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
El Infierno
(2010)
Don José Reyes
Bandidas
(2006)
Brujo
The Mexican
(2001)
Tropillo
Los Caifanes
(1967)
El Azteca
Herod's Law
(1999)
Gobernador
The Crime of Padre Amaro
(2002)
Obispo
The Evil That Men Do
(1984)
Café Owner
Midaq Alley
(1995)
Don Ru
Full Filmography
Acting
Los Caifanes
(1967)
El Azteca
Trampas de amor
(1969)
El Quelite
(1970)
Gavillero
Emiliano Zapata
(1970)
El águila descalza
(1971)
Trabajador factoria
Siempre hay una primera vez
(1971)
Hilario (segment "Rosa")
The Gates of Paradise
(1971)
La Generala
(1971)
Cómplice de Feliciano
Sin salida
(1971)
Cayó de la gloria el diablo
(1972)
Chester
Los cacos
(1972)
Arturo
Los perturbados
(1972)
El Cacomistle (segment "La Obsesión")
Tacos al Carbón
(1972)
Uncredited
Tú, yo, nosotros
(1972)
Black outlaw
Reed: Insurgent Mexico
(1973)
Pablo Seanez
Uno y medio contra el mundo
(1973)
The Prophet Mimi
(1973)
Hermano Mackenzie
La derrota
(1973)
Peregrina
(1974)
La muerte de Pancho Villa
(1974)
El primer paso... de la mujer
(1974)
Those Years
(1974)
Guillermo Prieto
The Coming of the King Olmos
(1975)
Barber
The One Who Came from Heaven
(1975)
Auándar Anapu
Tivoli
(1975)
engineer Reginaldo
El valle de los miserables
(1975)
Comandante López
Letters from Marusia
(1975)
Crisculo
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
(1976)
Lucas
Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!
(1976)
Desires
(1977)
El complot mongol
(1977)
Rattlesnake
(1977)
Chankin
Maten al León
(1977)
Salvador Pereira
Caminando pasos... caminando
(1977)
Roots of Blood
(1978)
The Recourse to the Method
(1978)
Pasajeros en transito
(1978)
Life Sentence
(1979)
Corporal Pantoja
La viuda de Montiel
(1979)
Carmichael
En la cuerda del hambre
(1979)
La madre
(1979)
What if we talk about August?
(1980)
Long live Tepito!
(1981)
Chucho / Jesús Ramírez
Trail of Death
(1981)
Torres
Everyone's Hell so Feared
(1981)
The Sowing of Others
(1981)
Pueblo de Boquilla
(1981)
Visita al pasado
(1981)
Benito Juárez
In the Land of Light Feet
(1982)
Días de Combate
(1982)
Gilberto Gómez Letras
A Married Woman
(1982)
Guillermo
Cosa fácil
(1982)
Gilberto Gómez
Los gemelos alborotados
(1982)
La guerra es un buen negocio
(1982)
La víspera
(1982)
La combi asesina
(1982)
Capitan de la Cruz
El Norte
(1983)
Arturo
Mundo mágico
(1983)
El guerrillero del norte
(1983)
Erendira
(1983)
Grocer
Nosotros los pelados
(1984)
Don Seve
Figuras de la Pasión
(1984)
Arizona
(1984)
Las lupitas
(1984)
The Evil That Men Do
(1984)
Café Owner
La revancha
(1985)
Viaje al paraíso
(1985)
Víctor
Violent Stories
(1985)
Tiempo de lobos
(1985)
Dos pistoleros violentos
(1985)
Operacion marihuana
(1985)
The Realm of Fortune
(1986)
Dionisio Pinzón
Crónica de familia
(1986)
El puente II
(1986)
Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia
(1986)
Los confines
(1987)
Juvencio Nava
Living Is What Matters
(1987)
Lázaro
Mariana Mariana
(1987)
Gardener
Zapata en Chinameca
(1987)
Pancracio Rodríguez
All Souls' Day
(1988)
Poet
Neighborhood Rats
(1988)
Héctor Malagón Ruiz
La ley del ejecutor
(1988)
El rutas
(1988)
Baroque
(1989)
They Call Me Violence
(1989)
José, hijo del hombre
(1989)
Zone of Silence
(1990)
Satanic Sect: Messenger of the Lord
(1990)
Carlitos
Chacales de la frontera
(1990)
Sandino
(1990)
Farabundo Martí
El extensionista
(1991)
Nazario
Las caguamas ninja
(1991)
Highway Patrolman
(1991)
Comandante Navarro
Latino Bar
(1991)
Blind musician
Paty chula
(1991)
Mr. Gutierrez
El amarrador
(1991)
Invitación a morir
(1991)
Mafia En Jalisco
(1991)
Lost Objects
(1992)
Professor Robles
Perro rabioso III: Tras el rostro
(1992)
Rulfo aeternum
(1992)
Nocturno a Rosario
(1992)
Alto poder
(1992)
Angeles Infernales
(1992)
Mister barrio
(1992)
La casa de los cuchillos
(1992)
La sangre de un valiente
(1993)
La loteria
(1993)
Santo: la leyenda del enmascarado de plata
(1993)
Lucas Pereda López
La hija del odio
(1993)
The Stork's Mistake
(1993)
Don Cosme
Odio, amor y muerte
(1993)
Su herencia era matar
(1993)
The Throne of Hell
(1994)
The Wizard
Una buena forma de morir
(1994)
Ya la hicimos
(1994)
Vagabunda
(1994)
Don Melitón
Midaq Alley
(1995)
Don Ru
The Human Hyena
(1995)
Una papa sin catsup
(1995)
The Overturning Of The Heart
(1996)
Alta Tensión
(1997)
Sweet Release
(1997)
Papá
El sexenio de la muerte
(1997)
Fraude en el sexenio
(1998)
Manos mágicas
(1998)
Herod's Law
(1999)
Gobernador
Las delicias del poder
(1999)
Carmelo Barriga
Para matar al presidente
(1999)
Amor de mis amores
(1999)
Cháman, viento de muerte
(2000)
13 Días antes de vivir
(2000)
Fiscal Especial
Pachito Rex: I'm Leaving but Not for Good
(2001)
Sobrino
The Mexican
(2001)
Tropillo
The Crime of Padre Amaro
(2002)
Obispo
Santos Peregrinos
(2004)
Don Emiliano
El baile de la iguana
(2005)
Bandidas
(2006)
Brujo
A Wonderful World
(2006)
Compadre Filemón
Crazy Carnival
(2006)
El indio
El guapo
(2007)
Los amorosos
(2007)
Teo's Journey
(2008)
El Infierno
(2010)
Don José Reyes
De la infancia
(2010)
Aguacate
Another Mexican
(2010)
Don Leodegario
El maestro prodigioso
(2010)
Mudstained Flower
(2011)
Don Trini
Así es la Suerte
(2011)
Esposo de Lidia
El lado oscuro de la noche
(2011)
Papá Valeria
The Fifth Commandment
(2012)
Las Armas
(2013)
Gobernador Giner
Familia Gang
(2014)
A Shred Of Mist
(2014)
Doctor
Juan Diego: El indio de Guadalupe
(2016)
Juan Bernardino
Cómo Filmar Una XXX
(2017)
The Cousin
(2018)
Cacique gordo
Tespis Teporocho
(2024)
Tespis