Cast & creator
Alfonso Arau
Best known for Miami Vice, Coco, Gunsmoke
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.
Also known as: Альфонсо Арау, Alfonso Aráu
66
film credits
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television credits
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1951–2018 · acting roles
6.2
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (72)
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Miami Vice
Jorge Cruz
1984
Coco
Papá Julio (voice)
2017
Gunsmoke
Mando
1955
227
1985
Romancing the Stone
Juan
1984
The Marked Hour
Ernesto Godin
1988
A Walk in the Clouds
Director
1995
The Wild Bunch
Herrera
1969
¡Three Amigos!
El Guapo
1986
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Chuy Santos
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Director
1951
Used Cars
Manuel
1980
Like Water for Chocolate
Director
1992Like Water for Chocolate
Producer
1992
El Topo
Bandit 1
1970
Picking Up the Pieces
Dr. Amado
2000Picking Up the Pieces
Director
2000Picking Up the Pieces
Executive Producer
2000
Walker
Raousset
1987
A Painted House
Director
2003
Committed
Grampy
2000
Posse
Pepe
1975
Drunk Angry Idiot
Ernesto Pino
2018
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970
Round
1986
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Indio
1988
Scandalous John
Paco
1971
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
Director
2010
...And Your Love Too
Alfredo
1962
The Magnificent Ambersons
Director
2002
Tivoli
Tiliches
1975Tivoli
Writer
1975Glücksspirale
Self
1970
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
Screenplay
1986Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
Story
1986Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
Director
1986
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
1970
I Heart Shakey
Raoul
2012
Paradise
El Perro
1970
The Day Pedro Infante Died
Anselmo
1982
Run, Cougar, Run
Etio
1972
Nest of Virgins
Lucas Lucatero
1972
There Are No Thieves in This Village
1965
Zapata: The dream of a hero
Director
2004Zapata: The dream of a hero
Writer
2004Zapata: The dream of a hero
Producer
2004
Música en la noche
1958
Stones for Ibarra
Chuy Santos
1988
The Dead One
Tezcatlipoca (voice)
2007
Aunt Isabel's Garden
1972
Pedro Paramo
'Saltaperico'
1967
Camino largo a Tijuana
1991
El aviso inoportuno
1969
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
Himself
2005
Trip to the Moon
Carlos Vera
1958
Inspector Calzonzin
Calzonzín
1974Inspector Calzonzin
Director
1974Inspector Calzonzin
Producer
1974Inspector Calzonzin
Writer
1974
El águila descalza
Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone
1971El águila descalza
Director
1971El águila descalza
Writer
1971
Polvora En La Piel
1992
Tres amigos
1970
Mojado Power
Nato Solís
1983Mojado Power
Director
1983Mojado Power
Writer
1983Mojado Power
Producer
1983
New faces
1956New faces
Writer
1956Los pistolocos
1960
Operación carambola
Capulina's Aid #1
1968