Salvador Sánchez
Known for Acting · 118 credits
- Born
- 1943-10-28 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico
Biography
Alfredo Salvador Sánchez Bolaños (born October 28th, 1943) is a Mexican actor and director.
He was one of the most relevant actors among those who renewed the list of interpreters of Mexican cinema at the beginning of the seventies. Since then, he has stood out in films such as The devil fell from glory (Cayó de la gloria el diablo, .1971), The bump (La choca, 1973), The heist (El apando, 1975), Canoa (1975), Las Poquianchis (1976), Los albañiles (1976), Under the shrapnel (Bajo la metralla, 1983), Motel (1983), Journey to Paradise (1985), Going for a nut (1986), Fire Angel (1991), Lady at night (1993), Leap into the void (1994), Natural death (1996) , Only once (2000) and Herod's law (2000).
He directed Pedro Páramo in 1981. Deserving of various distinctions for his acting work in film, including two Diosas de Plata, he has also developed an outstanding theatrical career and has participated repeatedly on television.
Known For
TV Shows (18)
Killer Women
2008
as Don Ramón
40 y 20
2016
as Don Doroteo
Alegrijes y Rebujos
2003
as Asunción Yunque "Chon"
The Dead Girls
2025
as Juez Peralta
Burden of Guilt
2009
as Padre Matías Quiroga
Amanecer
2025
as Doroteo Talavera
Lo imperdonable
2015
as Crescencio Álvarez
La Dueña
1995
as Macario Robles
The Marked Hour
1988
as (Varios)
Pueblo chico, infierno grande
1997
as Consejo Serratos
El pecado de Oyuki
1988
as Yutaka Ogino
El Noveno mandamiento
2001
as Andrés Roldán Martínez
Malverde: El Santo Patrón
2021
as Ramon
Más Allá de Tí
2023
as Crisanto Pescador
Esperándote
1985
as Juancho
El último rey: El hijo del pueblo
2022
La última esperanza
1993
as Pancho
Flor y canela
1988
as Sinforoso
Movies (100)
El Infierno
2010
as El Padrino
The Mexican
2001
as Gunsmith
Collateral Damage
2002
as Peddler
Charm School
2007
as Monseñor
Salvador
1986
as Human Rights Leader
¡Que viva México!
2023
as Notario / Don Florencio
Under the Volcano
1984
as Chief of Stockyards
The Eve
1982
as Villegas
Curandero
2025
as Manuel
Herod's Law
1999
as Pek
The Perfect Dictatorship
2014
as Hombre X
La madre
1979
The Exorcist
2022
as Señor Ramirez
Old Gringo
1989
as Floreal
One Man’s War
1991
as Ramírez
El elegido
1977
as Don Liserio
Jack's Law
2006
as Joker
A Breakfast Chronicle
2000
as Pedro (uncredited)
The Mongolian Conspiracy
2019
as Señor Liu
La Generala
1971
as Jesús
Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?
1974
as Juan Dolores
Diplomatic Immunity
1991
as Colonel Hernández
Loving Ghosts
1994
Those Years
1974
as Gen. Melchor Ocampo
The Recourse to the Method
1978
Las Poquianchis
1976
as Reportero
The Bricklayers
1976
as Chapo Álvarez
La Choca
1974
as Audias
La yegua colorada
1973
Perseguida
1991
as Commander German Paino
Jóvenes delincuentes
1991
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
1976
as Witness
Emiliano Zapata
1970
¿Y si platicamos de agosto?
1980
Under the Shrapnel
1983
as Tomas
Ángel de fuego
1992
as Rito
The Heist
1976
as Albino
Acorazado
2010
as Alacran
El vals sin fin
1972
1938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil
2025
as Peasant
Angel River
1988
as Toral
Las asesinas del panadero
1989
Letters from Marusia
1975
as Sebastián
His Most Serene Highness
2000
Un ángel para los diablillos
1993
as Jefe de Policía
Anyway, Juan is Your Name
1976
The Mexican Ninja
1991
El hijo de Lamberto Quintero
1990
Frida Still Life
1986
as David Alfaro Siqueiros
Amor que mata
1994
as Don Raúl
Abuelita de Bakman
1993
Difficult Days
1988
as Diputado Gabriel Aguirre
Zapata en Chinameca
1987
Maria of My Heart
1979
as Chava
Violaciónes, casos de la vida real
1990
The Master of Ballantrae
1974
as El Chueco
Una buena forma de morir
1994
Motel
1984
as Julián Vargas, Detective
Viaje al paraíso
1985
as Bulmador
Tequila, historia de una pasión
2011
as Vicente
Drizzle
1978
as Indígena
El último narco
1992
Imperio de los Malditos
1992
as Rutilo Morán
Fuera de la ley
1998
The Beast
2023
as Don Gerardo
Aventuras de un caballo blanco y un niño
1975
File of Attempted Murder
2010
as Antonio Villacencio
Mujer de cabaret
1991
The Voice of a Dream
2018
as Apolonio
La fuerza bruta
1991
Octagon and Mascara Sagrada in Fight to the Death
1992
No One Will Love You Like I Do
1972
Mexican Ghostbusters
1991
as Procoro
Between Shadows
2015
as Narciso
Caminando pasos... caminando
1977
The House in the South
1976
as Genaro
Puras mentiras
2013
as Luis Pérez Goya
Sobre el arco iris
2004
Crimen y castigo
1951
as (uncredited)
Motel of Death
1990
With Fear in the Veins
1990
as José
Octagon and Atlantis, the rematch
1992
He kidnapped her, he raped her, and he killed her
1989
as Bonifaz
The Legend of the Scorpion
1991
Pedro Páramo
1981
Dos judiciales en aprietos
1990
Ojitos mentirosos
1999
Dama de Noche
1993
as Diego
De muerte natural
1996
Furia en la sangre
1988
Héroes de la seguridad
2009
Valente Quintero
1973
as Capitán Carrancista
Cayó de la gloria el diablo
1972
as Charro cantor / Solís
The Food of Fear
1994
as Jefe
La dama y el judicial
1992
La venganza
1989
as Rafael Galeana
Salto al vacío
1995
El jardín de la paz
1989
Esa mi Irene
1975
Solamente una vez
2002
About Salvador Sánchez
Alfredo Salvador Sánchez Bolaños (born October 28th, 1943) is a Mexican actor and director. He was one of the most relevant actors among those who renewed the list of interpreters of Mexican cinema at the beginning of the seventies. Since then, he has stood out in films such as The devil fell from glory (Cayó de la gloria el diablo, .1971), The bump (La choca, 1973), The heist (El apando, 1975), Canoa (1975), Las Poquianchis (1976), Los albañiles (1976), Under the shrapnel (Bajo la metralla, 1983), Motel (1983), Journey to Paradise (1985), Goi… With 118 credits spanning from 1951 to 2025, Salvador Sánchez has appeared in 100 films and 18 TV shows.
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Most Popular Salvador Sánchez Movies
- El Infierno (2010) — as El Padrino
- The Mexican (2001) — as Gunsmith
- Collateral Damage (2002) — as Peddler
- Charm School (2007) — as Monseñor
- Salvador (1986) — as Human Rights Leader
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