Acting
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
Desechos
Film · 2026
Dreams
Film · 2025
Border Hunters
Film · 2025
Public Phone
Film · 2025
Mi Amigo Bernardo
Film · 2025
Fuego en el sur
Film · 2025
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Film · 2025
The Dead Girls
Series · 2025
Disappear Completely
Film · 2024
#Rats
Film · 2024
*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
Film · 2024
The Day Everything Changed
Film · 2024
Underdog
Film · 2024
Quietud
Film · 2024
The Perfect Tomato
Film · 2024
Consuelo
Series · 2024
The Great Seduction
Film · 2023
Jefecita
Film · 2023
El colapso
Series · 2023
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
Film · 2022
More Tomorrow Than Before
Film · 2022
Recurring Patients
Film · 2022
Medusa
Film · 2022
Living all of Life
Film · 2022
Siete en punto
Film · 2021
La Civil
Film · 2021
Cecilia
Series · 2021
Tragic Jungle
Film · 2020
New Order
Film · 2020
El Candidato
Series · 2020
This Is Tomas
Film · 2019
Fireflies
Film · 2018
El Día de la Unión
Film · 2018
Guardia García
Series · 2018
An Unknown Enemy
Series · 2018
I Dream in Another Language
Film · 2017
Bleak Street
Film · 2015
Vultures
Film · 2014
Yerbamala
Film · 2014
The Impostor
Series · 2014
Ismael
Film · 2012
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
Film · 2011
The Reasons of the Heart
Film · 2011
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
Film · 2010
One for the Road
Film · 2010
Curandero
Film · 2005
Love Hurts
Film · 2002
The Virgin of Lust
Film · 2002
¿De qué lado estás?
Film · 2002
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
Film · 2001
The Ruination of Men
Film · 2000
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
Film · 2000
No One Writes to the Colonel
Film · 1999
Reencuentros
Film · 1997
The Overturning Of The Heart
Film · 1996
Repartidores de muerte
Film · 1993
Curvas peligrosas
Film · 1991
Perseguida
Film · 1991
El Extraordinario Hombre Halcón
Film
Helena con H
Film