Eligio Meléndez is a Mexican film, theater and television director and actor, born on June 20, 1950, in Mexico City. He studied at the Andrés Soler Acting Institute, with the renowned Luis Gimeno, Carlos Ancira, Miguel Círcega and Soledad Ruíz as teachers. One of the most recognized personalities in theater, the actor has participated in more than 30 works, including The Flower of the Heart, Borges with Music, The Enchanted Mirror, The Old Men, Trufaldino Servant of Two Patrons, Mexican Entremeses, Mexico Pachuco, Soldado Razo, among others. In film, Eligio made his debut in the film Perseguida (1991), and then built an interesting and lucrative career with roles in films such as The Colonel Doesn't Have Anyone Write to Him (1999), In the Country of Nothing Happens (2000), for which that he would receive his first Ariel nomination; Perfume of violets (2001), Amar te duele (2002), Curandero (2005), The last one and we leave (2009), Hidalgo – The untold story (2010), Yerbamala (2014) and Dream in another language (2017) , for which he was nominated, for the second time, for an Ariel award.
Eligio Meléndez is a Mexican film, theater and television director and actor, born on June 20, 1950, in Mexico City. He studied at the Andrés Soler Acting Institute, with the renowned Luis Gimeno, Carlos Ancira, Miguel Círcega and Soledad Ruíz as teachers. One of the most recognized personalities in theater, the actor has participated in more than 30 works, including The Flower of the Heart, Borges with Music, The Enchanted Mirror, The Old Men, Trufaldino Servant of Two Patrons, Mexican Entremeses, Mexico Pachuco, Soldado Razo, among others. In film, Eligio made his debut in the film Perseguida (1991), and then built an interesting and lucrative career with roles in films such as The Colonel Doesn't Have Anyone Write to Him (1999), In the Country of Nothing Happens (2000), for which that he would receive his first Ariel nomination; Perfume of violets (2001), Amar te duele (2002), Curandero (2005), The last one and we leave (2009), Hidalgo – The untold story (2010), Yerbamala (2014) and Dream in another language (2017) , for which he was nominated, for the second time, for an Ariel award.
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Filmography (Movies)
Border Hunters
Character:Ezekiel
Release Date:20/10/2025
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Character:Viejo Guerrero (voice)
Release Date:18/09/2025
Public Phone
Character:Gabriel
Release Date:16/09/2025
Mi Amigo Bernardo
Character:Abuelo Vicente
Release Date:09/09/2025
Fuego en el sur
Character:
Release Date:01/09/2025
Dreams
Character:Fernando's Father
Release Date:10/07/2025
#Rats
Character:
Release Date:31/12/2024
*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
Character:
Release Date:31/12/2024
Underdog
Character:Aureliano
Release Date:25/04/2024
Disappear Completely
Character:Elías Lozano Mata
Release Date:29/02/2024
El día que todo cambió
Character:Fausto (Cantinero)
Release Date:22/02/2024
The Perfect Tomato
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2024
Jefecita
Character:
Release Date:01/09/2023
The Great Seduction
Character:Simón
Release Date:30/08/2023
Medusa
Character:Esposo
Release Date:01/09/2022
Recurring Patients
Character:Raúl
Release Date:10/06/2022
More Tomorrow Than Before
Character:
Release Date:22/04/2022
Living all of Life
Character:Leo
Release Date:10/03/2022
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
Character:Old Man
Release Date:04/02/2022
Siete en punto
Character:
Release Date:01/09/2021
La Civil
Character:Quique
Release Date:08/07/2021
New Order
Character:Rolando
Release Date:22/10/2020
Tragic Jungle
Character:Mundo
Release Date:09/09/2020
This Is Tomas
Character:Reparador
Release Date:26/07/2019
Fireflies
Character:Jorge
Release Date:21/10/2018
El Día de la Unión
Character:Achichincle
Release Date:14/09/2018
I Dream in Another Language
Character:Evaristo
Release Date:28/07/2017
Bleak Street
Character:Dad
Release Date:17/09/2015
Yerbamala
Character:Anselmo
Release Date:14/08/2014
Vultures
Character:
Release Date:17/04/2014
Ismael
Character:Ismael
Release Date:31/12/2012
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
Character:Adulto
Release Date:22/10/2011
The Reasons of the Heart
Character:Lawyer
Release Date:07/10/2011
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
Character:Ascanio
Release Date:16/09/2010
One for the Road
Character:Birthday Girl's Father
Release Date:19/03/2010
Curandero
Character:Gomez
Release Date:18/10/2005
Love Hurts
Character:Martin
Release Date:08/11/2002
The Virgin of Lust
Character:Don Nemesio
Release Date:30/08/2002
¿De qué lado estás?
Character:
Release Date:05/04/2002
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
Character:Padrastro de Yessica
Release Date:11/03/2001
The Ruination of Men
Character:The Guard
Release Date:27/09/2000
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
Character:Don Jacinto
Release Date:09/06/2000
No One Writes to the Colonel
Character:Sotero
Release Date:02/06/1999
Reencuentros
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1997
The Overturning Of The Heart
Character:
Release Date:18/10/1996
Repartidores de muerte
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Release Date:01/01/1993
Curvas peligrosas
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Release Date:01/01/1991
Perseguida
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Release Date:01/01/1991
Television Appearances
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