Ernesto Gómez Cruz (born 7 November 1933) is a Mexican prolific actor with more than 154 films.Ernesto Gómez Cruz
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. He has been nominated several times for the

Ariel Award The Ariel Award ( es, Premio Ariel) is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMA ...

. These include his acting in ''

El infierno ''El Infierno'' ( en, Hell) is a 2010 Mexican crime film produced by Bandidos Films, directed by Luis Estrada and following the line of '' La ley de Herodes''. The film is a political satire about drug trafficking, organized crime, and the Mexi ...

'' (2010), ''

El crimen del padre Amaro ''The Crime of Padre Amaro'' ( es, El crimen del padre Amaro, known by its literal translation ''The Crime of Father Amaro'' in Australia) is a 2002 Mexican- Spanish film directed by Carlos Carrera. It is very loosely based on the novel '' O Crim ...

'' (2002), ''

El imperio de la fortuna ''The Realm of Fortune'' ( es, El imperio de la fortuna) is a 1986 Mexican drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as ...

'' by

Arturo Ripstein Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Considered the "Godfather of independent Mexican cinema", Ripstein's work is generally characterized by "somber, slow-paced, macabre melodramas tackling ...

(1987), ''

La Víspera ''La Víspera'' (''The Eve'') is a 1982 Mexican political drama film, directed by Alejandro Pelayo. The film received four Ariel Awards in 1983: Best Actor (Ernesto Gómez Cruz), Best Supporting Actor (Alfredo Sevilla), Best Original Screenplay an ...

'' (1983), ''

Cadena perpetua Cadena temporal and cadena perpetua were legal punishments. ''Cadena temporal'' included imprisonment for at least 12 years and one day, in chains, at hard and painful labor; the loss of many basic civil rights; and subjection to lifetime surveillan ...

'' by Ripstein (1979), '' La venida del Rey Olmos'' by

Julián Pastor Julián Pastor (18 October 1943 - 24 August 2015) was a Mexican actor and film director. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1973 to 2008. Filmography References External links * 1943 births 2015 deaths Mexican male film ac ...

(1975), and ''

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'' by José Estrada (1969).

Selected filmography

* '' Reed: Insurgent Mexico'' (1973) * ''

Roots of Blood ''Raíces de sangre'' () (''Roots of Blood'') is a Mexican movie written and directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño released in 1978 in Mexico and other countries. According to some sources, it had a wide release on May 30, 1979, but other sources ...

'' (1978) * ''

The Recourse to the Method ''The Recourse to the Method'' ( es, El recurso del método) is a Mexican-Cuban drama film directed by Chilean filmmaker Miguel Littín. It is based on the 1974 novel of the same name written by Alejo Carpentier. It was entered into the 1978 Can ...

'' (1978) * '' Guerrilla from the North'' (1983) * '' The Realm of Fortune'' (1986) * ''

Life Is Most Important ''Life Is Most Important'' ( es, Lo que importa es vivir) is a 1987 Mexican drama film directed by Luis Alcoriza. It was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Lan ...

'' (1987) * '' Sandino'' (1990) * ''

Midaq Alley ''Midaq Alley'' ( es, El callejón de los milagros, also released as ''The Alley of Miracles'') is a 1995 Mexican film adapted from the novel by Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, written by Vicente Leñero and directed by Jorge Fons. The film ...

'' (1995)

References

External links

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Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences profile
. 1933 births Best Actor Ariel Award winners Living people Mexican male film actors Male actors from Veracruz People from Veracruz (city) {{Mexico-actor-stub