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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 11, 1932
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Also Known As
- Альфонсо Арау
- Alfonso Aráu
Alfonso Arau
0.9 Popularity
Biography
Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker, actor, and singer. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002), and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). He is a five-time Ariel Award winner, including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate, and a BAFTA nominee.
Known For
5.4
Ernesto Pino
Drunk Angry Idiot
2018
8.2
Papá Julio (voice)
Coco
2017
3.4
Raoul
I Heart Shakey
2012
5.0
Tezcatlipoca (voice)
The Dead One
2007
7.6
Himself
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
2005
4.2
Dr. Amado
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
4.8
Grampy
Committed
2000
5.0
Polvora En La Piel
1992
5.0
Camino largo a Tijuana
1991
3.8
Indio
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
1988
Credits
Drunk Angry Idiot
as Ernesto Pino
2018
5.4
Coco
as Papá Julio (voice)
2017
8.2
I Heart Shakey
as Raoul
2012
3.4
The Dead One
as Tezcatlipoca (voice)
2007
5.0
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
as Himself
2005
7.6
Picking Up the Pieces
as Dr. Amado
2000
4.2
Committed
as Grampy
2000
4.8
Polvora En La Piel
1992
5.0
Camino largo a Tijuana
1991
5.0
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
as Indio
1988
3.8
Stones for Ibarra
as Chuy Santos
1988
0.0
Walker
as Raousset
1987
6.4
¡Three Amigos!
as El Guapo
1986
6.3
227
1985
6.7
Miami Vice
as Jorge Cruz
1984
7.5
Romancing the Stone
as Juan
1984
6.8
The Day Pedro Infante Died
as Anselmo
1982
4.5
Mojado Power
as Nato Solís
1981
3.5
Used Cars
as Manuel
1980
6.4
Tivoli
as Tiliches
1975
6.8
Posse
as Pepe
1975
6.0
Inspector Calzonzin
as Calzonzín
1974
7.7
Nest of Virgins
as Lucas Lucatero
1972
5.5
Run, Cougar, Run
as Etio
1972
5.8
Aunt Isabel's Garden
1972
5.3
El águila descalza
as Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone
1971
5.5
Scandalous John
as Paco
1971
6.1
El Topo
as Bandit 1
1970
7.0
Paradise
as El Perro
1970
5.7
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
1970
5.6
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
1970
5.0
🎬
Glücksspirale
as Self
1970
0.0
Tres amigos
1970
5.5
The Wild Bunch
as Herrera
1969
7.6
El aviso inoportuno
1969
7.8
Operación carambola
as Capulina's Aid #1
1968
6.6
Pedro Paramo
as 'Saltaperico'
1967
7.3
There Are No Thieves in This Village
as Agente viajero
1965
5.3
...And Your Love Too
as Alfredo
1962
5.2
🎬
Los pistolocos
1960
5.0
Trip to the Moon
as Carlos Vera
1958
5.8
New faces
1956
5.0
Gunsmoke
as Mando
1955
6.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Chuy Santos
1951
8.6