
Acting
Salvador Sánchez
Born
1943-10-28 (82)
Place of birth
Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico
Known for
Acting
Credits
79 titles
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…
Known for
8.1A comedy series about a divorced dad who likes younger women, and his son who likes older women.
40 y 20
2016
7.6Mujeres 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
7.7Sofía Domínguez is a motherless girl who lives with her father, Dr. Antonio Domínguez, with her stepmother Mercedes and has a younger brother named Esteban. The latter two strive to make Sofía look bad whenever they can, while her father works all day in a laboratory. Sofia has several friends who are her neighbors and one day they decide to enter the "haunted mansion" on Villa Luz street, where a man named Chon lives and who worked for his late employer "Don Darvelio." When they enter, they will live great adventures and fight to defeat the evil forces of Helga, the "Great Witch" who constantly threatens Sofia's life due to a prophecy that she must fulfill.
Alegrijes y Rebujos
2003
8.0Pueblo chico, infierno grande is a Mexican historical telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from January 6 to August 1, 1997. Created by Javier Ruán and adapted by Javier Ruán, Mario Hernández, and Sergio Schmucler, the telenovela is based on a true story about Leonarda Ruán. It stars Verónica Castro, Juan Soler, and Guillermo Capetillo. The story is set in the late 19th century and follows Leonarda Ruán, a wealthy widow from the town of Nahuatzen who falls in love with Genaro Onchi, a young man from a humble background. Their relationship faces strong opposition from society, family conflicts, jealousy, and the return of people from Leonarda's past who try to separate them. As secrets and rivalries emerge, Leonarda and Genaro fight to protect their love against the judgment and traditions of their small town.
Pueblo chico, infierno grande
1997
8.3La Hora Marcada was a 1986 Mexican television anthology series famous for its horror and science fiction themes in the vein of the Twilight Zone. Although virtually unknown outside the country, it achieved a popular and critical success in Mexico. It had a series of rotating writers and directors, among them Emmanuel Lubezki, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón.
The Marked Hour
1988
7.5La última esperanza is a Mexican telenovela produced by Eugenio Cobo for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from February 1 to May 14, 1993. It is a remake of the 1973 Mexican telenovela Muñeca, which was itself based on the 1971 Argentine telenovela Así en la villa como en el cielo, created by Abel Santa Cruz. The story follows Estelita Suárez, a kind-hearted young woman who lives in the impoverished neighborhood of La Última Esperanza while caring for her alcoholic father. Her life changes when she meets Daniel Burana, a wealthy young man who disguises himself as a poor resident to win her love. As their romance blossoms, they must confront family greed, corruption, and betrayal while fighting to protect their community from those determined to destroy it.
La última esperanza
1993
Film credits
2020s · 4 titles
NRManuel is desperate to save his wife from death. A mysterious man appears to him one day at church, convincing him to go to a Healer who can help her.
Curandero
2025
6.3Ophelia, a young nun recently arriving in the town of San Ramon, is forced to perform an exorcism on a pregnant woman in danger of dying. Just when she thinks her possession has ended, she discovers that the evil presence hasn't disappeared yet. The director of the award-winning Here Comes the Devil and Late Phases adds a new twist to possession movies in one of this year's Latin American horror surprises.
The Exorcist
2022
7.4After his grandfather's death, a man travels with his wife and kids to his hometown, where chaos ensues with his relatives over the inheritance.
¡Que viva México!
2023
8.2A chronicle of the Mexican oil expropriation in 1938 through the eyes of President Lazaro Cardenas and journalist Alberto Miranda.
1938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil
2025
2010s · 7 titles
8.0After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.
El Infierno
2010
NRLife is giving Benito the best stories for his first work without knowing what the end of this love story will be, which he writes and lives in his own flesh, hiding all reality and making this the best story of his life.
Puras mentiras
2013
6.9In an attempt to solve their marriage problems, Eric and Mari take a trip to the Mexican southeast, but she disappears under mysterious circumstances. On his way back to Mexico City, Eric meets Narciso, a mysterious man, and gives him a ride. Eric describes a series of events which finally lead him to a revelation about the time he shared with Mari.
Between Shadows
2015
6.41963, the Soviet Union intercepts a rumour that China pretends to assassinate the president of the US in his visit to Mexico. Filiberto Garcia, a local policeman, has 72 hours to investigate the Mongolian Conspiracy.
