Javier Ruán

Acting

Javier Ruán

Born — Died

1940-01-10 — 2021-10-11

Place of birth

Michoacán, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

27 titles

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 receive…

Known for

Distilling Love poster
7.7

A romance blossoms between a young country woman and the grandson of the late owner of a tequila company. The young man promises to return and marry his girlfriend once he finishes his studies abroad, unaware that she has become pregnant.

Distilling Love

2007

Corona de lágrimas poster
7.5

When Refugio and her three sons—Patricio, Edmundo, and Ignacio—are forced out of their home, a twist of fate brings them to Mexico City, where they begin a new life. Eighteen years later, they are settled in a small apartment in a working-class neighborhood. Refugio holds a modest job; although she suffers from serious vision problems, she neglects her own health to attend to her sons' needs. Patricio is studying law and dreams of a comfortable, prosperous future; his mother admires him for his charitable nature. Meanwhile, Edmundo begins courting Lucero—unintentionally hurting Ignacio, who secretly loved her—while Refugio tries in vain to make Patricio understand that he will never be happy with Olga.

Corona de lágrimas

2012

Killer Women poster
7.6

Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind.

Killer Women

2008

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

¿Quién?

1973

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

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

Film credits

1970s · 15 titles

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

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

Soy el hijo del gallero poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Soy el hijo del gallero

1978

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

Simon Blanco poster
6.2

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

Volver, volver, volver poster
6.2

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

Volver, volver, volver

1977

Emiliano Zapata poster
6.4

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

Emiliano Zapata

1970

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

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

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

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

Canción de Navidad poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Canción de Navidad

1974

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 pistolera poster
6.0

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

La pistolera

1979

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

Series credits