Cast & creator
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Best known for American Playhouse, Laws of love, Mi segunda madre
Ernesto Gómez Cruz (November 8, 1933 - April 6, 2024) was a prolific Mexican actor with more than 154 films. In his beginnings, he began as a photographer in his native Veracruz, where he met a friend who invited him to study dramatic art. In his notes from yesterday, he mentions that he wanted to be a singer, but his shyness and lack of preparation led him to abandon this path. He has more than two hundred films to his credit. He has worked with great directors such as Miguel Littin, Felipe Cazals, Arturo Ripstein and Luis Estrada; He has also worked with actors of the stature of Damián Alcázar, Ignacio López Tarso and Pedro Armendáriz Jr., among others. His long artistic career has allowed him to be deserving and awarded with different recognitions; one of the most recent was in 2014, at the 56th Ariel award, where he was awarded the Ariel de Oro. He is the second Mexican actor with the most Ariel awards and nominations. In 2018 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially invited him to be a special part of its new members.
163
film credits
12
television credits
175
1967–2025 · acting roles
6.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (175)
Showing 175 of 175 credits
American Playhouse
Arturo
1982
Laws of love
Plutarco
2018
Mi segunda madre
Nacho
1989
The Marked Hour
(Varios)
1988
El vuelo del águila
Benito Juárez
1994
El Infierno
Don José Reyes
2010
Hasta que te conocí
Juan "Juanito" Contreras
2016
Las Lunas del Auditorio
Self
2002
Capadocia
Fernando Mirana
2008
The Mexican
Tropillo
2001
Bandidas
Brujo
2006
María José
Serafín
1995
Tal como somos
Marcelo
1987
La fuerza del amor
Don Torino
1990
El padre Gallo
Padre Gallo
1986
The Crime of Padre Amaro
Obispo
2002
The Evil That Men Do
Café Owner
1984
Herod's Law
Gobernador
1999
Midaq Alley
Don Ru
1995
The Perfect Dictatorship
Señor Humilde
2014
Cómo Filmar Una XXX
2017
Sandino
Farabundo Martí
1990
The Recourse to the Method
1978
Erendira
Grocer
1983
Cosa fácil
Gilberto Gómez
1982
El Norte
Arturo
1983
Violent Stories
1985Inaudito
1999
Desires
1983
La madre
1979El amarrador
1991
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
Lucas
1975
Life Sentence
Corporal Pantoja
1979
Santos Peregrinos
Don Emiliano
2004
Rattlesnake
Chankin
1977
Alto poder
1992
The Outsiders
El Azteca
1967
Paty chula
Mr. Gutierrez
1991
Latino Bar
Blind musician
1991
El rutas
El Perro
1988
Highway Patrolman
Comandante Navarro
1991
Tivoli
engineer Reginaldo
1975
Los amorosos
2007
Así es la Suerte
Esposo de Lidia
2011
Las Lupitas
José, el Carnicero
1985
El valle de los miserables
Comandante López
1975
Baroque
El Indiano
1989
Rulfo aeternum
1992
Una buena forma de morir
1994The Surprise
Ballesteros
1969
El puente II
1986
Figuras de la pasión
1985
Odio, amor y muerte
1993
Cayó de la gloria el diablo
Chester
1972
The Realm of Fortune
Dionisio Pinzón
1986
A Shred Of Mist
Doctor
2014
Mariana Mariana
Gardener
1987
Teo's Journey
2008
Letters from Marusia
Crisculo
1975
Sweet Release
Papá
1997
The Widow of Montiel
Carmichael
1979
The Gates of Paradise
1971
A Married Woman
Guillermo
1982
The Stork's Mistake
Don Cosme
1993
The Throne of Hell
The Wizard
1994
A Wonderful World
Compadre Filemón
2006
The Overturning Of The Heart
1996
El primer paso... de la mujer
1974
Another Mexican
Don Leodegario
2010
Días de Combate
Gilberto Gómez Letras
1982
Chacales de la frontera
1990
There's Always a First Time
Hilario (segment "Rosa")
1971
13 Días antes de vivir
Fiscal Especial
2000
Everyone's Hell So Feared
1981
Satanic Sect: Messenger of the Lord
Carlitos
1990
Lost Objects
Professor Robles
1992
Manos mágicas
1998
Fraude en el sexenio
1998
The Eve
Manuel Miranda
1982
Passport to Death
Pancho the Peasant
1988
Crazy Carnival
El indio
2006
Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!
