Eligio Meléndez

About

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),...

Known for

The ImpostorSeries • 2014DreamsMovie • 2025The Dead GirlsSeries • 2025El CandidatoSeries • 2020Border HuntersMovie • 2025Aztec Batman: Clash of EmpiresMovie • 2025An Unknown EnemySeries • 2018CeciliaSeries • 2021ConsueloSeries • 2024Love HurtsMovie • 2002New OrderMovie • 2020Tragic JungleMovie • 2020La CivilMovie • 2021I Dream in Another LanguageMovie • 2017The Great SeductionMovie • 2023Sex, Shame and Tears 2Movie • 2022No One Writes to the ColonelMovie • 1999Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears YouMovie • 2001El Día de la UniónMovie • 2018The Virgin of LustMovie • 2002The Day Everything ChangedMovie • 2024FirefliesMovie • 2018Disappear CompletelyMovie • 2024One for the RoadMovie • 2010