Alfonso Arau
Acting
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
2018Drunk Angry Idiot
Ernesto Pino
2017Coco
Papá Julio (voice)
2012I Heart Shakey
Raoul
2007The Dead One
Tezcatlipoca (voice)
2005Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
Himself
2000Picking Up the Pieces
Dr. Amado
2000Committed
Grampy
1992Polvora En La Piel
1991Camino largo a Tijuana
1988Stones for Ibarra
Chuy Santos
1988Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Indio
1987Walker
Raousset
1986¡Three Amigos!
El Guapo
1986Round
1984Romancing the Stone
Juan
1982The Day Pedro Infante Died
Anselmo
1981Mojado Power
Nato Solís
1980Used Cars
Manuel
1975Posse
Pepe
1975Tivoli
Tiliches
1974Inspector Calzonzin
Calzonzín
1972Nest of Virgins
Lucas Lucatero
1972Aunt Isabel's Garden
1972Run, Cougar, Run
Etio
