
Acting
Born October 28, 1943 · Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico
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.

Curandero
2025

1938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil
2025

The Beast
2023

¡Que viva México!
2023

The Exorcist
2022

The Mongolian Conspiracy
2019

The Voice of a Dream
2018

Between Shadows
2015

The Perfect Dictatorship
2014

Puras mentiras
2013

Tequila, historia de una pasión
2011

Acorazado
2010

El Infierno
2010

File of Attempted Murder
2010

Héroes de la seguridad
2009

Charm School
2007

Jack's Law
2006
Sobre el arco iris
2004

Collateral Damage
2002

Solamente una vez
2002

The Mexican
2001

A Breakfast Chronicle
2000
His Most Serene Highness
2000

Herod's Law
1999

Ojitos mentirosos
1999

El fantasma de la coca
1999
Fuera de la ley
1998

De muerte natural
1996

Salto al vacío
1995

Una buena forma de morir
1994

Loving Ghosts
1994

Amor que mata
1994

The Food of Fear
1994

Dama de Noche
1993

Abuelita de Bakman
1993

Un ángel para los diablillos
1993

Octagon and Mascara Sagrada in Fight to the Death
1992

Imperio de los Malditos
1992

Octagon and Atlantis, the rematch
1992
La dama y el judicial
1992

El último narco
1992

The Mexican Ninja
1991

One Man’s War
1991

Diplomatic Immunity
1991

Jóvenes delincuentes
1991

Mujer de cabaret
1991

Ángel de fuego
1991

The Legend of the Scorpion
1991

La fuerza bruta
1991

Perseguida
1991

With Fear in the Veins
1990

El hijo de Lamberto Quintero
1990

Dos judiciales en aprietos
1990
Violaciónes, casos de la vida real
1990
Motel of Death
1990

Old Gringo
1989

El jardín de la paz
1989

He kidnapped her, he raped her, and he killed her
1989

Las asesinas del panadero
1989
La venganza
1989

Difficult Days
1988

Angel River
1988

Furia en la sangre
1988

Zapata en Chinameca
1987

Salvador
1986

Frida Still Life
1986

Viaje al paraíso
1985

Under the Volcano
1984

Motel
1984

Under the Shrapnel
1983

The Eve
1982

Pedro Páramo
1981

¿Y si platicamos de agosto?
1980

Maria of My Heart
1979

La madre
1979

Drizzle
1978

The Recourse to the Method
1978

Caminando pasos... caminando
1977

El elegido
1977

The Bricklayers
1976

Anyway, Juan is Your Name
1976

Las Poquianchis
1976

The Heist
1976

The House in the South
1976

Canoa: A Shameful Memory
1976

Letters from Marusia
1975

Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?
1975

Aventuras de un caballo blanco y un niño
1975
Esa mi Irene
1975

La Choca
1974

Those Years
1974

The Master of Ballantrae
1974

La yegua colorada
1973
Valente Quintero
1973

El vals sin fin
1972

No One Will Love You Like I Do
1972

Cayó de la gloria el diablo
1972

La Generala
1971

Emiliano Zapata
1970

Crimen y castigo
1951