Eligio Meléndez
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 20, 1950 (age 76)
- Birthplace
- Mexico
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
El Extraordinario Hombre Halcón
Movie · as Don Gustavo
The Language Of Birds
Movie · as Jacinto
Desechos
Movie · as Arturo
Helena con H
Movie · as Licenciado Altamirano
Dreams
Movie · as Fernando's Father
Border Hunters
Movie · as Ezekiel
Public Phone
Movie · as Gabriel
Mi Amigo Bernardo
Movie · as Abuelo Vicente
Fuego en el sur
Movie
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Movie · as Viejo Guerrero (voice)
El socio de la muerte
Movie · as Mister Allen
The Dead Girls
TV · as Gedeón Céspedes · 6 eps
Disappear Completely
Movie · as Elías Lozano Mata
#Rats
Movie
*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
Movie
The Day Everything Changed
Movie · as Fausto (Cantinero)
Underdog
Movie · as Aureliano
Quietud
Movie
The Perfect Tomato
Movie
Consuelo
TV · as Carlos Portillo (Padre) · 10 eps
The Great Seduction
Movie · as Simón
Jefecita
Movie
El colapso
TV · as Román · 1 ep
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
Movie · as Old Man
More Tomorrow Than Before
Movie
Recurring Patients
Movie · as Raúl
Medusa
Movie · as Esposo
Living all of Life
Movie · as Leo
Siete en punto
Movie
La Civil
Movie · as Quique
Cecilia
TV · 8 eps
Tragic Jungle
Movie · as Mundo
New Order
Movie · as Rolando
El Candidato
TV · as Julio de Velasco · 1 ep
This Is Tomas
Movie · as Reparador
Fireflies
Movie · as Jorge
El Día de la Unión
Movie · as Achichincle
Guardia García
TV · as Rodolfo Silva · 10 eps
An Unknown Enemy
TV · as Fidel Velázquez · 14 eps
I Dream in Another Language
Movie · as Evaristo
Bleak Street
Movie · as Dad
Vultures
Movie · as Durán
Yerbamala
Movie · as Anselmo
The Impostor
TV · as Padre Camilo Fernández · 120 eps
Ismael
Movie · as Ismael
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
Movie · as Adulto
The Reasons of the Heart
Movie · as Lawyer
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
Movie · as Ascanio
One for the Road
Movie · as Birthday Girl's Father
Curandero
Movie · as Gomez
Love Hurts
Movie · as Martin
The Virgin of Lust
Movie · as Don Nemesio
¿De qué lado estás?
Movie
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
Movie · as Padrastro de Yessica
The Ruination of Men
Movie · as The Guard
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
Movie · as Don Jacinto
No One Writes to the Colonel
Movie · as Sotero
Reencuentros
Movie
The Overturning Of The Heart
Movie
El gato con gatas II
Movie · as Policarpo
Ya la hicimos
Movie · as Oficial de grua
Repartidores de muerte
Movie
Curvas peligrosas
Movie
Perseguida
Movie
Fiera solitaria
Movie · as Don Facundo