Acting

Alejandro Ruiz

Born

1967-06-09 (59)

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

31 titles

Known for

La rosa de Guadalupe poster
7.1

Stories about people who get into problems who use the help of Virgin Mary and where a rose appears and their problems are solved.

La rosa de Guadalupe

2008

Narcos: Mexico poster
7.9

See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.

Narcos: Mexico

2018

Don't Mess with the Angel poster
7.5

When Marichuy was born, her mother—believing she was on the verge of death—handed her over to a priest, who took her to an orphanage. At the age of fourteen, Marichuy ran away from the institution and began wandering from place to place, scraping together a living however she could. Years later, she was attacked by a drunkard; the incident left her harboring resentment toward men and plagued by harrowing nightmares.

Don't Mess with the Angel

2008

Little Angel Face poster
7.8

Dulce María is like her name, a sweet 5-year-old girl, full of joy and good feelings. With the death of his mother, his father, Luciano Larios, sinks into depression and pain, and decides to distance himself from everything and everyone. He admits Dulce María to the "Queen of America" ​​nuns' school and goes abroad, leaving her in the care of her brother Gabriel, who is a priest. The only visit the girl receives is from her beloved Aunt Estefanía, whom she affectionately calls "Aunt Wigs" because instead of showing her hair, she wears colored wigs that match her clothes.

Little Angel Face

2000

Esmeralda poster
7.3

Esmeralda is a telenovela that was released by Televisa in 1997. It is a remake of a 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of that same name, and was itself remade in Brazil in 2004. Another version is Topacio from Venezuela in 1984. One of the most famous telenovela all the time.

Esmeralda

1996

¡Vivan los niños! poster
7.8

¡Vivan los niños! is a Mexican telenovela for children that premiered in 2002. It ran for 155 episodes and finished in 2003. The opening, Vivan los niños, was recorded by the Latin pop group OV7. One of its closing themes, also entitled Vivan los niños, was performed by Cuban-American singer and songwriter Ana Cristina. The show is a version of the Argentinian telenovela "Jacinta Pichimahuida, la maestra que no se olvida". The series starred Andrea Legarreta as 2nd grade teacher Lupita Gómez. After the series ended, Andrea became the long-time host of the morning talk show Hoy. On July 12, 2012, in celebration of Andrea's birthday, the producers of Hoy reunited her with the young actors who played her students on the series.

¡Vivan los niños!

2002

Film credits

1990s · 12 titles

Series credits

La rosa de Guadalupe poster
7.1

Stories about people who get into problems who use the help of Virgin Mary and where a rose appears and their problems are solved.

La rosa de Guadalupe

2008

Narcos: Mexico poster
7.9

See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.

Narcos: Mexico

2018

Don't Mess with the Angel poster
7.5

When Marichuy was born, her mother—believing she was on the verge of death—handed her over to a priest, who took her to an orphanage. At the age of fourteen, Marichuy ran away from the institution and began wandering from place to place, scraping together a living however she could. Years later, she was attacked by a drunkard; the incident left her harboring resentment toward men and plagued by harrowing nightmares.

Don't Mess with the Angel

2008

Little Angel Face poster
7.8

Dulce María is like her name, a sweet 5-year-old girl, full of joy and good feelings. With the death of his mother, his father, Luciano Larios, sinks into depression and pain, and decides to distance himself from everything and everyone. He admits Dulce María to the "Queen of America" ​​nuns' school and goes abroad, leaving her in the care of her brother Gabriel, who is a priest. The only visit the girl receives is from her beloved Aunt Estefanía, whom she affectionately calls "Aunt Wigs" because instead of showing her hair, she wears colored wigs that match her clothes.

Little Angel Face

2000

Esmeralda poster
7.3

Esmeralda is a telenovela that was released by Televisa in 1997. It is a remake of a 1970 Venezuelan telenovela of that same name, and was itself remade in Brazil in 2004. Another version is Topacio from Venezuela in 1984. One of the most famous telenovela all the time.

Esmeralda

1996

¡Vivan los niños! poster
7.8

¡Vivan los niños! is a Mexican telenovela for children that premiered in 2002. It ran for 155 episodes and finished in 2003. The opening, Vivan los niños, was recorded by the Latin pop group OV7. One of its closing themes, also entitled Vivan los niños, was performed by Cuban-American singer and songwriter Ana Cristina. The show is a version of the Argentinian telenovela "Jacinta Pichimahuida, la maestra que no se olvida". The series starred Andrea Legarreta as 2nd grade teacher Lupita Gómez. After the series ended, Andrea became the long-time host of the morning talk show Hoy. On July 12, 2012, in celebration of Andrea's birthday, the producers of Hoy reunited her with the young actors who played her students on the series.

¡Vivan los niños!

2002

Un rostro en mi pasado poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Un rostro en mi pasado

1989

Road to Destiny poster
5.8

Luisa Fernanda Pérez, a beautiful, 18-year-old student, has two passions: mastering the violin and gardening, a skill she learned from her father, Pedro, the former groundskeeper of the wealthy Altamirano family’s estate. A chance encounter with destiny alters her life after she is injured in a car accident caused by Luis (her biological father), a playboy lawyer and falls for his stepson, Carlos, an attractive, young doctor treating her at the local hospital.

Road to Destiny

2016

The Outsider poster
6.9

Rodrigo Junquera finds out he is close to death, he decides to ask the nanny of his young child, Virginia Martínez, a beautiful and honest woman, to marry him with the intention of preparing the road so she can look after his children when he's gone. Virginia has to deal with the contempt of Rodrigo's children who acuse her of being an ambitious woman who married their father for his money. Virginia is in love with Rodrigo's eldest son, Carlos Alberto, who has come to mistreat her after finding out she married his dad.

The Outsider

2001

Deceptions poster
7.7

The show's premise revolves around a pair of twin sisters who were separated when they were young, and as adults the younger sister is forced to act as a "replacement" for her wealthy twin who wants to temporarily leave her husband and his family to enjoy a life of luxury with multiple lovers.

Deceptions

1998

Tú o Nadie poster
8.0

Antonio Lombardo lives in a huge, luxurious house in Acapulco with Victoria—his stepmother, whom he loves like a real mother—and his sister Camila, who has just married Claudio. Also living there is Maximiliano, Victoria's son from her first marriage, who hides an envious and manipulative personality behind the appearance of a good person.

Tú o Nadie

1985

El Noveno mandamiento poster
6.1

El Noveno Mandamiento is a Mexican soap opera produced by Lucero Suárez in 2001. As of June 24th, 2013, Unimas is broadcasting 2 hour episodes of this soap opera.

El Noveno mandamiento

2001

Somos. poster
7.5

The lives of the people of Allende, a Mexican border town, are overtaken by a powerful cartel's operations, leading to tragedy. Inspired by true events.

Somos.

2021

The Virgin Wife poster
6.8

La esposa virgen is a Mexican telenovela that first aired in 2005. Produced by Salvador Mejia, it starred Adela Noriega and Jorge Salinas.

The Virgin Wife

2005