José Manuel Poncelis
ActingWith a career of more than 35 years as a theater, film, and television series actor, he has also worked as a theater director, also venturing into playwriting and production. He has acted in more than 20 films, some of them are: “Marionetas” by Álvaro Curiel, “Polvo” directed by José María Yaspik, “Sueño en otro Idioma” by Director Ernesto Contreras. He has been awarded the Mayahuel 2017 award and as best actor, with the film “Sueño en otro Idioma” at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2017 and with the WINSTON-SALEM OUT AT THE MOVIES LGBT FILM SERIES award. In addition to films like “De la Calle”, “La Ley de Heródes”, “Ricochet”, “Pescador” among others. He has participated in series for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, CANAL 11, FOX AND NETFLIX, among which stand out: Sitiados, Hernán, Biografía de una lengua, La Reina Roja, Palenque.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
Man on Fire
School Clerk
¡Que viva México!
Don Pancracio
Herod's Law
Filemón
I Dream in Another Language
Isauro
The Tiger of Santa Julia
Carmelo
Curandero
Jesús
Tótem
Tío Octavio
Powder
Facundo
Aztech
Streeters
Teporocho
Cero y van cuatro
Taxista ("El Torzón")
La noche de las flores
Cabeza de Vaca
Wounded Indian
Hijos del viento
Chaman
Never on a Sunday
Pancho
Disappear Completely
Chamán
National Geographic: Pyramids of Death
Crazy Carnival
La Patria
Marionette
Diente por diente
Rutilio
I Don't Want to Be Dust
Cuidador del cementerio
Ricochet
Gallero 1
Under California: The Limit of Time
Indígena
Ik Dietrick Fon, the hidden sound of things
Doorman