
Manuel Ojeda
Known for Acting · 182 credits
- Born
- 1940-11-04
- Died
- 2022-08-11
- Place of birth
- La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Biography
Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta (4 November 1940 – 11 August 2022) was a Mexican actor. Ojeda was one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film Romancing the Stone.
Known For
TV Shows (32)

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as General Vorteez

The Tempest
2013
as Ernesto Contreras

Por ella soy Eva
2012
as Eduardo Moreno

Killer Women
2008
as Juan Antonio Orduña

Ask God For Forgiveness... Not Me
2015
as Melitón Ramos

Storm Over Paradise
2007
as Capitán Pablo Solís

The Stray Cat
2014
as El Silencioso

My Love, My Sin
2004
as Jacobo Guzmán

Un rostro en mi pasado
1989
as Dr. Leonardo Sánchez

Al Filo de la Muerte
1991
as Julio Araujo

Alborada
2005
as Don Francisco Escobar

Yago
2016
as Damián Madrigal Ríos

Herencia maldita
1986
as Rogelio Velarde

Quererlo Todo
2020
as Don Patricio Montes

El Manantial
2001
as Father Salvador Valdéz

The Other Woman
2002
as Juan Pedro Portugal

Labyrinth of Passion
1999
as Genaro Valencia

Misión S.O.S
2004
as Severiano Martinez

Bajo la misma piel
2003
as Rodrigo Leyva

The Marked Hour
1988

El precio de tu amor
2000
as Octavio Rangel

Las Amazonas
2016
as Genaro Valencia

Amor Gitano
1999
as Pedro Minelli,

La Culpa
1996
as Mariano Lagarde
La paloma
1995
as Ramiro López-Yergo Aguilar

La casa en la playa
2000
as Manuel Rey

La traición
1984
as Pech Gutiérrez

Tal como somos
1987
as Pablo

De pura sangre
1985
as Carlos Meléndez

El vuelo del águila
1994
as Porfirio Díaz

Senda de gloria
1987
as Emiliano Zapata

No tengo madre
1997
as Indalecio Madrazo / Inocencio Lemus Smasht
Movies (150)

Green Ice
1981
as Lt. Costas

Romancing the Stone
1984
as Zolo

Herod's Law
1999
as Cantinero

Los confines
1987
as Ignacio

Aunt Alejandra
1980
as Rodolfo

Traición
1991

Mi Querido Viejo
1991
as Apolonio Méndez

Inspector Calzonzin
1974

Eagle's Wing
1979
as Miguel

Naná
1985
as Conde Muffat

Luna caliente
1985
as Almiron

Pedro Páramo, el hombre de la Media Luna
1978
as Pedro Páramo

Canoa: A Shameful Memory
1976
as Hombre del pueblo

I Don't Know For Sure, But I Suppose
1982
as Daniel

Carnival Night
1984
as Diablo

No One Will Ever Know
2018
as Aurelio

Victorio
2008
as Raúl

Perras de barrio
2015
as Reséndiz

Naufragio
1978
as Médico

Las Poquianchis
1976
as Tadeo

Kino: The Legend of the Black Priest
1993
as Coro Chief

Salón México
1996
as Lupe López

Fantasías
2004
as Carlos

Loving Ghosts
1994

Al filo de la ley: Misión rescate
1986
as Víctor Araiza

The children of Don Gregorio
2013
as Don Gregorio

Carmela the Michoacan
1998
as Comandante Juan

Reclusorio
1997
as Abogado (segment "Eutanasia o asesinato")

