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