
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Known for Acting · 172 credits
- Born
- 1933-11-08
- Died
- 2024-04-06
- Place of birth
- Puerto de Veracruz, Mexico
Biography
Ernesto Gómez Cruz (November 8, 1933 - April 6, 2024) was a prolific Mexican actor with more than 154 films.
In his beginnings, he began as a photographer in his native Veracruz, where he met a friend who invited him to study dramatic art. In his notes from yesterday, he mentions that he wanted to be a singer, but his shyness and lack of preparation led him to abandon this path. He has more than two hundred films to his credit. He has worked with great directors such as Miguel Littin, Felipe Cazals, Arturo Ripstein and Luis Estrada; He has also worked with actors of the stature of Damián Alcázar, Ignacio López Tarso and Pedro Armendáriz Jr., among others.
His long artistic career has allowed him to be deserving and awarded with different recognitions; one of the most recent was in 2014, at the 56th Ariel award, where he was awarded the Ariel de Oro. He is the second Mexican actor with the most Ariel awards and nominations.
In 2018 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially invited him to be a special part of its new members.
Known For
TV Shows (11)

Laws of love
2018
as Plutarco

Mi segunda madre
1989
as Nacho

Las Lunas del Auditorio
2002
as Self

The Marked Hour
1988
as (Varios)

Capadocia
2008
as Fernando Mirana

María José
1995
as Serafín

Hasta que te conocí
2016
as Juan "Juanito" Contreras

Tal como somos
1987
as Marcelo

El padre Gallo
1986
as Padre Gallo

El vuelo del águila
1994
as Benito Juárez

La fuerza del amor
1990
as Don Torino
Movies (161)

El Infierno
2010
as Don José Reyes

Bandidas
2006
as Brujo

The Mexican
2001
as Tropillo

Violent Stories
1985

The Evil That Men Do
1984
as Café Owner

Cómo Filmar Una XXX
2017

Los perturbados
1972
as El Cacomistle (segment "La Obsesión")

The Cousin
2018
as Cacique gordo

The Eve
1982
as Manuel Miranda

Herod's Law
1999
as Gobernador

Los confines
1987
as Juvencio Nava

The Outsiders
1967
as El Azteca

Midaq Alley
1995
as Don Ru

Tivoli
1975
as engineer Reginaldo

Rattlesnake
1977
as Chankin

Familia Gang
2014

The Perfect Dictatorship
2014
as Señor Humilde

Erendira
1983
as Grocer

The Crime of Padre Amaro
2002
as Obispo

La madre
1979

Lost Objects
1992
as Professor Robles

El guapo
2007

Las Lupitas
1984
as José, el Carnicero

Alta Tensión
1997

El Norte
1983
as Arturo

Santos Peregrinos
2004
as Don Emiliano

Those Years
1974
as Guillermo Prieto

Angeles Infernales
1992

Desires
1983

The Recourse to the Method
1978

La revancha
1985

Paty chula
1991
as Mr. Gutierrez

Highway Patrolman
1991
as Comandante Navarro
Arizona
1984

Operation Marihuana
1985

Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia
1986

Sweet Release
1997
as Papá

A Wonderful World
2006
as Compadre Filemón

Life Sentence
1979
as Corporal Pantoja

Mariana Mariana
1987
as Gardener

Baroque
1989
as El Indiano

El primer paso... de la mujer
1974

Sandino
1990
as Farabundo Martí

Sin salida
1971

Maten al León
1977
as Salvador Pereira

De la infancia
2010
as Aguacate

Canoa: A Shameful Memory
1976
as Lucas

In the Land of Light Feet
1982
as Benito

Latino Bar
1991
as Blind musician

La Generala
1971
as Cómplice de Feliciano

The Widow of Montiel
1979
as Carmichael

El rutas
1988
as El Perro

¿Y si platicamos de agosto?
1980

Vagabunda
1994
as Don Melitón

Roots of Blood
1979

Tacos al Carbon
1972
as Uncredited

Rulfo aeternum
1992

Living Is What Matters
1987
as Lázaro

Crazy Carnival
2006
as El indio

Reed: Insurgent Mexico
1972
as Pablo Seanez

Tespis Teporocho
2025
as Tespis

Las delicias del poder
1999
as Carmelo Barriga

Trail of Death
1981
as Torres

Letters from Marusia
1975
as Crisculo

A Married Woman
1982
as Guillermo

Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!
1976

Cosa fácil
1982
as Gilberto Gómez

Teo's Journey
2008

Así es la Suerte
2011
as Esposo de Lidia

Una buena forma de morir
1994

The Human Hyena
1995
La combi asesina
1982
as Capitan de la Cruz

Días de Combate
1982
as Gilberto Gómez Letras

Viaje al paraíso
1985
as Víctor

Emiliano Zapata
1970

Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good
2001
as Sobrino

The Coming of the King Olmos
1975
as Barber

Everyone's Hell So Feared
1981

Alto poder
1992

The Stork's Mistake
1993
as Don Cosme

The Gates of Paradise
1971

Love Traps
1969

Una papa sin catsup
1995

En la cuerda del hambre
1979

The Prophet Mimi
1973
as Hermano Mackenzie

There's Always a First Time
1971
as Hilario (segment "Rosa")

Mudstained Flower
2011
as Don Trini

Invitación a morir
1991

Satanic Sect: Messenger of the Lord
1990
as Carlitos

Neighborhood Rats
1988
as Héctor Malagón Ruiz

El valle de los miserables
1975
as Comandante López

Visita al Pasado
1981
as Benito Juárez

El Quelite
1970
as Gavillero

The Realm of Fortune
1986
as Dionisio Pinzón

Auandar Anapu
1975
as Auándar Anapu

Zapata en Chinameca
1987
as Pancracio Rodríguez

Nocturno a Rosario
1992

Las Armas
2013
as Gobernador Giner

The Throne of Hell
1994
as The Wizard

A Shred Of Mist
2014
as Doctor

Los Cacos
1972
as Arturo

El extensionista
1991
as Nazario

Fraude en el sexenio
1998

Los gemelos alborotados
1982

Santo: la leyenda del enmascarado de plata
1993
as Lucas Pereda López

Mundo mágico
1983

Pasajeros en Transito
1978
as Jobito

Tiempo de lobos
1985

Dos pistoleros violentos
1985

La derrota
1973

Mafia En Jalisco
1991

La muerte de Pancho Villa
1974

El sexenio de la muerte
1997

Passport to Death
1988
as Pancho the Peasant

Las caguamas ninja
1991

The Overturning Of The Heart
1996

Another Mexican
2010
as Don Leodegario

El águila descalza
1971
as Trabajador factoria

The Fifth Commandment
2012

El puente II
1986
About Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Ernesto Gómez Cruz (November 8, 1933 - April 6, 2024) was a prolific Mexican actor with more than 154 films. In his beginnings, he began as a photographer in his native Veracruz, where he met a friend who invited him to study dramatic art. In his notes from yesterday, he mentions that he wanted to be a singer, but his shyness and lack of preparation led him to abandon this path. He has more than two hundred films to his credit. He has worked with great directors such as Miguel Littin, Felipe Cazals, Arturo Ripstein and Luis Estrada; He has als… With 172 credits spanning from 1967 to 2025, Ernesto Gómez Cruz has appeared in 161 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ernesto Gómez Cruz Movies
- El Infierno (2010) — as Don José Reyes
- Bandidas (2006) — as Brujo
- The Mexican (2001) — as Tropillo
- Violent Stories (1985)
- The Evil That Men Do (1984) — as Café Owner
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