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Gustavo Sánchez Parra

Acting Born Nov 8, 1966 Mexico City, Mexico 24 credits

Biography

Gustavo Sánchez Parra studied at the most famous Dramatic Art school in Mexico, the Centro Universitario de Teatro. He landed his first role in Alejandro González Iñárritu's debut, Amores Perros, for which he was nominated for an Ariel for Best Supporting Actor.

Then he worked in national and international productions such as Ridley Scott's The Fire of Vengeance; The Three Burials of Melquíades Estrada, by Tommy Lee Jones; Rabia, by Sebastián Cordero, and Crónicas, produced by Guillermo del Toro, among more than 35 films.

He was awarded the Honorary Prize at the Morelia Festival for having appeared in more than 40 short films.

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Full filmography

  • Vengeance (2026) as Hector Luna
  • El Mochaorejas (2026) as Artemio
  • The Mosquito Coast (2021) as A. Flores
  • Sound of Freedom (2023) as El Calacas
  • The Legend of Zorro (2005) as Guillermo Cortez
  • Amores Perros (2000) as Jarocho
  • The Inmate (2018) as Cuauhtémoc
  • The Dead Girls (2025) as Jefe de Investigación
  • Midnight Family (2024) as José Luis (Compadre)
  • Maria Magdalena (2018) as Cusas
  • A Father's Miracle (2025) as "Tigre"
  • Get the Gringo (2012) as Size 11
  • Hasta que te conocí (2016) as Óscar
  • El Candidato (2020) as Agustín Romero
  • El Encanto del Águila (2011) as General Felipe Ángeles
  • Polen (2026) as Paco
  • Innocent Voices (2005) as Teniente Ruíz
  • El César (2017) as Rodolfo Chávez
  • Under the Same Moon (2007) as Manuel
  • El colapso (2023) as Christopher
  • Cloroformo (2012) as Gomorra
  • Crime Diaries: The Candidate (2019) as Comandante David Rubí Sánchez
  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) as Tomas
  • Leap Year (2010) as Arturo