José Manuel Poncelis
Known For
Acting
Born
Died
2024-08-31
Biography
With 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.
Most Known For
Man on Fire
as School Clerk
Aztech
Cóyotl, Hero and Beast
Marionette
Ricochet
as Gallero 1
Curandero
as Jesús
Cabeza de Vaca
as Wounded Indian
Herod's Law
as Filemón
Besieged: Mexico
as Chaman
Disappear Completely
as Chamán
Cero y van cuatro
as Taxista ("El Torzón")
Streeters
as Teporocho
The Tiger of Santa Julia
as Carmelo
I Dream in Another Language
as Isauro
¡Que viva México!
as Don Pancracio
Tótem
as Tío Octavio
Under California: The Limit of Time
as Indígena
Hijos del viento
as Chaman
Crazy Carnival
as La Patria
Powder
as Facundo