Eligio Meléndez
Born: 1950-06-20 in Mexico
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Border Hunters as Ezekiel
- Dreams as Fernando's Father
- The Dead Girls as Gedeón Céspedes
- Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires as Viejo Guerrero (voice)
- Fuego en el sur
- Public Phone as Gabriel
- Mi Amigo Bernardo as Abuelo Vicente
2024
- Consuelo as Carlos Portillo (Padre)
- The Day Everything Changed as Fausto (Cantinero)
- Underdog as Aureliano
- Disappear Completely as Elías Lozano Mata
- #Rats
- *****… (Los Asteriscos…)
- Quietud
- The Perfect Tomato
2023
- El colapso as Román
- The Great Seduction as Simón
- Jefecita
2022
- Sex, Shame and Tears 2 as Old Man
- Medusa as Esposo
- Recurring Patients as Raúl
- More Tomorrow Than Before
- Living all of Life as Leo
2021
- La Civil as Quique
- Cecilia
- Siete en punto
2020
- El Candidato as Julio de Velasco
- New Order as Rolando
- Tragic Jungle as Mundo
2019
- This Is Tomas as Reparador
2018
- An Unknown Enemy as Fidel Velázquez
- El Día de la Unión as Achichincle
- Fireflies as Jorge
- Guardia García as Rodolfo Silva
2017
- I Dream in Another Language as Evaristo
2015
- Bleak Street as Dad
2014
- The Impostor as Padre Camilo Fernández
- Vultures
- Yerbamala as Anselmo
2012
- Ismael as Ismael
2011
- The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man as Adulto
- The Reasons of the Heart as Lawyer
2010
- One for the Road as Birthday Girl's Father
- Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada as Ascanio
2005
- Curandero as Gomez
2002
- Love Hurts as Martin
- The Virgin of Lust as Don Nemesio
- ¿De qué lado estás?
2001
- Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You as Padrastro de Yessica
2000
- In The Country Where Nothing Happens as Don Jacinto
- The Ruination of Men as The Guard
1999
- No One Writes to the Colonel as Sotero