Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Actor
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.
Filmography
Bandidas
as Brujo 2006
El Infierno
as Don José Reyes 2010
The Crime of Padre Amaro
as Obispo 2002
The Perfect Dictatorship
as Señor Humilde 2014
Herod's Law
as Gobernador 1999
A Wonderful World
as Compadre Filemón 2006
The Evil That Men Do
as Café Owner 1984
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
as Lucas 1976
El Norte
as Arturo 1983
Midaq Alley
as Don Ru 1995
The Outsiders
as El Azteca 1967
Tacos al Carbón
as Uncredited 1972
Una papa sin catsup
1995
The Cousin
as Cacique gordo 2018
Santos Peregrinos
as Don Emiliano 2004
The Stork's Mistake
as Don Cosme 1993