1976
Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia
1986
Invitación a morir
1991
Those Years
Guillermo Prieto
1974
The Delights of Power
Carmelo Barriga
1999
Uno y medio contra el mundo
1973
Viaje al paraíso
Víctor
1985
The Coming of the King Olmos
Barber
1975
Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good
Sobrino
2001
Amor de mis amores
1999
Cháman, viento de muerte
2000
Living Is What Matters
Lázaro
1987
In the Land of Light Feet
Benito
1982
Los confines
Juvencio Nava
1987
Santo: la leyenda del enmascarado de plata
Lucas Pereda López
1993
Tú, yo, nosotros
Black outlaw
1972
La guerra es un buen negocio
1982
Trail of Death
Torres
1981
La muerte de Pancho Villa
1974
Guerrillero Del Norte
1983
Emiliano Zapata
1970
Perro rabioso III: Tras el rostro
1992
¿Y si platicamos de agosto?
1980
The Cousin
Cacique gordo
2018
Pueblo de Boquilla
1981
La casa de los cuchillos
1992
Mafia En Jalisco
1991
Los gemelos alborotados
1982
Auandar Anapu
Auándar Anapu
1975
Familia Gang
2014
The Prophet Mimi
Hermano Mackenzie
1973
Una papa sin catsup
1995
The Mongol Plot
Licenciado
1977
The Human Hyena
1995
En la cuerda del hambre
1979
El águila descalza
Trabajador factoria
1971
Tacos al Carbon
Uncredited
1972
Nocturno a Rosario
1992
Neighborhood Rats
Héctor Malagón Ruiz
1988
Juan Diego: El indio de Guadalupe
Juan Bernardino
2016
El extensionista
Nazario
1991
La sangre de un valiente
1993
Los perturbados
El Cacomistle (segment "La Obsesión")
1972
De la infancia
Aguacate
2010
Caminando pasos... caminando
1977
El lado oscuro de la noche
Papá Valeria
2011
Para matar al presidente
1999
Su herencia era matar
1993
El baile de la iguana
2005
Zone of Silence
1990
The Fifth Commandment
2012
Roots of Blood
1979
Reed: Insurgent Mexico
Pablo Seanez
1973
La ley del ejecutor
1988
Maten al León
Salvador Pereira
1977
José, hijo del hombre
1989
Love Traps
1969
Peregrina
1974
El Quelite
Gavillero
1970
Ya la hicimos
1994
La hija del odio
1993
Alta Tensión
1997
Operation Marihuana
1985
El sexenio de la muerte
1997
They Call Me Violence
Pecador
1989
All Souls' Day
Poet
1988
Vagabunda
Don Melitón
1994
Dos pistoleros violentos
1985
Las caguamas ninja
1991
La Generala
Cómplice de Feliciano
1971
Nosotros los pelados
Don Seve
1984
Pasajeros en Transito
Jobito
1978
Mundo mágico
1983
El guapo
2007
Zapata en Chinameca
Pancracio Rodríguez
1987
Sin salida
1971
La revancha
1985
Long live Tepito!
Chucho / Jesús Ramírez
1981
Mudstained Flower
Don Trini
2011
Angeles Infernales
1992La combi asesina
Capitan de la Cruz
1982
Autumn Dreams
2011
Tespis Teporocho
Tespis
2025
Tiempo de lobos
1982
La loteria
1993
Las Armas
Gobernador Giner
2013
Los Cacos
Arturo
1972
Visita al Pasado
Benito Juárez
1981
The Prodigious Teacher
2010
La derrota
1975
The Sowing of Others
1981
Crónica de familia
1986Arizona
1984