Guillermo Gil
Biography
Mexican actor Guillermo Gil participated in 51 plays, 49 feature films and 19 soap operas, as well as teaching at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA).
He died at the age of 65, a native of Tehuacán, Puebla, and a graduate of the School of Theatrical Art of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA).
Juan Guillermo Sánchez Bolaños, his real name, stood out in the acting field thanks to his participation in theater and film productions, which earned him the Virgina Fábregas medal in February 2001, awarded by the National Actors Association (ANDA), for more than 25 years of uninterrupted career.
He founded his own theater company which he named "San-Gil", in honor of his late father's name, Don Guillermo Sánchez. He was a teacher for seven years in the acting and theater workshop at CEA, and served as stage director at the experimental and amateur level in 108 plays.
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- Días de combate (1994) as Pancho Ventura
- Bride's Avenue (2000) as Padre Tomás
- La señorita (1994)
- Agua y Aceite (2002) as Don Gregorio
- Simon Blanco (1975) as Onésimo's henchman
- Herod's Law (1999) as Cura
- Luces de la noche (1998) as Carmelo
- Playa azul (1992) as Gobernador
- Difficult Days (1988) as Ignacio Cruz, secuestrador
- Tear This Heart Out (2008) as Rodolfo
- Boboda (2024) as José
- Viva San Isidro! (1995) as Chepe Chamaco
- A Wonderful World (2006) as Cara de Rata - padre de Rosa
- Mezcal (2007)
- Under a Spell (1999) as Lucio
- Espinas (2007)
- Esa mi Irene (1975)
- The Bricklayers (1976) as Valverde, policía
- Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1995) as Evaristo
- Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) as Policia del ejercito
- Letters from Marusia (1975) as Calameño
- Dark Cities (2002) as Zacarías
- Cicatrices (2025)
- The Queen of the Night (1994) as Gato Linares