The Mongolian Conspiracy
2019
3.9Tequila in Mexico, 1940s: Honor and dignity come first here. The town is protecting a certain secret. In spite of all prohibitions, Antonio, a respected young landowner, has an affair with Lola, his uncle Vicent's young wife. She is sexually dissatisfied from her older husband. Also butler's young daughter Milagros is in love with him and sees him when he leaves Lola's room after they had sex. She threatens him to disclose the secret.
Tequila, historia de una pasión
2011
7.4TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?
The Perfect Dictatorship
2014
5.5Silverio Palacios, 40, a failed union worker from Veracruz, decides to turn his life around. Tired of earning his money panhandling in the streets, he decides to follow up on a plan that’s been on his friend and union leader's, Alacrán, mind for the longest time. He transforms his old taxi into a makeshift raft and set sail towards Miami to find success in the United States posing as a Cuban immigrant.
Acorazado
2010
2000s · 7 titles
5.8Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio 'The Wolf' Perrini.
Collateral Damage
2002
6.0Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.
The Mexican
2001
6.9Defiant 18-year-old Adela León pushes her father and an unbending headmistress to the limit in this delicious comedy.
Charm School
2007
This historical drama depicts the waning days of the life of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, who waged a war against the United States that ultimately cost his nation half of its territory
His Most Serene Highness
2000
2.8Jack Santos is a retired undercover vice cop whose world is suddenly torn apart by the murder of his wife and daughter. After serving a prison term for a crime he did not commit, Jack returns to the streets with a vengeance against crime, and takes to vigilantism.
Jack's Law
2006
5.7Mexican feature film
Solamente una vez
2002
4.7A view of the end-of-the-century Mexican family. A father who comes back home after a long absence, but who would rather be somewhere else. A daughter suffering from a trapped pain. A son full of guilt and recriminations. A little kid who soaks up all the tension in the house, like a sponge, and a self-effacing mother who would like to go away and leave everything behind.
A Breakfast Chronicle
2000
1990s · 19 titles
6.3A group of young people lives in a world of drugs and crime, they wanna be free.
Jóvenes delincuentes
1991
3.8A journalist Lorena and her friend photographer Raul decide to try to take an interview from influential politician Hermenegildo Parra. After several unsuccessful attempts they decide to break into his house and make some photos there but when they enter his cabinet they see him stabbed with the knife. The next day the newspaper announces his death and start to celebrate a big amount of sold copies but during the fiesta a phone calls and it was Mr.Parra "alive and kicking". After this scandal Lorena becomes pursued by some mysterious killers who want to take the negatives from her at any price. The solution of this mystery is very unexpected...
Perseguida
1991
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Ojitos mentirosos
1999
6.3After his wife is murdered by gang members, a man must take revenge.
Una buena forma de morir
1994
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Salto al vacío
1995
5.0A novelist cannot create new and original stories, his wife suggests that he go out and write about the people he sees as he passes by.
Abuelita de Bakman
1993
5.0In an underclass neighborhood of Mexico City, a place where a unique troupe features a circus act, led by Don Ramón, he and his wife Petra have to take care of the daughter of a neighbor who has been jailed for drug trafficking. Petra decides that the girl must earn a living, entrusting her several domestic tasks; while befriending Pepito, who works as a clown on the street. Things get complicated when someone with satanic tendencies arrives to Ramon's house, and the visitor develops an interest on Petra. A fight between the three adults causes that the little girl suffers a fatal accident, so the solution will be to use her meat for the tamales sold by Petra.
The Food of Fear
1994
5.7Diego is a young musician who lives the terrible death of his uncle to AIDS. While in his deep depresion he meets Gabriela, which brings back a smile to his face. Just when life seems more promising than ever, one beutiful night death once again took a toll on his life. It seems as though the phantoms of the past are never going to let him go.
Amor que mata
1994
8.0In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.
Herod's Law
1999
6.7Bruno, a novelist with no luck goes to call for help from his love always sofia, who is in Veracruz desolate without knowing what to do with the corpse of her boyfriend who died because of a heart attack while they made love
Dama de Noche
1993
6.7No synopsis available yet.
The Legend of the Scorpion
1991
5.9The young trapeze artist Alma is part of the show of a miserable traveling circus. In an act of desperation, Alma commits incest with her father, a sick clown obsessed with the woman who abandoned them. Determined to have his child, Alma leaves the circus and joins a group of preachers led by Refugio, a woman who performs puppet shows with biblical passages in poor neighborhoods.
Ángel de fuego
1992
6.2No synopsis available yet.
