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
- Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires as Viejo Guerrero (voice)
- The Dead Girls as Gedeón Céspedes
- Dreams as Fernando's Father
- Public Phone as Gabriel
- Fuego en el sur
- Mi Amigo Bernardo as Abuelo Vicente
2024
- El día que todo cambió as Fausto (Cantinero)
- #Rats
- *****… (Los Asteriscos…)
- The Perfect Tomato
- Disappear Completely as Elías Lozano Mata
- Underdog as Aureliano
2023
- Jefecita
- The Great Seduction as Simón
- El colapso as Román
2022
- Medusa as Esposo
- Sex, Shame and Tears 2 as Old Man
- Recurring Patients as Raúl
- More Tomorrow Than Before
- Living all of Life as Leo
2021
- La Civil as Quique
- Cecilia
- Siete en punto
2020
- Tragic Jungle as Mundo
- New Order as Rolando
- El Candidato as Julio de Velasco
2019
- This Is Tomas as Reparador
2018
- El Día de la Unión as Achichincle
- An Unknown Enemy as Fidel Velázquez
- Fireflies as Jorge
- Guardia García as Rodolfo Silva
2017
- I Dream in Another Language as Evaristo
2015
- Bleak Street as Dad
2014
- Yerbamala as Anselmo
- The Impostor as Padre Camilo Fernández
- Vultures
2012
- Ismael as Ismael
2011
- The Reasons of the Heart as Lawyer
- The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man as Adulto
2010
- Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada as Ascanio
- One for the Road as Birthday Girl's Father
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
- The Ruination of Men as The Guard
- In The Country Where Nothing Happens as Don Jacinto
1999
- No One Writes to the Colonel as Sotero