Alfonso Arau
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.
Acted in
Drunk Angry Idiot
2018
as Ernesto Pino
Coco
2017
as Papá Julio Rivera (voice)
I Heart Shakey
2012
as Raoul
The Dead One
2007
as Tezcatlipoca (voice)
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
2005
as Himself
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as (archive footage)
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
as Dr. Amado
Committed
2000
as Grampy
Polvora En La Piel
1992
Camino largo a Tijuana
1991
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1988
as Indio
Stones for Ibarra
1988
as Chuy Santos
Walker
1987
as Raousset
¡Three Amigos!
1986
as El Guapo
227
1985
Miami Vice
1984
Romancing the Stone
1984
as Juan
El día que murió Pedro Infante
1982
as Anselmo
Mojado Power
1981
as Nato Solís
Used Cars
1980
as Manuel
Tivoli
1975
as Tiliches
Posse
1975
as Pepe
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
as Calzonzín
El rincón de las vírgenes
1972
as Lucas Lucatero
Run, Cougar, Run
1972
as Etio
Aunt Isabel's Garden
1972
El águila descalza
1971
as Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone
Scandalous John
1971
as Paco
El Topo
1970
as Bandit 1
Paradise
1970
as El Perro
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
1970
Tres amigos
1970
The Wild Bunch
1969
as Herrera
El aviso inoportuno
1969
Operación carambola
1968
as Capulina's Aid #1
Pedro Paramo
1967
as 'Saltaperico'
There Are No Thieves in This Village
1965
as Agente viajero
...And Your Love Too
1962
as Alfredo
Los pistolocos
1960
Trip to the Moon
1958
as Carlos Vera
New faces
1956
Gunsmoke
1955
as Mando
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Chuy Santos