Cast & creator
Eligio Meléndez
Best known for Dreams, The Impostor, The Dead Girls
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.
52
film credits
8
television credits
60
1991–2026 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (60)
Showing 60 of 60 credits
Dreams
Fernando's Father
2025
The Impostor
Padre Camilo Fernández
2014
The Dead Girls
Gedeón Céspedes
2025
An Unknown Enemy
Fidel Velázquez
2018
El Candidato
Julio de Velasco
2020
Border Hunters
Ezekiel
2025
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Viejo Guerrero (voice)
2025
New Order
Rolando
2020
La Civil
Quique
2021
Cecilia
2021
Consuelo
Carlos Portillo (Padre)
2024
Love Hurts
Martin
2002
El colapso
Román
2023
I Dream in Another Language
Evaristo
2017
Sex, Shame and Tears 2
Old Man
2022
Guardia García
Rodolfo Silva
2018
The Great Seduction
Simón
2023
Tragic Jungle
Mundo
2020
El Día de la Unión
Achichincle
2018
No One Writes to the Colonel
Sotero
1999*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
2024
Perseguida
1991
The Virgin of Lust
Don Nemesio
2002
Helena con H
Licenciado Altamirano
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
Padrastro de Yessica
2001
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
Ascanio
2010
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
Adulto
2011
The Reasons of the Heart
Lawyer
2011
The Day Everything Changed
Fausto (Cantinero)
2024
Curvas peligrosas
1991
In The Country Where Nothing Happens
Don Jacinto
2000
Disappear Completely
Elías Lozano Mata
2024
Desechos
Arturo
2026
The Overturning Of The Heart
1996
Bleak Street
Dad
2015El Extraordinario Hombre Halcón
Don Gustavo
One for the Road
Birthday Girl's Father
2010
¿De qué lado estás?
2002
Living all of Life
Leo
2022
Curandero
Gomez
2005
Quietud
2024
Underdog
Aureliano
2024
More Tomorrow Than Before
2022
The Ruination of Men
The Guard
2000
Fireflies
Jorge
2018
This Is Tomas
Reparador
2019
Mi Amigo Bernardo
Abuelo Vicente
2025
Public Phone
Gabriel
2025
Fuego en el sur
2025
Recurring Patients
Raúl
2022
Reencuentros
1997
#Rats
2024Siete en punto
2021
Yerbamala
Anselmo
2014
Medusa
Esposo
2022
Vultures
Durán
2014
Ismael
Ismael
2012
Repartidores de muerte
1993