Dos judiciales en aprietos
1990
7.2Anthony Hopkins plays an English medical doctor living with his family in Paraguay and treating the poor people from the surroundings, who has his life turned upside down when his son was mysteriously murdered in what could have been an attack to him since he's opposed to the military dictatorship of the country. The doctor and his family will take lots of risk while trying to prove that the government was involved in the murder.
One Man’s War
1991
6.0No synopsis available yet.
El último narco
1992
3.8Cole Hickel, a Marine, pursues his daughter's killer when he is allowed to go back to Paraguay because of "diplomatic immunity."
Diplomatic Immunity
1991
6.7No synopsis available yet.
La fuerza bruta
1991
Murders take place in and around a hotel. Debuted on Mexican TV.
Motel of Death
1990
5.6Lamberto Quintero is assassinated and his son intends to avenge him following in his footsteps. The pair of father and son, Antonio Aguilar and Pepe Aguilar star in this action film.
El hijo de Lamberto Quintero
1990
1980s · 9 titles
6.4Two shareholder brothers close several factories due to economic problems, except for their chemical plants.
Difficult Days
1988
No synopsis available yet.
La venganza
1989
5.5A guerrilla commando tries to kidnap a politician. In the attempt, several policemen and a guerrillero die. By chance the head of the kidnappers meets an old colleague; to prevent him from betraying them, he kidnaps him.
Under the Shrapnel
1983
7.0In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.
Salvador
1986
5.8An American's couple who live peaceful and quiet in their summer house in Cuernavaca, Mexico, see how their peace and security is broken when a band of delinquents break inside their home violently with the only purpose of extortion.
El jardín de la paz
1989
6.6Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
Under the Volcano
1984
6.0Mexican feature film
He kidnapped her, he raped her, and he killed her
1989
5.7A writer forms a triangle with a schoolmarm and a Mexican general on the run.
Old Gringo
1989
6.6Urbino Martínez, on his deathbed, regrets his wrongdoing after betraying Emiliano Zapata.
Zapata en Chinameca
1987
1970s · 12 titles
6.3Mexican feature film
La madre
1979
5.8Adult brothers compete for pateral affection and for control of the family estate.
The Master of Ballantrae
1974
6.3In a community of the Matlatzinca ethnic group, a teacher tries to integrate the inhabitants into the struggle of a guerrilla group.
Caminando pasos... caminando
1977
6.5Set in the early 1900s, this film charts the rule of a Latin American dictator as he moves from being a charming despot to a tyrannical ruler before he is finally ousted, only to die in obscurity in Paris. Early in his regime, the resources and agricultural products his country sells command high prices, and he is a reasonably confident, even gentle, ruler who likes to take long vacations with his daughter in Paris. After World War I, with falling prices and a number of coup attempts behind him, his rule becomes quite cruel.
The Recourse to the Method
1978
7.3Carrying his son on his back, a man travels from place to place looking for a doctor to treat the sick boy. As they journey, the indio father tells the boy stories to keep him distracted. These stories reveal the life of native peoples in Mexico, both in the countryside and in cities, and they shed light on characteristic beliefs and rituals.
Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?
1974
A 43 minutes short film filmed in Mexico in 1975
Esa mi Irene
1975
7.9A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on a true story.
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
1975
5.4Landowner counts on his super-champeen race-horse to help him win back the hacienda he was swindled out of.
La yegua colorada
1973
6.5In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held in the cell lead to a bloody confrontation.
The Heist
1976
6.0No synopsis available yet.
El vals sin fin
1972
5.6Chronicle of the repression that a foreign company exerts on the miners of a small nitrate town in Chile, whose workers decide to claim their most essential rights. A reflection of the historic union struggles in the northern Chile that ended with terrible repressive acts.
Letters from Marusia
1975
6.0President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico
Those Years
1974
Series credits
8.1A comedy series about a divorced dad who likes younger women, and his son who likes older women.
40 y 20
2016
7.6Mujeres 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
7.7Sofía Domínguez is a motherless girl who lives with her father, Dr. Antonio Domínguez, with her stepmother Mercedes and has a younger brother named Esteban. The latter two strive to make Sofía look bad whenever they can, while her father works all day in a laboratory. Sofia has several friends who are her neighbors and one day they decide to enter the "haunted mansion" on Villa Luz street, where a man named Chon lives and who worked for his late employer "Don Darvelio." When they enter, they will live great adventures and fight to defeat the evil forces of Helga, the "Great Witch" who constantly threatens Sofia's life due to a prophecy that she must fulfill.
