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.
Acting
Movie
New Order
as Rolando
2020
Movie
Love Hurts
as Martin
2002
Movie
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
as Padrastro de Yessica
2001
Movie
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
as Viejo Guerrero (voice)
2025
Movie
I Dream in Another Language
as Evaristo
2017
TV
El Candidato
as Julio de Velasco
2020
Movie
The Virgin of Lust
as Don Nemesio
2002
Movie
The Great Seduction
as Simón
2023
Movie
La Civil
as Quique
2021
TV
The Impostor
as Padre Camilo Fernández
2014
TV
The Dead Girls
as Gedeón Céspedes
2025
TV
Cecilia
2021
Movie
Dreams
as Fernando's Father
2025
TV
An Unknown Enemy
as Fidel Velázquez
2018
Movie
Underdog
as Aureliano
2024
Movie
El Día de la Unión
as Achichincle
2018
Movie
Disappear Completely
as Elías Lozano Mata
2024
TV
Consuelo
as Carlos Portillo (Padre)
2024
Movie
Border Hunters
as Ezekiel
2025
Movie
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
as Old Man
2022
Movie
Tragic Jungle
as Mundo
2020
Movie
Fireflies
as Jorge
2018
Movie
No One Writes to the Colonel
as Sotero
1999
Movie
One for the Road
as Birthday Girl's Father
2010