Daniel Giménez Cacho (born May 15, 1961) is a

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-born

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and Ariel award winner, best known for portraying Tito the Coroner in ''Cronos'' (1993) and ''We Are What We Are'' (2010).

Career

He starred in several Mexican films and television series, such as '' Sólo Con Tu Pareja'', '' Cronos'', '' Midaq Alley'', ''

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'' and '' Bad Education''. He has worked with several prominent Hispanic filmmakers, including

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. He appeared in ''

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'', the series written and directed by

and Guillermo del Toro, and in the Mexican

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''Teresa''. His voice is heard throughout ''

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'' as the narrator. In 2009, he starred in the Mexican remake for the Argentinian series ''

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''. Cacho played the Armenian priest in '' The Promise'', a film set in the

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.Mexican actor Daniel Giménez Cacho to play the role of Armenian priest in drama "The Promise"
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Filmography

*''Bandidos'' (1991) *'' Solo con tu pareja'' (1991) *''

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'' (1991) *'' Cronos'' (1993) *'' Midaq Alley'' (1995) *'' Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto'' (1995) *'' Profundo Carmesí'' (1996) *'' Celos'' (Jealousy) (1999) *'' El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba'' (No One Writes to the Colonel) (1999) *''

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'' (narrator) (2001) *'' Sin vergüenza'' (2001) *'' Asesino en serio'' (2002) *'' Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino'' (2002) *''

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'' (2002) *''

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'' (2003) *'' La Mala Educación'' (''Bad Education'') (2004) *''

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'' (2004) *''

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'' (2004) *'' Las vidas de Celia'' (2006) *'' La Zona'' (2007) *'' Arráncame la vida'' (2008) *'' El Infierno'' (2010) *'' We Are What We Are'' (''Somos Lo Que Hay'') (2010) *''

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'' (2012) *'' Colosio: El asesinato'' (2012) *''

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'' (2012) *'' El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza'' (2012) *'' El Jeremías'' (2015) *'' A Monster with a Thousand Heads'' (2015) *'' Club de Cuervos'' (2015-) *''

You're Killing Me Susana ''You're Killing Me Susana'' ( es, Me estás matando, Susana) is a 2016 Mexican romantic comedy-drama film directed by Roberto Sneider. The film tells about the self-assured handsome Eligio, who is trying to get his wife back, who for some reason ...

'' (2016) *'' The Promise'' (2016) *'' The Summit'' (2017) *'' Zama'' (2017) *'' The Eternal Feminine'' (2017) *''

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'' (2019) *'' Devil Between the Legs'' (2019) *''

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Awards and nominations

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'' in 1996 for Best Actor in '' Profundo Carmesí'' by

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gimenez Cacho, Daniel Ariel Award winners Best Actor Ariel Award winners 1961 births Living people Male actors from Madrid Mexican male film actors Mexican male television actors Spanish emigrants to Mexico