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