Enrique Lizalde
Biography
Enrique Lizalde Chávez (9 January 1937 – 3 June 2013), better wknown simply as Enrique Lizalde, was a Mexicon actor of film, theatre, and television, noted for his distinctive voice and for playing leading-man roles from the 1960s onward. He originated the character Juan del Diablo in Corazón salvaje and later appeared in its 1990s remake in a different role.
Born in Tepic, Nayarit, he pursued university studies in literature before turning to acting. He was the brother of Eduardo Lizalde and a cousin of Óscar Chávez.
Lizalde began his screen career in the early 1960s and became a prominent presence in Mexican cinema; in popular accounts of the period he was grouped with Joaquín Cordero and Julio Alemán as part of a generation of high-profile leading men. He also worked extensively in theatre and is credited as a founder of the Sindicato de Actores Independientes. He married actress Tita Grieg in 1965.
He died in Mexico City at age 76; biographies commonly report liver cancer as the cause of death. His remains were cremated and placed at Panteón Jardín.
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Full filmography
- Esmeralda (1996) as Don Rodolfo Peñarreal
- Deceptions (1998) as Alessandro Farina
- The Outsider (2001) as Rodrigo Junquera (#1)
- Corazón salvaje (1992) as Noel Mancera
- Camila (1998) as Armando Iturralde
- Alcanzar una estrella (1990) as Mariano Casablanca
- Heridas de Amor (2006) as Gonzalo San Llorente
- Dulce Desafío (1988) as Santiago Sandoval
- Balada por un amor (1989) as Fernando Portugal
- Chispita (1982) as Alejandro de la Mora
- Si Dios Me Quita La Vida (1995) as Enrico de Marchi
- Los años felices (1984) as Adrián
- La venganza (1977) as Javier Narvaez (Sergio)
- Corazón salvaje (2025)
- Black Wind (1965) as Jorge Iglesias
- Rosario (1971) as Gabriel
- El asesino se embarca (1967) as Víctor Medina
- The Devil's Visitations (1968) as Lisardo
- The Olympics in Mexico (1969) as Narrator
- Estrategia matrimonio (1967) as Raúl
- Ángela Morante, ¿crimen o suicidio? (1981)
- La maestra inolvidable (1969) as Luis Piñeyro
- Crown of Tears (1968) as Fernando Chavero
- Beyond Death (1988) as Javier