Alfonso Arau
Acting • Born 1932-01-11
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.
Filmography
46 credits
...And Your Love Too
Movie • 1962
Alfredo
¡Three Amigos!
Movie • 1986
El Guapo
Picking Up the Pieces
Movie • 2000
Dr. Amado
Romancing the Stone
Movie • 1984
Juan
El Topo
Movie • 1970
Bandit 1
Paradise
Movie • 1970
El Perro
Posse
Movie • 1975
Pepe
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
Movie • 1970
Inspector Calzonzin
Movie • 1974
Calzonzín
The Day Pedro Infante Died
Movie • 1982
Anselmo
Scandalous John
Movie • 1971
Paco
Trip to the Moon
Movie • 1958
Carlos Vera
I Heart Shakey
Movie • 2012
Raoul
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
Movie • 2005
Himself
Camino largo a Tijuana
Movie • 1991
There Are No Thieves in This Village
Movie • 1965
Agente viajero
The Wild Bunch
Movie • 1969
Herrera
The Dead One
Movie • 2007
Tezcatlipoca (voice)
Stones for Ibarra
Movie • 1988
Chuy Santos
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Movie • 1988
Indio
New faces
Movie • 1956
Nest of Virgins
Movie • 1972
Lucas Lucatero
Mojado Power
Movie • 1981
Nato Solís
Los pistolocos
Movie • 1960
Committed
Movie • 2000
Grampy
Used Cars
Movie • 1980
Manuel
El águila descalza
Movie • 1971
Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone
Drunk Angry Idiot
Movie • 2018
Ernesto Pino
Operación carambola
Movie • 1968
Capulina's Aid #1
El aviso inoportuno
Movie • 1969
Aunt Isabel's Garden
Movie • 1972
Pedro Paramo
Movie • 1967
'Saltaperico'
Run, Cougar, Run
Movie • 1972
Etio
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
Movie • 1970
Coco
Movie • 2017
Papá Julio (voice)
Tivoli
Movie • 1975
Tiliches
Walker
Movie • 1987
Raousset
Tres amigos
Movie • 1970
Polvora En La Piel
Movie • 1992
Glücksspirale
Movie • 1970
Self
Round
Movie • 1986
Música en la noche
Movie • 1958
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Jorge Cruz
227
TV • 1985
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Mando
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Chuy Santos