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Alfonso Arau

Acting Born Jan 11, 1932 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Miami Vice

as Jorge Cruz
Film

Coco

as Papá Julio (voice)

Full filmography

  • Miami Vice (1984) as Jorge Cruz
  • Gunsmoke (1955) as Mando
  • Coco (2017) as Papá Julio (voice)
  • 227 (1985)
  • Romancing the Stone (1984) as Juan
  • The Wild Bunch (1969) as Herrera
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Chuy Santos
  • ¡Three Amigos! (1986) as El Guapo
  • El Topo (1970) as Bandit 1
  • Used Cars (1980) as Manuel
  • Posse (1975) as Pepe
  • Walker (1987) as Raousset
  • Committed (2000) as Grampy
  • The Dead One (2007) as Tezcatlipoca (voice)
  • Picking Up the Pieces (2000) as Dr. Amado
  • I Heart Shakey (2012) as Raoul
  • Scandalous John (1971) as Paco
  • Pedro Paramo (1967) as 'Saltaperico'
  • Stones for Ibarra (1988) as Chuy Santos
  • Inspector Calzonzin (1974) as Calzonzín
  • The Day Pedro Infante Died (1982) as Anselmo
  • Operación carambola (1968) as Capulina's Aid #1
  • Tres amigos (1970)
  • Run, Cougar, Run (1972) as Etio