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Jacobo Morales

Directing Born Nov 12, 1934 Lajas, Puerto Rico 24 credits

Biography

Jacobo Morales Ramírez (born November 12, 1934) is a Puerto Rican actor, poet, writer, playwright, filmmaker, and auteur. He is considered by many to be the most influential filmmaker in Puerto Rico. Jacobo Morales' "Lo que le pasó a Santiago" (1989) reached an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990, being the only Academy Award recognition a Puerto Rican film has yet to reach.

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Known for

Film

Bananas

as Esposito

Full filmography

  • Bananas (1971) as Esposito
  • Up the Sandbox (1972) as Fidel Castro
  • Angelito mío (1998) as Dios
  • Amores (2004)
  • The Effects of Magic (1998) as Rodolfo
  • Dios los cría... (1979) as Alberto Palacios (segment "Entre Doce Y Una")
  • Dios los cría... (1979) as Fernando Sepúlveda (segment "La Otra")
  • Linda Sara (1995) as Pablo
  • Julia, toda en mí (2002)
  • Entangling Shadows (1998) as Self
  • Angel (2007) as Mariano Farías
  • El cuerpo del delito (2005)
  • Il Viaggio (2010)
  • La criada malcriada (1965) as Moralito
  • Nicolás y los demás (1986) as Nicolás
  • What Happened to Santiago (1989) as Arístides Esquilín
  • I Am a Director (2013) as Jacobo
  • No me quiero ir de aquí: Una más (2025)
  • Cuentos de Abelardo (1990) as Peyo Mercé
  • And God Created Them 2 (2004)
  • Andrea y Lorenzo (2016) as Priest
  • Broche de oro (2012) as Rafael Medina
  • Arocho y Clemente: los que murieron en la horca (1970)
  • Broche de oro: Comienzos (2017) as Rafael