pablo Penagos