Alfonso Arau
Birthday
1932/01/11 (93 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Also know as
Альфонсо Арау, Alfonso Aráu
Biography
Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker, actor, and singer. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002), and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). He is a five-time Ariel Award winner, including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate, and a BAFTA nominee.
Acting
(1962) ...And Your Love Too
as Alfredo
(1986) ¡Three Amigos!
as El Guapo
(2000) Picking Up the Pieces
as Dr. Amado
(1984) Romancing the Stone
as Juan
(1970) El Topo
as Bandit 1
(1970) Paradise
as El Perro
(1975) Posse
as Pepe
(1970) The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
as ---
(1974) Inspector Calzonzin
as Calzonzín
(1982) The Day Pedro Infante Died
as Anselmo
(1971) Scandalous John
as Paco
(1958) Trip to the Moon
as Carlos Vera
(2012) I Heart Shakey
as Raoul
(2005) Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
as Himself
(1991) Camino largo a Tijuana
as ---
(1965) There Are No Thieves in This Village
as Agente viajero
(1969) The Wild Bunch
as Herrera
(2007) The Dead One
as Tezcatlipoca (voice)
(1988) Stones for Ibarra
as Chuy Santos
(1988) Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
as Indio
(1956) New faces
as ---
(1972) Nest of Virgins
as Lucas Lucatero
(1981) Mojado Power
as Nato Solís
(1960) Los pistolocos
as ---
(2000) Committed
as Grampy
(1980) Used Cars
as Manuel
(1971) El águila descalza
as Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone
(2018) Drunk Angry Idiot
as Ernesto Pino
(1968) Operación carambola
as Capulina's Aid #1
(1969) El aviso inoportuno
as ---
(1972) Aunt Isabel's Garden
as ---
(1967) Pedro Paramo
as 'Saltaperico'
(1972) Run, Cougar, Run
as Etio
(1970) Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
as ---
(2017) Coco
as Papá Julio (voice)
(1975) Tivoli
as Tiliches
(1987) Walker
as Raousset
(1970) Tres amigos
as ---
(1992) Polvora En La Piel
as ---
(1970) Glücksspirale
as Self
(1984) Miami Vice
as Jorge Cruz
(1985) 227
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Mando
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Chuy Santos