Alfonso Arau
Actor
Biography
Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker, actor, and singer. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002), and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). He is a five-time Ariel Award winner, including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate, and a BAFTA nominee.
Filmography
Coco
as Papá Julio (voice) 2017
Romancing the Stone
as Juan 1984
The Wild Bunch
as Herrera 1969
¡Three Amigos!
as El Guapo 1986
El Topo
as Bandit 1 1970
Used Cars
as Manuel 1980
Picking Up the Pieces
as Dr. Amado 2000
Walker
as Raousset 1987
Posse
as Pepe 1975
Committed
as Grampy 2000
Operación carambola
as Capulina's Aid #1 1968
The Dead One
as Tezcatlipoca (voice) 2007
Tivoli
as Tiliches 1975
Drunk Angry Idiot
as Ernesto Pino 2018
Nest of Virgins
as Lucas Lucatero 1972
Pedro Paramo
as 'Saltaperico' 1967
El aviso inoportuno
1969