Eligio Meléndez
Acting
1950-06-20 · Mexico
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
TheatersHelena con H
2026 · Movie
TheatersDesechos
2026 · Movie
Border Hunters
2025 · Movie
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
2025 · Movie
Public Phone
2025 · Movie
The Dead Girls
2025 · Series
Mi Amigo Bernardo
2025 · Movie
Fuego en el sur
2025 · Movie
Dreams
2025 · Movie
*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
2024 · Movie
#Rats
2024 · Movie
Quietud
2024 · Movie
Underdog
2024 · Movie
Consuelo
2024 · Series
Disappear Completely
2024 · Movie
The Day Everything Changed
2024 · Movie
The Perfect Tomato
2024 · Movie
Jefecita
2023 · Movie
The Great Seduction
2023 · Movie
El colapso
2023 · Series
Medusa
2022 · Movie
Recurring Patients
2022 · Movie
More Tomorrow Than Before
2022 · Movie
Living all of Life
2022 · Movie
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
2022 · Movie
Cecilia
2021 · Series
Siete en punto
2021 · Movie
La Civil
2021 · Movie
New Order
2020 · Movie
Tragic Jungle
2020 · Movie
El Candidato
2020 · Series
This Is Tomas
2019 · Movie
Guardia García
2018 · Series
Fireflies
2018 · Movie
An Unknown Enemy
2018 · Series
El Día de la Unión
2018 · Movie
I Dream in Another Language
2017 · Movie
Bleak Street
2015 · Movie
Yerbamala
2014 · Movie
Vultures
2014 · Movie
The Impostor
2014 · Series
Ismael
2012 · Movie
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
2011 · Movie
The Reasons of the Heart
2011 · Movie
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
2010 · Movie
One for the Road
2010 · Movie
Curandero
2005 · Movie
Love Hurts
2002 · Movie
The Virgin of Lust
2002 · Movie
¿De qué lado estás?
2002 · Movie
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
2001 · Movie
The Ruination of Men
2000 · Movie
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
2000 · Movie
No One Writes to the Colonel
1999 · Movie
Reencuentros
1997 · Movie
The Overturning Of The Heart
1996 · Movie
Repartidores de muerte
1993 · Movie
Perseguida
1991 · Movie
Curvas peligrosas
1991 · Movie
El Extraordinario Hombre Halcón
Movie