Emilio Echevarría
Born: 1944-07-03 in Mexico City, Mexico
Died: 2025-01-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
Emilio Echevarría (July 3, 1944 - January 5, 2025) was a renowned Mexican actor, born in Mexico City. He would begin his extensive career as an actor in 1978, as an active member of the Constitution of Art and Society. He was part of the theater group Circo, Maroma y Teatro, an institution that would open its doors to him, where he had actors such as José Luis Ibáñez, Otto Minera and Dimitrio Sarrás as teachers. He began his career in film with A Crucial Day for Ausencio Paredes (1987), and later participated in films such as Intimidad (1989), Ana's Steps (1991), Novia que te ver (1994), Preludio (1999). He rose to fame with the role of El Chivo, in the acclaimed film Amores Perros (2000), by Alejandro González Iñárritu. After his participation in the film, Echevarría became a highly sought-after actor.
Filmography
2020
- Perros, amores, accidentes as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Jacarandas as Ramiro
2016
- The Chosen as Salazar
- A Monster with a Thousand Heads as Enrique Sandoval Núñez
2014
- Mozart in the Jungle as Maestro Ignacio Rivera
- Words with Gods as Father (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios")
2012
- Colosio as Don Fernando
- The Dream of Lu
2011
- El Encanto del Águila as Venustiano Carranza
- Memories of My Melancholy Whores as El Sabio
2010
- Gritos de Muerte y Libertad as Virrey José de Iturrigaray
- Sin Memoria as Torres
- Gritos D Muerte y Libertad as Virrey José de Iturrigaray
2008
2007
- S.O.S.: Sexo y otros Secretos as Misty
- Malos hábitos as Ramón - padre de Matilde
- The Night Buffalo as Ramírez
2006
- Babel as Emilio
2004
- The Alamo as Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
- La Nao de China
2002
- Die Another Day as Raoul
- Life Kills as Heliut
- From Mesmer, with Love or Tea for Two as Dr. Henares
2001
- Y Tu Mamá También as Miguel Iturbide
2000
- Amores Perros as El Chivo
1996
- Sucesos distantes as Victor Fet
1994
- Amber as Capitán Borsac
- Like a Bride as Maestro
- Un Volcán de Lava de Hielo as Bruno
1993
- Cronos ... (Thanks)
- Los pasos de Ana
1990
- Dying in the Gulf as Contacto
1989
- Bathroom Intimacy as Juan
- Intimidad