Asdrúbal Meléndez
Actor
Biography
A schoolteacher, calligrapher, and theater, film, and television actor, he has an interest in other disciplines such as poetry, sculpture, and painting. He studied art at renowned institutions in the country and sculpture in Prague, Czech Republic. His artistic work can be seen in more than 60 feature films, the first of which was El cine soy yo (1977) by Luis Armando Roche. He has also worked as a set designer for various theatrical productions and Venezuelan films. As a poet, he has an important body of work published in magazines and newspapers.
Filmography
Coup at Daybreak
1998
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
as Pelayo 1988
The Compass Rose
1983
Chronicle of a Latin American Subversive
1974
Tokyo-Paraguaipoa
1996
El caracazo
2005
Portable Country
1979
The Moving-Picture Man
as Jacinto 1977
Black River
as Carrera 1990
The Wedding
1982
Una Mirada al Mar
2011
Manuela Sáenz
2000
La clase
2007
Carmen
1978
The Company Forgives a Moment of Madness
1978
Manuel
as Manuel 1979