José Manuel Poncelis
Died: 2024-08-31
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Cóyotl, Hero and Beast
- Curandero as Jesús
2024
- Disappear Completely as Chamán
2023
- ¡Que viva México! as Don Pancracio
- Tótem as Tío Octavio
2022
- I Don't Want to Be Dust as Cuidador del cementerio
2020
- Aztech
- Marionette
- Ricochet as Gallero 1
2019
- Powder as Facundo
- Besieged: Mexico as Chaman
2017
- I Dream in Another Language as Isauro
2015
- Ik Dietrick Fon, the hidden sound of things as Doorman
2013
- Diente por diente as Rutilio
2006
- Crazy Carnival as La Patria
- Never on a Sunday as Pancho
2004
- Man on Fire as School Clerk
- Cero y van cuatro as Taxista ("El Torzón")
2002
- El Tigre de Santa Julia as Carmelo
2001
- Streeters as Teporocho
2000
- Hijos del viento as Chaman
1999
- Herod's Law as Filemón
1998
- Under California: The Limit of Time as Indígena
1991
- Cabeza de Vaca as Wounded Indian