Alegrijes y Rebujos
2003
8.0Pueblo chico, infierno grande is a Mexican historical telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from January 6 to August 1, 1997. Created by Javier Ruán and adapted by Javier Ruán, Mario Hernández, and Sergio Schmucler, the telenovela is based on a true story about Leonarda Ruán. It stars Verónica Castro, Juan Soler, and Guillermo Capetillo. The story is set in the late 19th century and follows Leonarda Ruán, a wealthy widow from the town of Nahuatzen who falls in love with Genaro Onchi, a young man from a humble background. Their relationship faces strong opposition from society, family conflicts, jealousy, and the return of people from Leonarda's past who try to separate them. As secrets and rivalries emerge, Leonarda and Genaro fight to protect their love against the judgment and traditions of their small town.
Pueblo chico, infierno grande
1997
8.3La Hora Marcada was a 1986 Mexican television anthology series famous for its horror and science fiction themes in the vein of the Twilight Zone. Although virtually unknown outside the country, it achieved a popular and critical success in Mexico. It had a series of rotating writers and directors, among them Emmanuel Lubezki, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón.
The Marked Hour
1988
7.5La última esperanza is a Mexican telenovela produced by Eugenio Cobo for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from February 1 to May 14, 1993. It is a remake of the 1973 Mexican telenovela Muñeca, which was itself based on the 1971 Argentine telenovela Así en la villa como en el cielo, created by Abel Santa Cruz. The story follows Estelita Suárez, a kind-hearted young woman who lives in the impoverished neighborhood of La Última Esperanza while caring for her alcoholic father. Her life changes when she meets Daniel Burana, a wealthy young man who disguises himself as a poor resident to win her love. As their romance blossoms, they must confront family greed, corruption, and betrayal while fighting to protect their community from those determined to destroy it.
La última esperanza
1993
7.8El Pecado de Oyuki is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa in 1988. It was based on an original story by Yolanda Vargas Dulché, who also adapted the screenplay for television. The original comic book series was in the style of the foto-novela. For the role of Oyuki, the photographer selected the Mexican Japanese Sachiko Tsuchiya. Born in Tepic, Nayarit, she became the most recognizable Asian Mexican of her time. The telenovela was shown in the United States in 1988 through Univision. Dulché's story was also adapted for Brazilian television in 1967 and as a comic published starting April 11, 1975 by Grupo Editorial Vid. The Brazilian version was called "Yoshiko, um poema de amor" and starred actors Luis Gustavo and Rosa Miake.
El pecado de Oyuki
1988
6.9Martín (Iván Sánchez) hurries to Mina Escondida after getting an urgent letter from his brother begging to be rescued from the hell in which he's living. On arrival, Martin despairs upon finding out that Demetrio (Pablo Montero), his brother, has committed suicide. His sorrow is transformed into hatred and a thirst for vengeance against the woman who caused his brother suffering and brought him to death.
Lo imperdonable
2015
7.5Paulino Córdoba, Gabino Roura, Rodolfo Huerta, and Matías Quiroga have been friends since childhood; however, as adults, their priorities shifted, and a sin now threatens to destroy their friendship. Paulino owns the El Milagro apple hacienda and is married to Rosario; they have two children, César and Lucrecia. Rosario has always favored her son while openly rejecting her daughter. Lucrecia was raised by Delfina, Rosario’s maid and Manuel’s mother.
Burden of Guilt
2009
7.6La Dueña (Mexico) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Florinda Meza in 1995 for Televisa. It was transmitted by El Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico and Univision in the United States in 1995 and 1998, and on Galavisión in 2000.
La Dueña
1995
8.8Jesús Juárez overcomes his childhood as an orphan to become a Robin Hood like hero During the Mexican Revolution, but can't forget his first love - Isabel.
Malverde: El Santo Patrón
2021
7.3No synopsis available yet.
El último rey: El hijo del pueblo
2022
8.1The telenovela revolves around Leonel Carranza (Fernando Colunga), a man who lives in Villa Escarlata and owns the Montoro estate. His routine changes completely when his wife and best friend disappear together, leaving him so angry and disillusioned that he thinks they're dead, which could have serious consequences for him in the future.
Amanecer
2025
7.4The story of the Baladro sisters, known as “Las Poquianchis”, who built a brothel empire and became merciless killers in 1960s Mexico.
The Dead Girls
2025
6.1El 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
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Esperándote
1985
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Flor y canela
1988
7.1No synopsis available yet.
Más Allá de Tí
2023


