Alfonso Arau
Known For
Acting
Born
1932-01-11 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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.
Most Known For
Miami Vice
as Jorge Cruz
Coco
as Papá Julio (voice)
Gunsmoke
as Mando
227
Committed
as Grampy
Romancing the Stone
as Juan
¡Three Amigos!
as El Guapo
Drunk Angry Idiot
as Ernesto Pino
Walker
as Raousset
Paradise
as El Perro
Tivoli
as Tiliches
The Wild Bunch
as Herrera
Used Cars
as Manuel
El Topo
as Bandit 1
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Chuy Santos
Posse
as Pepe
I Heart Shakey
as Raoul
Picking Up the Pieces
as Dr. Amado
Pedro Paramo
as 'Saltaperico'
