Eligio Meléndez
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.
59 acting credits
Acting · 59
Border Hunters
2025
The Dead Girls
2025
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
2025
Love Hurts
2002
Dreams
2025
The Impostor
2014
El Candidato
2020
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
2022
An Unknown Enemy
2018
El colapso
2023
Consuelo
2024
Cecilia
2021
New Order
2020
I Dream in Another Language
2017
Fireflies
2018
The Day Everything Changed
2024
No One Writes to the Colonel
1999
Curandero
2005
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
2001
Disappear Completely
2024
La Civil
2021
El Día de la Unión
2018
The Virgin of Lust
2002
Tragic Jungle
2020
Guardia García
2018
The Great Seduction
2023
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
2010
Underdog
2024
Ismael
2012
Recurring Patients
2022
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
2000
One for the Road
2010
The Ruination of Men
2000
This Is Tomas
2019
Perseguida
1991
The Reasons of the Heart
2011
#Rats
2024
Quietud
2024
¿De qué lado estás?
2002
Living all of Life
2022
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
2011
More Tomorrow Than Before
2022
Yerbamala
2014
Vultures
2014
Public Phone
2025
Reencuentros
1997
The Overturning Of The Heart
1996
Medusa
2022
*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
2024
Fuego en el sur
2025
Mi Amigo Bernardo
2025
Jefecita
2023
El Extraordinario Hombre Halcón
—
Bleak Street
2015
Curvas peligrosas
1991
Desechos
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The Perfect Tomato
2024
Siete en punto
2021
Repartidores de muerte
1993