Javier Ruán

Acting

Javier Ruán

Born 1940-01-10 · Michoacán, Mexico

Javier Ruán Jaimes (1940–2021) was a Mexican actor, screenwriter, educator, and voice actor with a career spanning more than five decades. Trained in philosophy, pedagogy, and dramatic arts at institutions including the INBA and the Escuela Normal Superior, Ruán combined intellectual rigor with a deep social sensibility. He made his film debut in 1967 in Corona de Lágrimas (dir. Alejandro Galindo) and went on to appear in over forty films, earning an Ariel Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Los Marcados (1971). Alongside his extensive film work, he became widely recognized for his roles in Mexican television and radio, as well as for his acclaimed work as a writer. Ruán received numerous honors for his artistic legacy, including the Medalla Virginia Fábregas and the Cabeza Olmeca, and was named Hijo Predilecto of Nahuatzen, Michoacán. His autobiographical book Los de adelante corren mucho… reflects his profound commitment to education, art, and social memory.

Acting credits

Quinto patio poster
5.5

Ramon is a guy who lives in a neighborhood, in the " fifth courtyard " in urban poverty. Nevertheless, aspires to the love of the daughter of his employer, a woman of another social class.

Quinto patio

1970

Simon Blanco poster
6.3

The peasant and revolutionary Zapatista Simon Blanco still in arms but Zapata is dead. Simon with his lieutenant Andres visits his mother and his girlfriend in his hometown. The cacique Onesimo and his brother, the commissioner Martial put ambushes but he eludes them.

Simon Blanco

1975

La pistolera poster
6.0

Woman goes vigilante to avenge her son's murder, infiltrates smuggling ring.

La pistolera

1979

Pedro Paramo poster
7.2

When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…

Pedro Paramo

1967

Emiliano Zapata poster
6.4

This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution.

Emiliano Zapata

1970

Crown of Tears poster
6.5

Doña Refugio works in an office until the bounce and has three children: Fernando who is studying to be a lawyer, doctor and Nacho Edmundo to work in a company as a truck driver gas. Things become difficult within the family and each seek solutions to economic oppression living.

Crown of Tears

1968

Canción de Navidad poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Canción de Navidad

1974

El Rey poster
6.0

Mexican Revolution era: a guerilla faction kidnaps two members of a governing family to negotiate a ransom.

El Rey

1976

Pobre niño rico poster
6.7

Coco is a boy who feels lonely because his father works all the time and his mother is always playing cards with other women. When he hears that his parents are planning to divorce, Coco makes plans to run away.

Pobre niño rico

1974

Narcos al acecho poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Narcos al acecho

1988

They Call Him Marcado poster
4.4

The Kid is a vicious psychopath given to laughing a lot, an actor manqué who leads a gang of looters and rapists, and is incestuous with his father to boot. The town’s resident Mater Dolorosa, madam of the brothel, hires her lover Marcado to kill the Kid, who is of course her son.

They Call Him Marcado

1971

Volver, volver, volver poster
6.3

Good son vs bad son melodrama complicates life on the hacienda.

Volver, volver, volver

1977

El Macho Goes to Women's Reform School poster
4.6

El Macho's girlfriend mysteriously disappears. He is an expert in sleeping with all kinds of women. To find his fiancée, he sneaks into a women's reform school.

El Macho Goes to Women's Reform School

1989

Soy el hijo del gallero poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Soy el hijo del gallero

1978

Unethical Behaviour poster
4.6

A family in extreme poverty is forced to make a series of sacrifices in order to survive.

Unethical Behaviour

1970

The Achievers poster
6.0

A group of friends go to the United States to hit it big as a musical group and follow the American Dream.

The Achievers

1978

La muerte de Pancho Villa poster
5.8

After the Revolution, Villa works on defining his legacy... and then he gets assassinated.

La muerte de Pancho Villa

1974

Santa poster
5.4

A young and innocent girl is betrayed by the man whom she loves and has to become a prostitute because her family rejects her.

Santa

1969

Rocambole contra la secta del escorpión poster
5.4

Short-lived superhero-adventure series. One sequel.

Rocambole contra la secta del escorpión

1967

Benny More: Hoy Como Ayer poster
6.0

This documentary follows the career of celebrated Cuban musician Benny More, who, before he made it big, started out as a farmer but eventually found his calling as one of the leading members of the band Matamoros. His talent has lived on decades after his death and is in full display in the numbers he performs in collected footage, including such hits as "Como Fue," "Batanga No. 2," "Hoy Como Aye," and more.

Benny More: Hoy Como Ayer

1987

The She Wolf's Orgy poster
4.7

A woman with a troubled past introduces lust, depravity and sex to a religious commune.

The She Wolf's Orgy

1972

Kung fu mortal: Operación zodiaco poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Kung fu mortal: Operación zodiaco

1987

Mi aventura en Puerto Rico poster
6.8

Mom and Pop Aguilar and their two boys tour the island.

Mi aventura en Puerto Rico

1977