Eligio Meléndez

Biography

Eligio Meléndez is a Mexican film, theater and television director and actor, born on June 20, 1950, in Mexico City. He studied at the Andrés Soler Acting Institute, with the renowned Luis Gimeno, Carlos Ancira, Miguel Círcega and Soledad Ruíz as teachers. One of the most recognized personalities in theater, the actor has participated in more than 30 works, including The Flower of the Heart, Borges with Music, The Enchanted Mirror, The Old Men, Trufaldino Servant of Two Patrons, Mexican Entremeses, Mexico Pachuco, Soldado Razo, among others. In film, Eligio made his debut in the film Perseguida (1991), and then built an interesting and lucrative career with roles in films such as The Colonel Doesn't Have Anyone Write to Him (1999), In the Country of Nothing Happens (2000), for which that he would receive his first Ariel nomination; Perfume of violets (2001), Amar te duele (2002), Curandero (2005), The last one and we leave (2009), Hidalgo – The untold story (2010), Yerbamala (2014) and Dream in another language (2017) , for which he was nominated, for the second time, for an Ariel award.

Movies & TV Shows

1. New Order (2020) — Rolando
2. Love Hurts (2002) — Martin
3. Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You (2001) — Padrastro de Yessica
4. Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires (2025) — Viejo Guerrero (voice)
5. I Dream in Another Language (2017) — Evaristo
6. El Candidato (2020) — Julio de Velasco
7. The Virgin of Lust (2002) — Don Nemesio
8. The Great Seduction (2023) — Simón
9. La Civil (2021) — Quique
10. The Impostor (2014) — Padre Camilo Fernández
11. Dreams (2025) — Fernando's Father
12. The Dead Girls (2025) — Gedeón Céspedes
13. An Unknown Enemy (2018) — Fidel Velázquez
14. Cecilia (2021)
15. Underdog (2024) — Aureliano
16. El Día de la Unión (2018) — Achichincle
17. Border Hunters (2025) — Ezekiel
18. Disappear Completely (2024) — Elías Lozano Mata
19. Consuelo (2024) — Carlos Portillo (Padre)
20. Sex, Shame and Tears 2 (2022) — Old Man
21. Tragic Jungle (2020) — Mundo
22. Fireflies (2018) — Jorge
23. No One Writes to the Colonel (1999) — Sotero
24. One for the Road (2010) — Birthday Girl's Father
25. The Day Everything Changed (2024) — Fausto (Cantinero)
26. Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada (2010) — Ascanio
27. Curandero (2005) — Gomez
28. This Is Tomas (2019) — Reparador
29. Bleak Street (2015) — Dad
30. El colapso (2023) — Román
31. The Reasons of the Heart (2011) — Lawyer
32. The Ruination of Men (2000) — The Guard
33. Perseguida (1991)
34. In The Country Where Nothing Happens (2000) — Don Jacinto
35. The Overturning Of The Heart (1996)
36. The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man (2011) — Adulto
37. Vultures (2014) — Durán
38. Repartidores de muerte (1993)
39. ¿De qué lado estás? (2002)
40. Curvas peligrosas (1991)