Eligio Meléndez
ActingEligio 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.
Known For
Border Hunters
Ezekiel
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Viejo Guerrero (voice)
Love Hurts
Martin
Dreams
Fernando's Father
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
Old Man
I Dream in Another Language
Evaristo
Underdog
Aureliano
New Order
Rolando
The Virgin of Lust
Don Nemesio
La Civil
Quique
Filmography — Acting
Border Hunters
Ezekiel
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Viejo Guerrero (voice)
Love Hurts
Martin
Dreams
Fernando's Father
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
Old Man
I Dream in Another Language
Evaristo
Underdog
Aureliano
New Order
Rolando
The Virgin of Lust
Don Nemesio
La Civil
Quique
Fireflies
Jorge
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
Ascanio
#Rats
The Day Everything Changed
Fausto (Cantinero)
El Día de la Unión
Achichincle
No One Writes to the Colonel
Sotero
One for the Road
Birthday Girl's Father
Yerbamala
Anselmo
The Great Seduction
Simón
Tragic Jungle
Mundo
¿De qué lado estás?
Bleak Street
Dad
Curandero
Gomez
Perseguida
Disappear Completely
Elías Lozano Mata
The Reasons of the Heart
Lawyer
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
Adulto
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
Padrastro de Yessica
Vultures
The Overturning Of The Heart
The Ruination of Men
The Guard
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
Don Jacinto
This Is Tomas
Reparador
Living all of Life
Leo
More Tomorrow Than Before
El Extraordinario Hombre Halcón
Don Gustavo
Fuego en el sur
Jefecita
Medusa
Esposo
Public Phone
Gabriel
Ismael
Ismael
*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
Curvas peligrosas
Reencuentros
Quietud
Mi Amigo Bernardo
Abuelo Vicente
Recurring Patients
Raúl
The Perfect Tomato
Repartidores de muerte
Siete en punto
Desechos
Arturo