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Eligio Meléndez
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Eligio MelĂ©ndez is a Mexican film, theater and television director and actor, born on June 20, 1950, in Mexico City. He studied at the AndrĂ©s Soler Acting Institute, with the renowned Luis Gimeno, Carlos Ancira, Miguel CĂrcega and Soledad RuĂz 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 ColonelâŠ
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Eligio MelĂ©ndez is a Mexican film, theater and television director and actor, born on June 20, 1950, in Mexico City. He studied at the AndrĂ©s Soler Acting Institute, with the renowned Luis Gimeno, Carlos Ancira, Miguel CĂrcega and Soledad RuĂz 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 â 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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Eligio Meléndez's Filmography
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Helena con H
as Licenciado Altamirano

Desechos
as Arturo

Border Hunters
as Ezekiel

Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
as Viejo Guerrero (voice)

Public Phone
as Gabriel

Mi Amigo Bernardo
as Abuelo Vicente

Fuego en el sur

Dreams
as Fernando's Father
No Poster
*****⊠(Los AsteriscosâŠ)

#Rats

Quietud

Underdog
as Aureliano

Disappear Completely
as ElĂas Lozano Mata

The Day Everything Changed
as Fausto (Cantinero)

The Perfect Tomato
No Poster
Jefecita

The Great Seduction
as SimĂłn

Medusa
as Esposo

Recurring Patients
as RaĂșl

More Tomorrow Than Before

Living all of Life
as Leo

Sex, Shame and Tears 2
as Old Man
No Poster
Siete en punto

La Civil
as Quique

New Order
as Rolando

Tragic Jungle
as Mundo

This Is Tomas
as Reparador

Fireflies
as Jorge

El DĂa de la UniĂłn
as Achichincle

I Dream in Another Language
as Evaristo

Bleak Street
as Dad

Yerbamala
as Anselmo

Vultures
as DurĂĄn

Ismael
as Ismael

The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
as Adulto

The Reasons of the Heart
as Lawyer

Hidalgo: la historia jamĂĄs contada
as Ascanio

One for the Road
as Birthday Girl's Father

Curandero
as Gomez

Love Hurts
as Martin

The Virgin of Lust
as Don Nemesio

¿De qué lado estås?

Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
as Padrastro de Yessica

The Ruination of Men
as The Guard

In The Country Where Nothing Happens
as Don Jacinto

No One Writes to the Colonel
as Sotero

Reencuentros

The Overturning Of The Heart

Repartidores de muerte

Perseguida

Curvas peligrosas
No Poster
El Extraordinario Hombre HalcĂłn
as Don Gustavo