Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Known for Acting · 174 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 (12)
American Playhouse
1982
as Arturo
Laws of love
2018
as Plutarco
Capadocia
2008
as Fernando Mirana
María José
1995
as Serafín
Hasta que te conocí
2016
as Juan "Juanito" Contreras
La fuerza del amor
1990
as Don Torino
Las Lunas del Auditorio
2002
as Self
El vuelo del águila
1994
as Benito Juárez
Tal como somos
1987
as Marcelo
Mi segunda madre
1989
as Nacho
The Marked Hour
1988
as (Varios)
El padre Gallo
1986
as Padre Gallo
Movies (162)
Días de Combate
1982
as Gilberto Gómez Letras
El Infierno
2010
as Don José Reyes
Bandidas
2006
as Brujo
Violent Stories
1985
Erendira
1983
as Grocer
Cosa fácil
1982
as Gilberto Gómez
The Surprise
1969
as Ballesteros
La madre
1979
Life Sentence
1979
as Corporal Pantoja
Santos Peregrinos
2004
as Don Emiliano
A Shred Of Mist
2014
as Doctor
Latino Bar
1991
as Blind musician
The Mexican
2001
as Tropillo
Alto poder
1992
The Perfect Dictatorship
2014
as Señor Humilde
Tivoli
1975
as engineer Reginaldo
The Recourse to the Method
1978
The Evil That Men Do
1984
as Café Owner
13 Días antes de vivir
2000
as Fiscal Especial
El amarrador
1991
The Crime of Padre Amaro
2002
as Obispo
El puente II
1986
El rutas
1988
as El Perro
Midaq Alley
1995
as Don Ru
Rulfo aeternum
1992
Sandino
1990
as Farabundo Martí
Paty chula
1991
as Mr. Gutierrez
Cháman, viento de muerte
2000
Cómo Filmar Una XXX
2017
Herod's Law
1999
as Gobernador
The Outsiders
1967
as El Azteca
Reed: Insurgent Mexico
1972
as Pablo Seanez
Manos mágicas
1998
Mafia En Jalisco
1991
A Wonderful World
2006
as Compadre Filemón
Baroque
1989
as El Indiano
Los amorosos
2007
Guerrillero Del Norte
1983
Odio, amor y muerte
1993
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
1976
as Lucas
Trail of Death
1981
as Torres
Tú, yo, nosotros
1972
as Black outlaw
Caminando pasos... caminando
1977
El Norte
1983
as Arturo
Los gemelos alborotados
1982
Viaje al paraíso
1985
as Víctor
Figuras de la pasión
1984
The Throne of Hell
1994
as The Wizard
Pueblo de Boquilla
1981
Las Lupitas
1984
as José, el Carnicero
Amor de mis amores
1999
Chacales de la frontera
1990
El baile de la iguana
2005
Ya la hicimos
1994
Invitación a morir
1991
Inaudito
1999
Love Traps
1969
Crazy Carnival
2006
as El indio
Desires
1983
Fraude en el sexenio
1998
Una buena forma de morir
1994
Highway Patrolman
1991
as Comandante Navarro
The Fifth Commandment
2012
Rattlesnake
1977
as Chankin
The Mongol Plot
1977
as Licenciado
Letters from Marusia
1975
as Crisculo
Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!
1976
La Generala
1971
as Cómplice de Feliciano
El extensionista
1991
as Nazario
The Cousin
2018
as Cacique gordo
Sweet Release
1997
as Papá
Mariana Mariana
1987
as Gardener
The Eve
1982
as Manuel Miranda
Those Years
1974
as Guillermo Prieto
Neighborhood Rats
1988
as Héctor Malagón Ruiz
Auandar Anapu
1975
as Auándar Anapu
In the Land of Light Feet
1982
as Benito
Los confines
1987
as Juvencio Nava
All Souls' Day
1988
as Poet
The Realm of Fortune
1986
as Dionisio Pinzón
La ley del ejecutor
1988
Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia
1986
The Stork's Mistake
1993
as Don Cosme
En la cuerda del hambre
1979
Teo's Journey
2008
Lost Objects
1992
as Professor Robles
Uno Y Medio Contra El Mundo
1973
Zone of Silence
1990
La combi asesina
1982
as Capitan de la Cruz
Another Mexican
2010
as Don Leodegario
El águila descalza
1971
as Trabajador factoria
The Prodigious Teacher
2010
Tacos al Carbon
1972
as Uncredited
Santo: la leyenda del enmascarado de plata
1993
as Lucas Pereda López
La sangre de un valiente
1993
Cayó de la gloria el diablo
1972
as Chester
The Coming of the King Olmos
1975
as Barber
Mudstained Flower
2011
as Don Trini
José, hijo del hombre
1989
Alta Tensión
1997
The Human Hyena
1995
The Widow of Montiel
1979
as Carmichael
Familia Gang
2014
El valle de los miserables
1975
as Comandante López
Así es la Suerte
2011
as Esposo de Lidia
Pasajeros en Transito
1978
as Jobito
Passport to Death
1988
as Pancho the Peasant
De la infancia
2010
as Aguacate
They Call Me Violence
1989
as Pecador
Nosotros los pelados
1984
as Don Seve
Tespis Teporocho
2025
as Tespis
El primer paso... de la mujer
1974
Perro rabioso III: Tras el rostro
1992
Emiliano Zapata
1970
Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good
2001
as Sobrino
The Overturning Of The Heart
1996
El sexenio de la muerte
1997
Maten al León
1977
as Salvador Pereira
Everyone's Hell So Feared
1981
Visita al Pasado
1981
as Benito Juárez
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 174 credits spanning from 1967 to 2025, Ernesto Gómez Cruz has appeared in 162 films and 12 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ernesto Gómez Cruz Movies
- Días de Combate (1982) — as Gilberto Gómez Letras
- El Infierno (2010) — as Don José Reyes
- Bandidas (2006) — as Brujo
- Violent Stories (1985)
- Erendira (1983) — as Grocer
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