Eligio Meléndez
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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ActingBirthday
June 20, 1950Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
41Place of birth
MexicoCast credits
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
Old ManDisappear Completely
Elías Lozano MataThe Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
AdultoThe Great Seduction
SimónMore Tomorrow Than Before
Recurring Patients
Raúl#Rats
Vultures
Love Hurts
MartinThe Ruination of Men
The GuardMedusa
EsposoThe Reasons of the Heart
LawyerIsmael
IsmaelThe Day Everything Changed
Fausto (Cantinero)No One Writes to the Colonel
Sotero¿De qué lado estás?
The Virgin of Lust
Don Nemesio