Alfonso Arau
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
Miami Vice
Jorge Cruz
Coco
Papá Julio (voice)
Gunsmoke
Mando
There Are No Thieves in This Village
Agente viajero
Stones for Ibarra
Chuy Santos
The Day Pedro Infante Died
Anselmo
227
Romancing the Stone
Juan
El Topo
Bandit 1
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
Trip to the Moon
Carlos Vera
The Wild Bunch
Herrera
¡Three Amigos!
El Guapo
El águila descalza
Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone
Pedro Paramo
'Saltaperico'
Used Cars
Manuel
El aviso inoportuno
New faces
Scandalous John
Paco
Mojado Power
Nato Solís
Picking Up the Pieces
Dr. Amado
Paradise
El Perro
The Dead One
Tezcatlipoca (voice)
Posse
Pepe
Tivoli
Tiliches
Walker
Raousset
Los pistolocos
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Chuy Santos
Committed
Grampy
Tres amigos
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
Operación carambola
Capulina's Aid #1
Nest of Virgins
Lucas Lucatero
Aunt Isabel's Garden
Drunk Angry Idiot
Ernesto Pino
I Heart Shakey
Raoul
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
Himself
Run, Cougar, Run
Etio
Polvora En La Piel
Camino largo a Tijuana
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Indio
...And Your Love Too
Alfredo
Inspector Calzonzin
Calzonzín
Glücksspirale
Self