Salvador Sánchez

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

40 y 20 poster
8.1

A comedy series about a divorced dad who likes younger women, and his son who likes older women.

40 y 20

2016

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

Alegrijes y Rebujos poster
7.7

Sofía 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

Pueblo chico, infierno grande poster
8.0

Pueblo 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

The Marked Hour poster
8.3

La 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

La última esperanza poster
7.5

La 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

2010s · 7 titles

El Infierno poster
8.0

After 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

Puras mentiras poster
NR

Life 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

Between Shadows poster
6.9

In 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

The Mongolian Conspiracy poster
6.4

1963, 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

Tequila, historia de una pasión poster
3.9

Tequila 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

The Perfect Dictatorship poster
7.4

TV 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

Acorazado poster
5.5

Silverio 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

Collateral Damage poster
5.8

Firefighter 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

The Mexican poster
6.0

Jerry 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

Charm School poster
6.9

Defiant 18-year-old Adela León pushes her father and an unbending headmistress to the limit in this delicious comedy.

Charm School

2007

No artwork available
6.4

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

Jack's Law poster
2.8

Jack 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

Solamente una vez poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

Solamente una vez

2002

A Breakfast Chronicle poster
4.7

A 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

Jóvenes delincuentes poster
6.3

A group of young people lives in a world of drugs and crime, they wanna be free.

Jóvenes delincuentes

1991

Perseguida poster
3.8

A 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

Ojitos mentirosos poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ojitos mentirosos

1999

Una buena forma de morir poster
6.3

After his wife is murdered by gang members, a man must take revenge.

Una buena forma de morir

1994

Salto al vacío poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Salto al vacío

1995

Abuelita de Bakman poster
5.0

A 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

The Food of Fear poster
5.0

In 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

Amor que mata poster
5.7

Diego 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

Herod's Law poster
8.0

In 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

Dama de Noche poster
6.7

Bruno, 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

The Legend of the Scorpion poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

The Legend of the Scorpion

1991

Ángel de fuego poster
5.9

The 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

Dos judiciales en aprietos poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Dos judiciales en aprietos

1990

One Man’s War poster
7.2

Anthony 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

El último narco poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

El último narco

1992

Diplomatic Immunity poster
3.8

Cole Hickel, a Marine, pursues his daughter's killer when he is allowed to go back to Paraguay because of "diplomatic immunity."

Diplomatic Immunity

1991

La fuerza bruta poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

La fuerza bruta

1991

No artwork available
7.5

Murders take place in and around a hotel. Debuted on Mexican TV.

Motel of Death

1990

El hijo de Lamberto Quintero poster
5.6

Lamberto 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

Difficult Days poster
6.4

Two shareholder brothers close several factories due to economic problems, except for their chemical plants.

Difficult Days

1988

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

La venganza

1989

Under the Shrapnel poster
5.5

A 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

Salvador poster
7.0

In 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

El jardín de la paz poster
5.8

An 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

Under the Volcano poster
6.6

Against 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

He kidnapped her, he raped her, and he killed her poster
6.0

Mexican feature film

He kidnapped her, he raped her, and he killed her

1989

Old Gringo poster
5.7

A writer forms a triangle with a schoolmarm and a Mexican general on the run.

Old Gringo

1989

Zapata en Chinameca poster
6.6

Urbino Martínez, on his deathbed, regrets his wrongdoing after betraying Emiliano Zapata.

Zapata en Chinameca

1987

1970s · 12 titles

La madre poster
6.3

Mexican feature film

La madre

1979

The Master of Ballantrae poster
5.8

Adult brothers compete for pateral affection and for control of the family estate.

The Master of Ballantrae

1974

Caminando pasos... caminando poster
6.3

In 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

The Recourse to the Method poster
6.5

Set 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

Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? poster
7.3

Carrying 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

No artwork available
9.0

A 43 minutes short film filmed in Mexico in 1975

Esa mi Irene

1975

Canoa: A Shameful Memory poster
7.9

A 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

La yegua colorada poster
5.4

Landowner counts on his super-champeen race-horse to help him win back the hacienda he was swindled out of.

La yegua colorada

1973

The Heist poster
6.5

In 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

El vals sin fin poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

El vals sin fin

1972

Letters from Marusia poster
5.6

Chronicle 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

Those Years poster
6.0

President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico

Those Years

1974

Series credits

40 y 20 poster
8.1

A comedy series about a divorced dad who likes younger women, and his son who likes older women.

40 y 20

2016

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

Alegrijes y Rebujos poster
7.7

Sofía 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

Pueblo chico, infierno grande poster
8.0

Pueblo 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

The Marked Hour poster
8.3

La 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

La última esperanza poster
7.5

La 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

El pecado de Oyuki poster
7.8

El 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

Lo imperdonable poster
6.9

Martín (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

Burden of Guilt poster
7.5

Paulino 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

La Dueña poster
7.6

La 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

Malverde: El Santo Patrón poster
8.8

Jesús 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

El último rey: El hijo del pueblo poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

El último rey: El hijo del pueblo

2022

Amanecer poster
8.1

The 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

The Dead Girls poster
7.4

The 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

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

Esperándote poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Esperándote

1985

Flor y canela poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Flor y canela

1988

Más Allá de Tí poster
7.1

No synopsis available yet.

Más Allá de Tí

2023

Behind the camera