
Cast
Eligio Meléndez
Acting
Cast
Eligio Meléndez
Known for
Acting
Born
1950-06-20
From
Mexico
Biography
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.

Border Hunters
as Ezekiel

Dreams
as Fernando's Father

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

Love Hurts
as Martin

Sex, Shame and Tears 2
as Old Man

Curandero
as Gomez

New Order
as Rolando

*****⊠(Los AsteriscosâŠ)

Fireflies
as Jorge

I Dream in Another Language
as Evaristo

Underdog
as Aureliano

La Civil
as Quique

No One Writes to the Colonel
as Sotero

Perseguida

Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
as Padrastro de Yessica

The Virgin of Lust
as Don Nemesio

Tragic Jungle
as Mundo

The Great Seduction
as SimĂłn

The Day Everything Changed
as Fausto (Cantinero)

Disappear Completely
as ElĂas Lozano Mata

Hidalgo: la historia jamĂĄs contada
as Ascanio

El DĂa de la UniĂłn
as Achichincle

In The Country Where Nothing Happens
as Don Jacinto

This Is Tomas
as Reparador

More Tomorrow Than Before

The Reasons of the Heart
as Lawyer

Recurring Patients
as RaĂșl

One for the Road
as Birthday Girl's Father

Bleak Street
as Dad

Living all of Life
as Leo

Quietud

Yerbamala
as Anselmo

Public Phone
as Gabriel

The Overturning Of The Heart

Ismael
as Ismael

The Ruination of Men
as The Guard

Vultures

Medusa
as Esposo

¿De qué lado estås?

Siete en punto

Jefecita

Curvas peligrosas

#Rats

El Extraordinario Hombre HalcĂłn
as Don Gustavo

Fuego en el sur

The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
as Adulto

The Perfect Tomato

Reencuentros

Repartidores de muerte

Mi Amigo Bernardo
as Abuelo Vicente

Desechos
as Arturo