Joaquín Garrido

Acting

Joaquín Garrido

Born 1952-05-17 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Joaquin Garrido, born in Mexico City, started acting professionally at the age of 17. He studied for a degree in acting in Mexico and was awarded scholarships to train at Berliner Ensemble in Germany and at the British Theatre Institute in London. He has worked in many Mexican soap operas, and has also appeared more recently on episodic TV in the States.  Currently he has had roles in some 20 films, debuting in "Chido One" (1985), directed by  Alfonso Arau, and was honored with a Mexican Academy Award nomination (Ariel Award) for Best Supporting Actor in Bittersüße Schokolade (1992), also directed by 'Alfonso Arau'. His first film shot entirely in The United States was Demon Slayer (2002) (V), directed by 'James Cotten', and was a Roger Corman Film. He is a published poet and playwright, and now resides in Los Angeles, CA. To date he has toured Canada, America, South America and Europe.

Acting credits

The Kids Are All Right poster
6.6

Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting when the father, two mothers and children start to become attached to each other.

The Kids Are All Right

2010

Huracán Ramírez poster
5.7

Family comedy and family melodrama involving father and son wrestlers, little brothers, little sisters, girlfriends, waitresses...

Huracán Ramírez

1953

Like Water for Chocolate poster
7.3

Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.

Like Water for Chocolate

1992

Solo poster
5.0

An android fighting-machine is charged with destroying a small brigade of rebels in a Latin American war who are fighting to maintain their freedom and protect their village. Contrary to his programming, Peebles decides to stay and assist the rebels in their plight. Having gained this information, his "creators" develop a more powerful android to try and defeat him.

Solo

1996

A Day Without a Mexican poster
5.9

When a mysterious fog surrounds the boundaries of California, there is a communication breakdown and all the Mexicans disappear, affecting the economy and the state stops working missing the Mexican workers and dwellers.

A Day Without a Mexican

2004

The Cisco Kid poster
4.1

This update of the 1950 western TV series changes Cisco and Pancho from wandering heroes of the old west to somewhat anti-"gringo" Mexican revolutionaries.

The Cisco Kid

1994

Demon Slayer poster
6.6

Five delinquent teenagers are assigned the task of converting a long-abandoned mental hospital in South Central Los Angeles into a community center. Little do they know that the hospital is the site of centuries of supernatural mayhem and murder. Plagued by terrors beyond belief, the teenagers must fight to survive a battle where the division between the living and the dead is shattered.

Demon Slayer

2003

Mosquita y Mari poster
5.9

After being assigned as study partners, two Chicana high schoolers find a bond that confuses them at times.

Mosquita y Mari

2012

Conserje en condominio poster
6.1

After reading in the newspaper, Úrsulo runs to seek employment. It is the position of caretaker of a luxury apartment building habited by people more heterogeneous: the professional model, the spiritualist, hippies and all turn to him to solve their problems. But someone in the building, kidnapped an important person and Úrsulo becomes a private investigator.

Conserje en condominio

1974

La maceta poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

La maceta

2002

The Burning Season poster
6.3

Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder

The Burning Season

1994

Viva San Isidro! poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Viva San Isidro!

1995

Chido Guan, el tacos de oro poster
5.8

Street-punk drafted to soccer team, rises to stardom. Cuz he plays so good.

Chido Guan, el tacos de oro

1986

No artwork available
NR

Rose's absence suddenly emptied the meaning that Damian had given to his own life. To evade the painful trance that grief imposes on him, Father Damián begins to flee. Thus he meets Bruno, a small-time thug, who demands the money that he left in the Father's custody in the past under threat of death.

Sheep Xing

Corrupción y placer poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Corrupción y placer

1991

Macho y hembras poster
6.7

Mexican feature film

Macho y hembras

1987

Fotógrafo de Modelos poster
6.5

Mexican comedy from 1990 written and directed by Víctor Manuel Castro.

Fotógrafo de Modelos

1990

Mexican Ghostbusters poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Mexican Ghostbusters

1991

No artwork available
NR

An old Mexican man who lives out in the desert, alone, digging graves for the mob, comes face to face with an apparition that will change his apathy and set him on a path of redemption.

The Child of the Desert

2010

Cómodas mensualidades poster
4.8

Young married guy is overwhelmed by the expenses involved with starting a family.

Cómodas mensualidades

1992

Venganza en el circo poster
5.8

Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt.

Venganza en el circo

1954

El último evangelio poster
3.8

No synopsis available yet.

El último evangelio

2008

No artwork available
6.7

Mexican feature film

El cielo subterraneo

1988

El sótano poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

El sótano

1988