Eligio Meléndez
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.
Acted in
Dreams
2025
as Fernando's Father
#Rats
2024
*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
2024
Underdog
2024
as Aureliano
Disappear Completely
2024
as Elías Lozano Mata
The Day Everything Changed
2024
as Fausto (Cantinero)
Jefecita
2023
The Great Seduction
2023
as Simón
El colapso
2023
as Román
Medusa
2022
as Esposo
Recurring Patients
2022
as Raúl
More Tomorrow Than Before
2022
Living all of Life
2022
as Leo
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
2022
as Old Man
Siete en punto
2021
La Civil
2021
as Quique
New Order
2020
as Rolando
Tragic Jungle
2020
as Mundo
El Candidato
2020
as Julio de Velasco
This Is Tomas
2019
as Reparador
Guardia García
2018
as Rodolfo Silva
Fireflies
2018
as Jorge
El Día de la Unión
2018
as Achichincle
I Dream in Another Language
2017
as Evaristo
Bleak Street
2015
as Dad
Yerbamala
2014
as Anselmo
Vultures
2014
The Impostor
2014
as Padre Camilo Fernández
Ismael
2012
as Ismael
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
2011
as Adulto
The Reasons of the Heart
2011
as Lawyer
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
2010
as Ascanio
One for the Road
2010
as Birthday Girl's Father
Curandero
2005
as Gomez
Love Hurts
2002
as Martin
The Virgin of Lust
2002
as Don Nemesio
¿De qué lado estás?
2002
Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening
2001
as Padrastro de Yessica
The Ruination of Men
2000
as The Guard
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
2000
as Don Jacinto
No One Writes to the Colonel
1999
as Sotero
Reencuentros
1997
The Overturning Of The Heart
1996
Repartidores de muerte
1993
Curvas peligrosas
1991
Perseguida
1991
El Extraordinario Hombre Halcón
as Don Gustavo
