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