person

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.

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Disappear Completely

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The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man

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The Great Seduction

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More Tomorrow Than Before

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Recurring Patients

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#Rats

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*****… (Los Asteriscos…)

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Vultures

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Love Hurts

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The Ruination of Men

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Medusa

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The Reasons of the Heart

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Ismael

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No One Writes to the Colonel

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El día que todo cambió

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One for the Road

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Living all of Life

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Jefecita

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El Extraordinario Hombre Halcón

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Repartidores de muerte

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Siete en punto

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Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada

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Curvas peligrosas

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¿De qué lado estás?

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Reencuentros

Jan 01, 1997

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The Virgin of Lust

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Bleak Street

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In The Country Where Nothing Happens

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Underdog

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Perseguida

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I Dream in Another Language

Jul 28, 2017

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Fireflies

Oct 21, 2018

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Nadie te oye: perfume de violetas

Mar 11, 2001

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El Día de la Unión

Sep 14, 2018

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Tragic Jungle

Sep 09, 2020

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Yerbamala

Aug 14, 2014

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The Overturning Of The Heart

Oct 18, 1996

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New Order

Oct 22, 2020

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Curandero

Oct 18, 2005

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La Civil

Jul 08, 2021

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Quietud

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This Is Tomas

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Dreams

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Gringo Hunter

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The Perfect Tomato

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Guardia García

Nov 08, 2018

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The Impostor

Jan 14, 2014

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El Candidato

Jul 17, 2020

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El colapso

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