
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2018 · Laws of love as Plutarco
- 2017 · Cómo Filmar Una XXX as
- 2016 · Juan Diego: El indio de Guadalupe as Juan Bernardino
- 2016 · Hasta que te conocí as Juan "Juanito" Contreras
- 2014 · The Perfect Dictatorship as Señor Humilde
- 2014 · A Shred Of Mist as Doctor
- 2014 · Familia Gang as
- 2013 · Las Armas as Gobernador Giner
- 2012 · The Fifth Commandment as
- 2011 · Así es la Suerte as Esposo de Lidia
- 2011 · Mudstained Flower as Don Trini
- 2011 · El lado oscuro de la noche as Papá Valeria
- 2010 · Another Mexican as Don Leodegario
- 2010 · El Infierno as Don José Reyes
- 2010 · The Prodigious Teacher as
- 2008 · Teo's Journey as
- 2008 · Capadocia as Fernando Mirana
- 2007 · Los amorosos as
- 2006 · A Wonderful World as Compadre Filemón
- 2006 · Crazy Carnival as El indio
- 2006 · Bandidas as Brujo
- 2005 · El baile de la iguana as
- 2004 · Santos Peregrinos as Don Emiliano
- 2002 · The Crime of Padre Amaro as Obispo
- 2002 · Las Lunas del Auditorio as Self
- 2001 · The Mexican as Tropillo
- 2000 · Cháman, viento de muerte as
- 2000 · 13 Días antes de vivir as Fiscal Especial
- 1999 · Amor de mis amores as
- 1999 · Herod's Law as Gobernador
- 1999 · Las delicias del poder as Carmelo Barriga
- 1999 · Para matar al presidente as
- 1998 · Fraude en el sexenio as
- 1998 · Manos mágicas as
- 1997 · Sweet Release as Papá
- 1997 · El sexenio de la muerte as
- 1995 · Una papa sin catsup as
- 1995 · Midaq Alley as Don Ru
- 1995 · The Human Hyena as
- 1995 · María José as Serafín
- 1994 · El vuelo del águila as Benito Juárez
- 1994 · Ya la hicimos as
- 1993 · The Stork's Mistake as Don Cosme
- 1993 · La sangre de un valiente as
- 1993 · Santo: la leyenda del enmascarado de plata as Lucas Pereda López
- 1993 · Odio, amor y muerte as
- 1993 · La loteria as
- 1993 · Su herencia era matar as
- 1993 · La hija del odio as
- 1992 · La casa de los cuchillos as
- 1992 · Nocturno a Rosario as
- 1992 · Rulfo aeternum as
- 1992 · Angeles Infernales as
- 1992 · Alto poder as
- 1992 · Perro rabioso III: Tras el rostro as
- 1992 · Mister barrio as
- 1991 · Highway Patrolman as Comandante Navarro
- 1991 · Latino Bar as Blind musician
- 1991 · El extensionista as Nazario
- 1991 · Las caguamas ninja as
- 1991 · Invitación a morir as
- 1991 · El amarrador as
- 1991 · Mafia En Jalisco as
- 1990 · Sandino as Farabundo Martí
- 1990 · Zone of Silence as
- 1990 · Chacales de la frontera as
- 1989 · Mi segunda madre as Nacho
- 1989 · They Call Me Violence as Pecador
- 1989 · José, hijo del hombre as
- 1988 · The Marked Hour as (Varios)
- 1988 · La ley del ejecutor as
- 1988 · Neighborhood Rats as Héctor Malagón Ruiz
- 1988 · El rutas as El Perro
- 1987 · Mariana Mariana as Gardener
- 1987 · Zapata en Chinameca as Pancracio Rodríguez
- 1986 · Crónica de familia as
- 1986 · El puente II as
- 1985 · Dos pistoleros violentos as
- 1985 · Violent Stories as
- 1985 · La revancha as
- 1985 · Operacion marihuana as
- 1985 · Tiempo de lobos as
- 1984 · Nosotros los pelados as Don Seve
- 1984 · The Evil That Men Do as Café Owner
- 1984 · Arizona as
- 1984 · Figuras de la Pasión as
