Alfredo Salvador Sánchez Bolaños (born October 28th, 1943) is a Mexican actor and director.
He was one of the most relevant actors among those who renewed the list of interpreters of Mexican cinema at the beginning of the seventies. Since then, he has stood out in films such as The devil fell from glory (Cayó de la gloria el diablo, .1971), The bump (La choca, 1973), The heist (El apando, 1975), Canoa (1975), Las Poquianchis (1976), Los albañiles (1976), Under the shrapnel (Bajo la metralla, 1983), Motel (1983), Journey to Paradise (1985), Going for a nut (1986), Fire Angel (1991), Lady at night (1993), Leap into the void (1994), Natural death (1996) , Only once (2000) and Herod's law (2000).
He directed Pedro Páramo in 1981. Deserving of various distinctions for his acting work in film, including two Diosas de Plata, he has also developed an outstanding theatrical career and has participated repeatedly on television.
Known For
El Infierno
(2010)
El Padrino
Salvador
(1986)
Human Rights Leader
Collateral Damage
(2002)
Peddler
The Mexican
(2001)
Gunsmith
¡Que viva México!
(2023)
Notario / Don Florencio
The Exorcist
(2022)
Señor Ramirez
Charm School
(2007)
Monseñor
The Perfect Dictatorship
(2014)
Hombre X
Herod's Law
(1999)
Pek
Las Poquianchis
(1976)
Reportero
Under the Volcano
(1984)
Chief of Stockyards
Full Filmography
Acting
Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!!
(1951)
Crimen y castigo
(1951)
(uncredited)
Emiliano Zapata
(1970)
La Generala
(1971)
Jesús
Cayó de la gloria el diablo
(1972)
Charro cantor / Solís
El vals sin fin
(1972)
No One Will Love You Like I Do
(1972)
La yegua colorada
(1973)
Valente Quintero
(1973)
Capitán Carrancista
La Choca
(1974)
Audias
The Master of Ballantrae
(1974)
El Chueco
Those Years
(1974)
Gen. Melchor Ocampo
Letters from Marusia
(1975)
Sebastián
Esa mi Irene
(1975)
Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?
(1975)
Juan Dolores
Aventuras de un caballo blanco y un niño
(1975)
The House in the South
(1976)
Las Poquianchis
(1976)
Reportero
The Heist
(1976)
Albino
The Bricklayers
(1976)
Chapo Álvarez
Anyway, Juan is Your Name
(1976)
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
(1976)
Witness
El elegido
(1977)
Don Liserio
Caminando pasos... caminando
(1977)
The Recourse to the Method
(1978)
Drizzle
(1978)
Indígena
La madre
(1979)
Maria of My Heart
(1979)
Chava
Pedro Páramo
(1981)
Under the Shrapnel
(1983)
Tomas
Under the Volcano
(1984)
Chief of Stockyards
Motel
(1984)
Julián Vargas, Detective
Viaje al paraíso
(1985)
Bulmador
Frida Still Life
(1986)
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Salvador
(1986)
Human Rights Leader
Zapata en Chinameca
(1987)
Furia en la sangre
(1988)
Difficult Days
(1988)
Diputado Gabriel Aguirre
Angel River
(1988)
Toral
Raptola, violola y matola
(1989)
Las asesinas del panadero
(1989)
Old Gringo
(1989)
Floreal
El jardín de la paz
(1989)
With Fear in the Veins
(1990)
José
El hijo de Lamberto Quintero
(1990)
Motel of Death
(1990)
Dos judiciales en aprietos
(1990)
Violaciónes, casos de la vida real
(1990)
Diplomatic Immunity
(1991)
Colonel Hernández
La fuerza bruta
(1991)
Perseguida
(1991)
Commander German Paino
La leyenda del escorpión
(1991)
Mujer de cabaret
(1991)
The Mexican Ninja
(1991)
Angel of Fire
(1991)
Rito
One Man’s War
(1991)
Ramírez
Jóvenes delincuentes
(1991)
Imperio de los Malditos
(1992)
Rutilo Morán
La dama y el judicial
(1992)
Octagon and Atlantis, the rematch
(1992)
Octagon and Mascara Sagrada in Fight to the Death
(1992)
El último narco
(1992)
Dama de Noche
(1993)
Diego
Un ángel para los diablillos
(1993)
Jefe de Policía
Abuelita de Bakman
(1993)
Amor que mata
(1994)
Don Raúl
The Food of Fear
(1994)
Una buena forma de morir
(1994)
Loving Ghosts
(1994)
Salto al vacío
(1995)
De muerte natural
(1996)
Fuera de la ley
(1998)
Ojitos mentirosos
(1999)
Herod's Law
(1999)
Pek
El fantasma de la coca
(1999)
His Most Serene Highness
(2000)
A Breakfast Chronicle
(2000)
Pedro
The Mexican
(2001)
Gunsmith
Solamente una vez
(2002)
Collateral Damage
(2002)
Peddler
Sobre el arco iris
(2004)
Jack's Law
(2006)
Joker
Charm School
(2007)
Monseñor
Héroes de la seguridad
(2009)
File of Attempted Murder
(2010)
Antonio Villacencio
El Infierno
(2010)
El Padrino
Acorazado
(2010)
Alacran
Tequila, historia de una pasión
(2011)
Vicente
The Perfect Dictatorship
(2014)
Hombre X
Between Shadows
(2015)
Narciso
The Voice of a Dream
(2018)
Apolonio
The Mongolian Conspiracy
(2019)
Señor Liu
The Exorcist
(2022)
Señor Ramirez
¡Que viva México!
(2023)
Notario / Don Florencio
The Beast
(2023)
Don Gerardo
1938: When the Oil was Ours
(2024)
Peasant
Directing