
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

Capadocia
2008
as Fernando Mirana

The Marked Hour
1988
as (Varios)

María José
1995
as Serafín

Las Lunas del Auditorio
2002
as Self

Hasta que te conocí
2016
as Juan "Juanito" Contreras

Tal como somos
1987
as Marcelo

El vuelo del águila
1994
as Benito Juárez

El padre Gallo
1986
as Padre Gallo

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

El Infierno
2010
as Don José Reyes

The Mexican
2001
as Tropillo

Bandidas
2006
as Brujo

Violent Stories
1985

The Evil That Men Do
1984
as Café Owner

Tivoli
1975
as engineer Reginaldo

Cómo Filmar Una XXX
2017

The Recourse to the Method
1978

The Outsiders
1967
as El Azteca

Midaq Alley
1995
as Don Ru

Herod's Law
1999
as Gobernador

The Perfect Dictatorship
2014
as Señor Humilde

Erendira
1983
as Grocer

The Crime of Padre Amaro
2002
as Obispo

The Cousin
2018
as Cacique gordo

Santos Peregrinos
2004
as Don Emiliano

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

Familia Gang
2014

Rattlesnake
1977
as Chankin

El guapo
2007

El Norte
1983
as Arturo

Las Lupitas
1984
as José, el Carnicero

Operation Marihuana
1985

Desires
1983

The Eve
1982
as Manuel Miranda

Lost Objects
1992
as Professor Robles

Los confines
1987
as Juvencio Nava

Angeles Infernales
1992

Alta Tensión
1997

Paty chula
1991
as Mr. Gutierrez

La madre
1979

Those Years
1974
as Guillermo Prieto

La revancha
1985

Cosa fácil
1982
as Gilberto Gómez

Días de Combate
1982
as Gilberto Gómez Letras

Highway Patrolman
1991
as Comandante Navarro

Sweet Release
1997
as Papá
Arizona
1984

Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia
1986

El rutas
1988
as El Perro

Life Sentence
1979
as Corporal Pantoja

Letters from Marusia
1975
as Crisculo

Vagabunda
1994
as Don Melitón

Mariana Mariana
1987
as Gardener

Baroque
1989
as El Indiano

A Wonderful World
2006
as Compadre Filemón

Viaje al paraíso
1985
as Víctor

Nocturno a Rosario
1992

Una buena forma de morir
1994

In the Land of Light Feet
1982
as Benito

Latino Bar
1991
as Blind musician

Pasajeros en Transito
1978
as Jobito

Crazy Carnival
2006
as El indio

Rulfo aeternum
1992

Sandino
1990
as Farabundo Martí

Tespis Teporocho
2025
as Tespis

Mafia En Jalisco
1991

Trail of Death
1981
as Torres

Invitación a morir
1991

The Stork's Mistake
1993
as Don Cosme

Reed: Insurgent Mexico
1972
as Pablo Seanez

The Realm of Fortune
1986
as Dionisio Pinzón

Sin salida
1971

¿Y si platicamos de agosto?
1980

La Generala
1971
as Cómplice de Feliciano

Tiempo de lobos
1985

Neighborhood Rats
1988
as Héctor Malagón Ruiz

Las delicias del poder
1999
as Carmelo Barriga

De la infancia
2010
as Aguacate

El primer paso... de la mujer
1974

El valle de los miserables
1975
as Comandante López

Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!
1976

Maten al León
1977
as Salvador Pereira

Roots of Blood
1979

The Human Hyena
1995

Tacos al Carbon
1972
as Uncredited

Emiliano Zapata
1970

Teo's Journey
2008

Visita al Pasado
1981
as Benito Juárez

The Widow of Montiel
1979
as Carmichael

The Throne of Hell
1994
as The Wizard

A Married Woman
1982
as Guillermo

Ya la hicimos
1994

Tú, yo, nosotros
1972
as Black outlaw

En la cuerda del hambre
1979

Love Traps
1969

El baile de la iguana
2005

Canoa: A Shameful Memory
1976
as Lucas

Mudstained Flower
2011
as Don Trini

Alto poder
1992

Los Cacos
1972
as Arturo

Peregrina
1974

Nosotros los pelados
1984
as Don Seve

Las caguamas ninja
1991

Una papa sin catsup
1995

Living Is What Matters
1987
as Lázaro

Guerrillero Del Norte
1983

Auandar Anapu
1975
as Auándar Anapu
La combi asesina
1982
as Capitan de la Cruz

The Gates of Paradise
1971

Fraude en el sexenio
1998

Passport to Death
1988
as Pancho the Peasant

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

Así es la Suerte
2011
as Esposo de Lidia

Chacales de la frontera
1990

A Shred Of Mist
2014
as Doctor

Odio, amor y muerte
1993

Everyone's Hell So Feared
1981

Amor de mis amores
1999

Long live Tepito!
1981
as Chucho / Jesús Ramírez

El Quelite
1970
as Gavillero

El extensionista
1991
as Nazario

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

The Coming of the King Olmos
1975
as Barber

The Overturning Of The Heart
1996
El amarrador
1991

The Fifth Commandment
2012

Mundo mágico
1983

Dos pistoleros violentos
1985

13 Días antes de vivir
2000
as Fiscal Especial
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
- The Mexican (2001) — as Tropillo
- Bandidas (2006) — as Brujo
- Violent Stories (1985)
- The Evil That Men Do (1984) — as Café Owner
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