Salvador Sánchez
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-10-28 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico
Salvador Sánchez
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
1938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil
as Peasant
(2023)
¡Que viva México!
as Notario / Don Florencio
(2023)
The Beast
as Don Gerardo
(2022)
The Exorcist
as Señor Ramirez
(2019)
The Mongolian Conspiracy
as Señor Liu
(2018)
The Voice of a Dream
as Apolonio
(2015)
Between Shadows
as Narciso
(2014)
The Perfect Dictatorship
as Hombre X
(2013)
Puras mentiras
as Luis Pérez Goya
(2011)
Tequila, historia de una pasión
as Vicente
(2010)
El Infierno
as El Padrino
(2010)
Acorazado
as Alacran
(2010)
File of Attempted Murder
as Antonio Villacencio
(2009)
(2007)
Charm School
as Monseñor
(2006)
Jack's Law
as Joker
(2004)
(2002)
Collateral Damage
as Peddler
(2002)
(2001)
The Mexican
as Gunsmith
(2000)
A Breakfast Chronicle
as Pedro
(2000)
(1999)
Herod's Law
as Pek
(1999)
(1999)
(1998)
(1996)
(1995)
(1994)
Amor que mata
as Don Raúl
(1994)
(1994)
(1994)
(1993)
(1993)
Dama de Noche
as Diego
(1993)
Un ángel para los diablillos
as Jefe de Policía
(1992)
Imperio de los Malditos
as Rutilo Morán
(1992)
(1992)
(1992)
(1992)
(1991)
Diplomatic Immunity
as Colonel Hernández
(1991)
(1991)
(1991)
Perseguida
as Commander German Paino
(1991)
(1991)
One Man’s War
as Ramírez
(1991)
Ángel de fuego
as Rito
(1991)
(1991)
(1990)
(1990)
With Fear in the Veins
as José
(1990)
(1990)
(1990)
(1989)
Old Gringo
as Floreal
(1989)
(1989)
(1989)
(1988)
Difficult Days
as Diputado Gabriel Aguirre
(1988)
Angel River
as Toral
(1988)
(1987)
(1986)
Salvador
as Human Rights Leader
(1986)
Frida Still Life
as David Alfaro Siqueiros
(1985)
Viaje al paraíso
as Bulmador
(1984)
Under the Volcano
as Chief of Stockyards
(1984)
Motel
as Julián Vargas, Detective
(1983)
Under the Shrapnel
as Tomas
(1982)
The Eve
as Villegas
(1981)
(1980)
(1979)
Maria of My Heart
as Chava
(1979)
(1978)
Drizzle
as Indígena
(1978)
(1977)
El elegido
as Don Liserio
(1977)
(1976)
Las Poquianchis
as Reportero
(1976)
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
as Witness
(1976)
The Heist
as Albino
(1976)
The Bricklayers
as Chapo Álvarez
(1976)
The House in the South
as Genaro
(1976)
(1975)
Letters from Marusia
as Sebastián
(1975)
(1975)
Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?
as Juan Dolores
(1975)
(1974)
Those Years
as Gen. Melchor Ocampo
(1974)
La Choca
as Audias
(1974)
The Master of Ballantrae
as El Chueco
(1973)
(1973)
Valente Quintero
as Capitán Carrancista
(1972)
(1972)
Cayó de la gloria el diablo
as Charro cantor / Solís
(1972)
(1971)
La Generala
as Jesús
(1970)
(1951)
Crimen y castigo
as (uncredited)
(1951)
Crew
(1981)
Pedro Páramo
Director