El Cometa
1999

El elegido
1977
as Andres Martinez

Deceitful Appearances
1983
as Sergio Gaitán

The Heart of the Night
1984
as Leyva

The Passion of Berenice
1976
as José

Juana la Cubana
1994

Deadly Embroidered Memories
2020
as Idris

In The MIddle of Nowhere
1993

¡Sálvame! Una luz en la oscuridad
1996
as Alcántara

En las manos de Dios
1996

The Heist
1976
as Polonio

Matinée
1977
as Francisco

Perversa tentación
2019
as Don Antonio

Celestina
1976
as Pleberio

The 4th Company
2017
as Champarro

Todos hemos pecado
2011
as El Presidente Municipal

La señorita
1994

Hijos del viento
2000
as Moctezuma
El asesinato
1997
as Ramón Acevedo

God's Crooked Lines
1983
as Doctor Alvar

El güero estrada
1997

The Devils Dagger
2005
as Narrator

The Wrath of a God
1988

'Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar!
1981

Everyone's Hell So Feared
1981
as Jacinto Chontal

Blue Memories
1991
as Don Manuel Jiménez

Free Love
1978
as Ernesto

One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
2017
as Self

Amor que mata
1994

Suerte en la vida (La Lotería III)
1994

Fuego en el mar
1981
as Mariano Ortega

The Flying Pony
1982
as Esteban (padre de Diego)

Under the Shrapnel
1983
as Pablo

The Man in White
1994
as José

Amor y venganza
1991

El extensionista
1991
as Severo

Another Mexican
2010
as Sacerdote

El hijo de Lamberto Quintero
1990

Pánico en el paraíso
1994

El tonto que hacía milagros
1984

Calles sin nombre
2007
as Comandante Martín Aguirre

The Perfect Woman
1979

The House in the South
1976
as Livingston

La leyenda de Rodrígo
1981
as Asmodeo

The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell
1986
as Abel Romo

Un hombre llamado el diablo
1983

Reto a la vida
1988
as El Tijuana

El último narco
1992

Vigilante nocturno
1993

Estate of Terror
2005
as Manuel

Octagon and Atlantis, the rematch
1992

Fray Justicia
2009

La ley del cholo
1995

Nido de escorpiones
2003
Fuera de la ley
1998

Las perversiones del padre José
2003
as Padre José

Las amantes del narco III
2019
as Joel Olmedo

El triunfo del mojado
2009

The Goddess of the Sea
2005
as Eduardo Montero
El hombre de la toallita
1998
as Santos
La siembro, cosecho y vendo
1998

Bienvenida al clan
2000
as Humberto Nava

Family Secrets
2009

La fuerza bruta
1991

Long live Tepito!
1981
as Antonio Vélez

Muelle rojo
1987

Fraude en el sexenio
1998

El comandante sin ley
2013

Peligrosa tentación 5
2016
as Don Refugio

Maldita vecindad
2004

Sangre prisionera
1999

La Rubia y La Morena 2
1999

Cabaret de frontera
1992

The Magic Hour
2000
as Francesco

My dear Tom Mix
1992
as Evaristo

El valle de los zopilotes
1997

Luces de la noche
1998
as Gustavo

Espejo Retrovisor
2002
as Sr. Rivas

Reencuentros
1997
as Sr. Emilio Valtierra
Asesina
1999

Abuso de autoridad
1998

Guerrero
2001
as El Tigre

Debut y despedida
2006

La otra cara de Pedro Navaja
2000
as Don Mario

La Dinastía de Los Pérez
1994
as Erik Orozco

Las nueve caras del miedo
1995
as Fray Camilo Lacroix Imerino

Occupation of Darkness
1981
as Fernando

Cháman, viento de muerte
2000

Las dos caras del guero Estrada
1998
Tiempo de muerte 2
1995

Selva de cocaina
1989

Seducción judicial
1994
About Manuel Ojeda
Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta (4 November 1940 – 11 August 2022) was a Mexican actor. Ojeda was one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film Romancing the Stone. With 182 credits spanning from 1974 to 2020, Manuel Ojeda has appeared in 150 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Manuel Ojeda Movies
- Green Ice (1981) — as Lt. Costas
- Romancing the Stone (1984) — as Zolo
- Herod's Law (1999) — as Cantinero
- Los confines (1987) — as Ignacio
- Aunt Alejandra (1980) — as Rodolfo
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