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Alfonso Arau
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Alfonso Arau

January 11, 1932 (age 94)
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Male
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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).…

Movies

42 credits
Coco Movie
★ 8.2
Adventure, Animation
2017 Adventure, Animation
Romancing the Stone Movie
★ 6.8
Action, Adventure
1984 Action, Adventure
¡Three Amigos! Movie
★ 6.3
Action, Comedy
1986 Action, Comedy
The Wild Bunch Movie
★ 7.6
Western
1969 Western
El Topo
★ 7.1
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El Topo
1970 as Bandit 1
Used Cars
★ 6.4
+
Used Cars
1980 as Manuel
Posse
★ 6.1
+
Posse
1975 as Pepe
Committed
★ 4.8
+
Committed
2000 as Grampy
Walker
★ 6.4
+
Walker
1987 as Raousset
Picking Up the Pieces
★ 4.3
+
Picking Up the Pieces
2000 as Dr. Amado
The Dead One
★ 5.1
+
The Dead One
2007 as Tezcatlipoca (voice)
Scandalous John
★ 6.4
+
Scandalous John
1971 as Paco
There Are No Thieves in This Village
★ 5.9
+
There Are No Thieves in This Village
1965 as Agente viajero
Pedro Paramo
★ 7.2
+
Pedro Paramo
1967 as 'Saltaperico'
Operación carambola
★ 6.6
+
Operación carambola
1968 as Capulina's Aid #1
Inspector Calzonzin
★ 7.6
+
Inspector Calzonzin
1974 as Calzonzín
Tres amigos
★ 5.8
+
Tres amigos
1970
Paradise
★ 6.3
+
Paradise
1970 as El Perro
I Heart Shakey
★ 3.4
+
I Heart Shakey
2012 as Raoul
The Day Pedro Infante Died
★ 5.0
+
The Day Pedro Infante Died
1982 as Anselmo
Los pistolocos
★ 5.7
+
Los pistolocos
1960
Stones for Ibarra
★ 9.0
+
Stones for Ibarra
1988 as Chuy Santos
Nest of Virgins
★ 5.6
+
Nest of Virgins
1972 as Lucas Lucatero
Trip to the Moon
★ 6.0
+
Trip to the Moon
1958 as Carlos Vera
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
★ 4.6
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Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1988 as Indio
New faces
★ 6.7
+
New faces
1956
Camino largo a Tijuana
★ 6.7
+
Camino largo a Tijuana
1991
Run, Cougar, Run
★ 6.2
+
Run, Cougar, Run
1972 as Etio
El aviso inoportuno
★ 7.9
+
El aviso inoportuno
1969
...And Your Love Too
★ 6.0
+
...And Your Love Too
1962 as Alfredo

TV Shows

4 credits
Miami Vice TV
★ 7.5
Crime, Drama
1984 Crime, Drama
Gunsmoke TV
★ 6.7
Action & Adventure, Drama
1955 Action & Adventure, Drama
227 TV
★ 6.7
Comedy, Family
227
1985 Comedy, Family
Hallmark Hall of Fame TV
+
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 as Chuy Santos
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