Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1950-06-20 (Age: 76)
Place of Birth
Mexico
Eligio Meléndez
Biography
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.
Filmography (49)
Border Hunters
2025
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
2025
Public Phone
2025
Mi Amigo Bernardo
2025
Fuego en el sur
2025
Dreams
2025
#Rats
2024*****… (Los Asteriscos…)
2024
Quietud
2024
Underdog
2024
Disappear Completely
2024
The Day Everything Changed
2024
The Perfect Tomato
2024Jefecita
2023
