
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Known for Acting · 172 credits
- Born
- 1933-11-08
- Died
- 2024-04-06
- Place of birth
- Puerto de Veracruz, Mexico
Biography
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.
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
TV Shows (11)

Laws of love
2018
as Plutarco

Las Lunas del Auditorio
2002
as Self

María José
1995
as Serafín

Capadocia
2008
as Fernando Mirana

The Marked Hour
1988
as (Varios)

Mi segunda madre
1989
as Nacho

Hasta que te conocí
2016
as Juan "Juanito" Contreras

Tal como somos
1987
as Marcelo

El vuelo del águila
1994
as Benito Juárez

El padre Gallo
1986
as Padre Gallo

La fuerza del amor
1990
as Don Torino
Movies (161)

El Infierno
2010
as Don José Reyes

The Mexican
2001
as Tropillo

Bandidas
2006
as Brujo

The Evil That Men Do
1984
as Café Owner

Cómo Filmar Una XXX
2017

Herod's Law
1999
as Gobernador

The Outsiders
1967
as El Azteca

Violent Stories
1985

Los perturbados
1972
as El Cacomistle (segment "La Obsesión")

The Perfect Dictatorship
2014
as Señor Humilde

The Crime of Padre Amaro
2002
as Obispo

The Cousin
2018
as Cacique gordo

Rattlesnake
1977
as Chankin

The Eve
1982
as Manuel Miranda

Los confines
1987
as Juvencio Nava

La madre
1979

El guapo
2007

Midaq Alley
1995
as Don Ru

Lost Objects
1992
as Professor Robles

Las Lupitas
1984
as José, el Carnicero

Familia Gang
2014

Alta Tensión
1997

Santos Peregrinos
2004
as Don Emiliano

Angeles Infernales
1992

Tivoli
1975
as engineer Reginaldo

El Norte
1983
as Arturo

Erendira
1983
as Grocer

Highway Patrolman
1991
as Comandante Navarro

The Recourse to the Method
1978

Desires
1983

Operation Marihuana
1985

Paty chula
1991
as Mr. Gutierrez

Those Years
1974
as Guillermo Prieto

A Wonderful World
2006
as Compadre Filemón

Mariana Mariana
1987
as Gardener

Sandino
1990
as Farabundo Martí

El primer paso... de la mujer
1974

Sin salida
1971

Sweet Release
1997
as Papá

La Generala
1971
as Cómplice de Feliciano

A Married Woman
1982
as Guillermo

Canoa: A Shameful Memory
1976
as Lucas

Maten al León
1977
as Salvador Pereira

Life Sentence
1979
as Corporal Pantoja

Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia
1986

Emiliano Zapata
1970

Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good
2001
as Sobrino

Roots of Blood
1979

De la infancia
2010
as Aguacate

Latino Bar
1991
as Blind musician

Tacos al Carbon
1972
as Uncredited

Baroque
1989
as El Indiano

Reed: Insurgent Mexico
1972
as Pablo Seanez

¿Y si platicamos de agosto?
1980

Crazy Carnival
2006
as El indio

The Widow of Montiel
1979
as Carmichael

The Throne of Hell
1994
as The Wizard

Living Is What Matters
1987
as Lázaro

El rutas
1988
as El Perro

Vagabunda
1994
as Don Melitón

Las delicias del poder
1999
as Carmelo Barriga

La revancha
1985

Días de Combate
1982
as Gilberto Gómez Letras

In the Land of Light Feet
1982
as Benito

The Human Hyena
1995

El extensionista
1991
as Nazario

Satanic Sect: Messenger of the Lord
1990
as Carlitos

Trail of Death
1981
as Torres

Everyone's Hell So Feared
1981

Tespis Teporocho
2025
as Tespis

Fraude en el sexenio
1998

Visita al Pasado
1981
as Benito Juárez

Invitación a morir
1991

Viaje al paraíso
1985
as Víctor

The Stork's Mistake
1993
as Don Cosme

Cosa fácil
1982
as Gilberto Gómez

Los Cacos
1972
as Arturo

Love Traps
1969

Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!
1976

Auandar Anapu
1975
as Auándar Anapu

Santo: la leyenda del enmascarado de plata
1993
as Lucas Pereda López

Así es la Suerte
2011
as Esposo de Lidia

Una buena forma de morir
1994

Alto poder
1992

En la cuerda del hambre
1979

There's Always a First Time
1971
as Hilario (segment "Rosa")

The Prophet Mimi
1973
as Hermano Mackenzie

The Gates of Paradise
1971

El Quelite
1970
as Gavillero

Pasajeros en Transito
1978
as Jobito

Una papa sin catsup
1995

Letters from Marusia
1975
as Crisculo

Las caguamas ninja
1991

The Realm of Fortune
1986
as Dionisio Pinzón

Zapata en Chinameca
1987
as Pancracio Rodríguez
La combi asesina
1982
as Capitan de la Cruz

Mundo mágico
1983

La muerte de Pancho Villa
1974

Mudstained Flower
2011
as Don Trini

A Shred Of Mist
2014
as Doctor

Los gemelos alborotados
1982

Teo's Journey
2008

Tú, yo, nosotros
1972
as Black outlaw

Neighborhood Rats
1988
as Héctor Malagón Ruiz

Nocturno a Rosario
1992

El águila descalza
1971
as Trabajador factoria

Another Mexican
2010
as Don Leodegario

Peregrina
1974

The Overturning Of The Heart
1996

Ya la hicimos
1994

Passport to Death
1988
as Pancho the Peasant

Long live Tepito!
1981
as Chucho / Jesús Ramírez

Caminando pasos... caminando
1977

Chacales de la frontera
1990
El amarrador
1991

They Call Me Violence
1989
as Pecador

El valle de los miserables
1975
as Comandante López

Mafia En Jalisco
1991

The Fifth Commandment
2012

Uno Y Medio Contra El Mundo
1973
About Ernesto Gómez Cruz
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 als… With 172 credits spanning from 1967 to 2025, Ernesto Gómez Cruz has appeared in 161 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ernesto Gómez Cruz Movies
- El Infierno (2010) — as Don José Reyes
- The Mexican (2001) — as Tropillo
- Bandidas (2006) — as Brujo
- The Evil That Men Do (1984) — as Café Owner
- Cómo Filmar Una XXX (2017)
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