Acting · Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico · Born October 28, 1943
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.
MovieCurandero
2025
as Manuel
TVThe Dead Girls
2025
as Juez Peralta
TVAmanecer
2025
as Doroteo Talavera
Movie1938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil
2025
as Peasant
MovieThe Beast
2023
as Don Gerardo
TVMás Allá de Tí
2023
as Crisanto Pescador
Movie¡Que viva México!
2023
as Notario / Don Florencio
MovieThe Exorcist
2022
as Señor Ramirez
TVEl último rey: El hijo del pueblo
2022
TVMalverde: El Santo Patrón
2021
as Ramon
MovieThe Mongolian Conspiracy
2019
as Señor Liu
MovieThe Voice of a Dream
2018
as Apolonio
TV40 y 20
2016
as Don Doroteo
TVLo imperdonable
2015
as Crescencio Álvarez
MovieBetween Shadows
2015
as Narciso
MovieThe Perfect Dictatorship
2014
as Hombre X
MoviePuras mentiras
2013
as Luis Pérez Goya
MovieTequila, historia de una pasión
2011
as Vicente
MovieAcorazado
2010
as Alacran
MovieEl Infierno
2010
as El Padrino
MovieFile of Attempted Murder
2010
as Antonio Villacencio
MovieHéroes de la seguridad
2009
TVBurden of Guilt
2009
as Padre Matías Quiroga
TVKiller Women
2008
as Don Ramón
MovieCharm School
2007
as Monseñor
MovieJack's Law
2006
as Joker
Sobre el arco iris
2004
TVAlegrijes y Rebujos
2003
as Asunción Yunque "Chon"
MovieCollateral Damage
2002
as Peddler
MovieSolamente una vez
2002
MovieThe Mexican
2001
as Gunsmith
TVEl Noveno mandamiento
2001
as Andrés Roldán Martínez
MovieA Breakfast Chronicle
2000
as Pedro (uncredited)
His Most Serene Highness
2000
MovieHerod's Law
1999
as Pek
MovieOjitos mentirosos
1999
Fuera de la ley
1998
TVPueblo chico, infierno grande
1997
as Consejo Serratos
MovieDe muerte natural
1996
TVLa Dueña
1995
as Macario Robles
MovieSalto al vacío
1995
MovieUna buena forma de morir
1994
MovieLoving Ghosts
1994
MovieAmor que mata
1994
as Don Raúl
MovieThe Food of Fear
1994
as Jefe
MovieDama de Noche
1993
as Diego
TVLa última esperanza
1993
as Pancho
MovieUn ángel para los diablillos
1993
as Jefe de Policía
MovieAbuelita de Bakman
1993
MovieOctagon and Mascara Sagrada in Fight to the Death
1992
MovieÁngel de fuego
1992
as Rito
MovieImperio de los Malditos
1992
as Rutilo Morán
MovieOctagon and Atlantis, the rematch
1992
La dama y el judicial
1992
MovieEl último narco
1992
MovieThe Mexican Ninja
1991
MovieOne Man’s War
1991
as Ramírez
MovieDiplomatic Immunity
1991
as Colonel Hernández
MovieJóvenes delincuentes
1991
MovieMujer de cabaret
1991
MovieLa fuerza bruta
1991
MovieThe Legend of the Scorpion
1991
MoviePerseguida
1991
as Commander German Paino
MovieMexican Ghostbusters
1991
as Procoro
MovieWith Fear in the Veins
1990
as José
MovieEl hijo de Lamberto Quintero
1990
MovieDos judiciales en aprietos
1990
Violaciónes, casos de la vida real
1990
Motel of Death
1990
MovieOld Gringo
1989
as Floreal
MovieHe kidnapped her, he raped her, and he killed her
1989
as Bonifaz
MovieEl jardín de la paz
1989
MovieLas asesinas del panadero
1989
La venganza
1989
as Rafael Galeana
TVFlor y canela
1988
as Sinforoso
TVThe Marked Hour
1988
as (Varios)
MovieDifficult Days
1988
as Diputado Gabriel Aguirre
MovieAngel River
1988
as Toral
TVEl pecado de Oyuki
1988
as Yutaka Ogino
MovieFuria en la sangre
1988
MovieZapata en Chinameca
1987
MovieSalvador
1986
as Human Rights Leader
MovieFrida Still Life
1986
as David Alfaro Siqueiros
TVEsperándote
1985
as Juancho
MovieViaje al paraíso
1985
as Bulmador
MovieUnder the Volcano
1984
as Chief of Stockyards
MovieMotel
1984
as Julián Vargas, Detective
MovieUnder the Shrapnel
1983
as Tomas
MovieThe Eve
1982
as Villegas
MoviePedro Páramo
1981
Movie¿Y si platicamos de agosto?
1980
MovieMaria of My Heart
1979
as Chava
MovieLa madre
1979
MovieDrizzle
1978
as Indígena
MovieThe Recourse to the Method
1978
MovieCaminando pasos... caminando
1977
MovieEl elegido
1977
as Don Liserio
MovieThe Bricklayers
1976
as Chapo Álvarez
MovieAnyway, Juan is Your Name
1976
MovieLas Poquianchis
1976
as Reportero
MovieThe Heist
1976
as Albino
MovieThe House in the South
1976
as Genaro
MovieCanoa: A Shameful Memory
1976
as Witness
MovieLetters from Marusia
1975
as Sebastián
MovieAventuras de un caballo blanco y un niño
1975
Esa mi Irene
1975
MovieLa Choca
1974
as Audias
MovieDo You Hear the Dogs Barking?
1974
as Juan Dolores
MovieThose Years
1974
as Gen. Melchor Ocampo
MovieThe Master of Ballantrae
1974
as El Chueco
MovieLa yegua colorada
1973
Valente Quintero
1973
as Capitán Carrancista
MovieEl vals sin fin
1972
MovieNo One Will Love You Like I Do
1972
MovieCayó de la gloria el diablo
1972
as Charro cantor / Solís
MovieLa Generala
1971
as Jesús
MovieEmiliano Zapata
1970
MovieCrimen y castigo
1951
as (uncredited)
