Eligio Meléndez
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-06-20
Place of Birth
Mexico
Eligio Meléndez
Biography
Eligio 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.
Also Known For
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
Feb 04, 2022
Disappear Completely
Feb 29, 2024
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
Oct 22, 2011
The Great Seduction
Aug 30, 2023
More Tomorrow Than Before
Apr 22, 2022
Recurring Patients
Jun 10, 2022
#Rats
Dec 31, 2024
*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
Dec 31, 2024
Vultures
Apr 17, 2014
Love Hurts
Nov 08, 2002
The Ruination of Men
Sep 27, 2000
Medusa
Sep 01, 2022
The Reasons of the Heart
Oct 07, 2011
Ismael
Dec 31, 2012
No One Writes to the Colonel
Jun 02, 1999
El día que todo cambió
Feb 22, 2024
One for the Road
Mar 19, 2010
Living all of Life
Mar 10, 2022
Jefecita
Sep 01, 2023
El Extraordinario Hombre Halcón
Repartidores de muerte
Jan 01, 1993
Siete en punto
Sep 01, 2021
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
Sep 16, 2010
Curvas peligrosas
Jan 01, 1991
¿De qué lado estás?
Apr 05, 2002
Reencuentros
Jan 01, 1997
The Virgin of Lust
Aug 30, 2002
Bleak Street
Sep 17, 2015
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
Jun 09, 2000
Underdog
Apr 25, 2024
Perseguida
Jan 01, 1991
I Dream in Another Language
Jul 28, 2017
Fireflies
Oct 21, 2018
Nadie te oye: perfume de violetas
Mar 11, 2001
El Día de la Unión
Sep 14, 2018
Tragic Jungle
Sep 09, 2020
Yerbamala
Aug 14, 2014
The Overturning Of The Heart
Oct 18, 1996
New Order
Oct 22, 2020
Curandero
Oct 18, 2005
La Civil
Jul 08, 2021
Quietud
This Is Tomas
Jul 26, 2019
Dreams
Jul 10, 2025
Gringo Hunter
The Perfect Tomato
Jan 01, 2024
Guardia García
Nov 08, 2018
The Impostor
Jan 14, 2014
El Candidato
Jul 17, 2020