- 1984 · Las Lupitas as José, el Carnicero
- 1983 · El Norte as Arturo
- 1983 · Erendira as Grocer
- 1983 · El guerrillero del norte as
- 1982 · The Eve as Manuel Miranda
- 1982 · Días de Combate as Gilberto Gómez Letras
- 1982 · In the Land of Light Feet as
- 1982 · La guerra es un buen negocio as
- 1982 · Los gemelos alborotados as
- 1982 · A Married Woman as Guillermo
- 1981 · Long live Tepito! as Chucho / Jesús Ramírez
- 1981 · Visita al Pasado as Benito Juárez
- 1981 · Pueblo de Boquilla as
- 1981 · The Sowing of Others as
- 1979 · En la cuerda del hambre as
- 1979 · The Widow of Montiel as Carmichael
- 1979 · Life Sentence as Corporal Pantoja
- 1979 · Roots of Blood as
- 1979 · La madre as
- 1978 · The Recourse to the Method as
- 1978 · Pasajeros en Transito as Jobito
- 1977 · Caminando pasos... caminando as
- 1977 · El complot mongol as
- 1977 · Desires as
- 1976 · Canoa: A Shameful Memory as Lucas
- 1975 · The Coming of the King Olmos as Barber
- 1975 · Auandar Anapu as Auándar Anapu
- 1974 · Peregrina as
- 1973 · Reed: Insurgent Mexico as Pablo Seanez
- 1973 · La derrota as
- 1972 · Los Cacos as Arturo
- 1972 · Los perturbados as El Cacomistle (segment "La Obsesión")
- 1972 · Tacos al Carbón as Uncredited
- 1971 · El águila descalza as Trabajador factoria
- 1971 · There's Always a First Time as Hilario (segment "Rosa")
- 1971 · La Generala as Cómplice de Feliciano
- 1970 · El Quelite as Gavillero
- 1967 · Los Caifanes as El Azteca
- Future · Tespis Teporocho as Tespis
- 2018 · The Cousin as Cacique gordo
- 2010 · De la infancia as Aguacate
- 2007 · El guapo as
- 2001 · Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good as Sobrino
- 1997 · Alta Tensión as
- 1996 · The Overturning Of The Heart as
- 1994 · Una buena forma de morir as
- 1994 · The Throne of Hell as The Wizard
- 1994 · Vagabunda as Don Melitón
- 1992 · Lost Objects as Professor Robles
- 1991 · Paty chula as Mr. Gutierrez
- 1990 · Satanic Sect: Messenger of the Lord as Carlitos
- 1989 · Baroque as El Indiano
- 1988 · All Souls' Day as Poet
- 1987 · Living Is What Matters as Lázaro
- 1987 · Los confines as Juvencio Nava
- 1986 · The Realm of Fortune as Dionisio Pinzón
- 1986 · Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia as
- 1985 · Viaje al paraíso as Víctor
- 1983 · Mundo mágico as
- 1982 · Cosa fácil as Gilberto Gómez
- 1982 · La combi asesina as Capitan de la Cruz
- 1981 · Trail of Death as Torres
- 1981 · Everyone's Hell so Feared as
- 1980 · ¿Y si Platicamos de Agosto? as
- 1977 · Rattlesnake as Chankin
- 1977 · Maten al León as Salvador Pereira
- 1976 · Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra! as
- 1975 · Letters from Marusia as Crisculo
- 1975 · Tivoli as engineer Reginaldo
- 1975 · El valle de los miserables as Comandante López
- 1974 · El primer paso... de la mujer as
- 1974 · La muerte de Pancho Villa as
- 1974 · Those Years as Guillermo Prieto
- 1973 · The Prophet Mimi as Hermano Mackenzie
- 1973 · Uno y medio contra el mundo as
- 1972 · Tú, yo, nosotros as Black outlaw
- 1972 · Cayó de la gloria el diablo as Chester
- 1971 · Sin salida as
- 1971 · The Gates of Paradise as
- 1970 · Emiliano Zapata as
- 1969 · Trampas de amor as