Eligio Meléndez - Filmography

Eligio Meléndez
Eligio Meléndez
Actor
Born: 1950

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

Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires

Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires 2025

Border Hunters

Border Hunters 2025

Dreams

Dreams 2025

The Dead Girls

The Dead Girls 2025

Public Phone

Public Phone 2025

The Perfect Tomato

The Perfect Tomato 2024

#Rats

#Rats 2024

Underdog

Underdog 2024

The Day Everything Changed

The Day Everything Changed 2024

The Great Seduction

The Great Seduction 2023

Recurring Patients

Recurring Patients 2022

More Tomorrow Than Before

More Tomorrow Than Before 2022

Cecilia

Cecilia 2021

La Civil

La Civil 2021

Tragic Jungle

Tragic Jungle 2020

New Order

New Order 2020

An Unknown Enemy

An Unknown Enemy 2018

Guardia García

Guardia García 2018

I Dream in Another Language

I Dream in Another Language 2017

Yerbamala

Yerbamala 2014

The Impostor

The Impostor 2014

Ismael

Ismael 2012

The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man

The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man 2011

The Reasons of the Heart

The Reasons of the Heart 2011

Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada

Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada 2010

Curandero

Curandero 2005

Love Hurts

Love Hurts 2002

The Virgin of Lust

The Virgin of Lust 2002

¿De qué lado estás?

¿De qué lado estás? 2002

Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You

Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You 2001

The Ruination of Men

The Ruination of Men 2000

In The Country Where Nothing Happens

In The Country Where Nothing Happens 2000

No One Writes to the Colonel

No One Writes to the Colonel 1999

Reencuentros

Reencuentros 1997

The Overturning Of The Heart

The Overturning Of The Heart 1996

Repartidores de muerte

Repartidores de muerte 1993

Perseguida

Perseguida 1991

Curvas peligrosas

Curvas peligrosas 1991