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.
Filmography
Border Hunters
as Ezekiel
Border Hunters
as Ezekiel
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
as Viejo Guerrero (voice)
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
as Viejo Guerrero (voice)
Public Phone
as Gabriel
Public Phone
as Gabriel
Mi Amigo Bernardo
as Abuelo Vicente
Mi Amigo Bernardo
as Abuelo Vicente
Fuego en el sur
Fuego en el sur
Dreams
as Fernando's Father
Dreams
as Fernando's Father
#Rats
#Rats
*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
Quietud
Quietud
Underdog
as Aureliano
Underdog
as Aureliano
Disappear Completely
as Elías Lozano Mata
Disappear Completely
as Elías Lozano Mata
The Day Everything Changed
as Fausto (Cantinero)
The Day Everything Changed
as Fausto (Cantinero)
The Perfect Tomato
The Perfect Tomato
Jefecita
Jefecita
The Great Seduction
as Simón
The Great Seduction
as Simón
Medusa
as Esposo
Medusa
as Esposo
Recurring Patients
as Raúl
Recurring Patients
as Raúl
More Tomorrow Than Before
More Tomorrow Than Before
Living all of Life
as Leo
Living all of Life
as Leo
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
as Old Man
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
as Old Man
Siete en punto
Siete en punto
La Civil
as Quique
La Civil
as Quique
New Order
as Rolando
New Order
as Rolando
Tragic Jungle
as Mundo
Tragic Jungle
as Mundo
This Is Tomas
as Reparador
This Is Tomas
as Reparador
Fireflies
as Jorge
Fireflies
as Jorge
El Día de la Unión
as Achichincle
El Día de la Unión
as Achichincle
I Dream in Another Language
as Evaristo
I Dream in Another Language
as Evaristo
Bleak Street
as Dad
Bleak Street
as Dad
Yerbamala
as Anselmo
Yerbamala
as Anselmo
Vultures
as Durán
Vultures
as Durán
Ismael
as Ismael
Ismael
as Ismael
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
as Adulto
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
as Adulto
The Reasons of the Heart
as Lawyer
The Reasons of the Heart
as Lawyer
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
as Ascanio
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
as Ascanio
One for the Road
as Birthday Girl's Father
One for the Road
as Birthday Girl's Father
Curandero
as Gomez
Curandero
as Gomez
Love Hurts
as Martin
Love Hurts
as Martin
The Virgin of Lust
as Don Nemesio
The Virgin of Lust
as Don Nemesio
¿De qué lado estás?
¿De qué lado estás?
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
as Padrastro de Yessica
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
as Padrastro de Yessica
The Ruination of Men
as The Guard
The Ruination of Men
as The Guard
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
as Don Jacinto
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
as Don Jacinto
No One Writes to the Colonel
as Sotero
No One Writes to the Colonel
as Sotero
Reencuentros
Reencuentros
The Overturning Of The Heart
The Overturning Of The Heart
Repartidores de muerte
Repartidores de muerte
Curvas peligrosas
Curvas peligrosas
Perseguida
Perseguida