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Alfonso Arau

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93 Years Old

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.

Born

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico on 11th January 1932

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