Alfonso Arau
ActingAlso Known As
Альфонсо Арау, Alfonso Aráu
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.
Movies
(42 total)
Coco
as Papá Julio (voice)
Romancing the Stone
as Juan
The Wild Bunch
as Herrera
¡Three Amigos!
as El Guapo
El Topo
as Bandit 1
Used Cars
as Manuel
Picking Up the Pieces
as Dr. Amado
Walker
as Raousset
Posse
as Pepe
Committed
as Grampy
Operación carambola
as Capulina's Aid #1
The Dead One
as Tezcatlipoca (voice)
Tivoli
as Tiliches
Drunk Angry Idiot
as Ernesto Pino
Nest of Virgins
as Lucas Lucatero
Pedro Paramo
as 'Saltaperico'
Inspector Calzonzin
as Calzonzín
Trip to the Moon
as Carlos Vera
