Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Actor
- Born
- November 8, 1933 · Puerto de Veracruz, Mexico
- Died
- April 6, 2024 (age 90)
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.
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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
The Mexican
March 1, 2001
Bandidas
January 18, 2006
El Infierno
September 3, 2010
The Crime of Padre Amaro
October 1, 2002
Herod's Law
November 9, 1999
The Perfect Dictatorship
October 16, 2014
The Evil That Men Do
March 14, 1984
A Wonderful World
March 17, 2006
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
December 11, 1975
El Norte
October 11, 1983
Midaq Alley
May 5, 1995
Tacos al Carbon
June 8, 1972
Acting163
- 2025Tespis Teporocho as Tespis
- 2018The Cousin as Cacique gordo
- 2017Cómo Filmar Una XXX
- 2016Juan Diego: El indio de Guadalupe as Juan Bernardino
- 2014The Perfect Dictatorship as Señor Humilde
- 2014A Shred Of Mist as Doctor
- 2014Familia Gang
- 2013Las Armas as Gobernador Giner
- 2012The Fifth Commandment
- 2011Autumn Dreams
- 2011