Armando Espitia

Acting

Armando Espitia

Born

1991-01-01 (35)

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

Armando Espitia (b. 1991, Mexico City) is a Mexican film, theater, and television actor. He is known for his debut in the 2013 film Heli, directed by Amat Escalante. He starred in Our Mothers, which won the Caméra d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, and also headlined I Carry You With Me, directed by Heidi Ewing.

Known for

Collision poster
8.0

When business magnate Miguel Ángel dies in a mysterious crash, his daughter Zoé and estranged wife Belén fight for control of his company.

Collision

2026

Diablo Guardián poster
6.1

The story of Violetta, a young woman who flees her native Mexico to start anew in New York City. But instead of a living a dream, Violetta is awoken to a harsh reality when she runs out of money, sending her into the arms of the villainous Nefastófeles.

Diablo Guardián

2018

The Inmate poster
7.0

A former U.S. Marine, Lázaro Mendoza, enters a maximum security prison in Mexico (La Rotunda), under a false identity and accused of an alleged triple murder. Now as Dante Pardo, his mission is to infiltrate a dangerous band of inmates and guards that operate inside and outside of prison who are the prime suspects of the kidnapping of the teenage daughter of U.S. Judge, John Morris. Inside La Rotunda, Lázaro has to find out who carried out the kidnapping and the whereabouts of the girl.

The Inmate

2018

El Mochaorejas poster
8.1

The story of Daniel Arizmendi's rise, the corruption and fear that allowed his gang to terrorize Mexico in the 1990s, where he became known as "el mochaorejas" for his shady crimes

El Mochaorejas

2026

La oficina poster
9.3

Regional manager Jerónimo Ponce III leads the Aguascalientes branch of the family-run Jabones Olimpo, where the employees have to endure the headaches of working for a family business where the boss is not qualified to lead the company.

La oficina

2026

The Envoys poster
7.8

Two Vatican officials with very different conceptions of what faith is are sent to different parts of the world to investigate and verify the veracity of alleged miracles and healings attributed to members of the church.

The Envoys

2021

Film credits

2020s · 17 titles

A Child of My Own poster
8.6

Desperate for a baby and burdened by family and societal expectations, a woman fakes a pregnancy and gets tangled in a crime.

A Child of My Own

2026

Fire Within poster
4.2

A lonely and repentant man hides in a lost town until his younger brother finds him to bring him news of his beloved Marta.

Fire Within

2020

72 poster
NR

In a small town in Michoacán, Genaro—a young father living in the closet—finds himself in a race against time. He has just 72 hours to reach Morelia and obtain post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) following a sexual encounter that turned into an assault—all while trying to fulfill his responsibilities as a father and maintain the image of the “upright man” that everyone expects him to be.

72

2026

I Carry You with Me poster
7.0

An epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in provincial Mexico. Based on a true story, ambition and societal pressure propel an aspiring chef to leave his soulmate and make the treacherous journey to New York, where life will never be the same.

I Carry You with Me

2021

The Seduction School poster
6.9

A small seductor pays homage to Mauricio Garces movies. Two years have gone by since Raul suffered a terrible love disappointment that transformed him into Sombra, a master of seduction. Raul shares his don juan secrets with Rodolfo, Luis and Waldo, three funny characters who don´t have any luck with women.

The Seduction School

2020

My Father's Mexican Wedding poster
5.9

Ana, a young Spanish woman who has just been dumped by her boyfriend, and her brother Tono, receive a call from their father to tell him that he is getting married in Mexico to a woman he met on the Internet. When they get there, they discover that the girl is 30 years younger than her father and they begin to live with her new in-laws, with the inevitable cultural clashes that this will entail.

My Father's Mexican Wedding

2023

Video Vega poster
NR

Two workers from Video Vega, the last video rental store in the city, discover the identity of a local serial killer.

Video Vega

2020

Heartbeat poster
7.0

The newly separated Leonor comes from the monied class, while sixteen year old aspiring ballerina Emilia does not. They begin a tense pas de deux waiting out Emilia’s pregnancy in a remote country home, isolated from the world and each other.

Heartbeat

2023

90 Days to Election Day poster
NR

Luis, a young 20 year old man must remain hidden in a house while the presidential elections pass. This is what Andrés, his boyfriend and presidential candidate of a very conservative party, asked him.

90 Days to Election Day

2021

The Lost Arm of God poster
NR

A priest faces corruption and organized crime as his ethical dilemmas and temptations threaten to break his faith and convictions.

The Lost Arm of God

2025

The Feels - Or The Debilitated Condition of the Reproductive System poster
NR

In a near-future world where engineered emotions have replaced real experience, a corporation sells “feels” distilled from social media memories. When a partner deletes their online past, a memory technician finds their relationship suddenly incompatible, as if it never existed. But as demand outpaces supply, the company begins harvesting the memories of its own workers, forcing them to confront a world where the more you feel, the less it’s yours.

The Feels - Or The Debilitated Condition of the Reproductive System

2026

La infalible (y otros éxitos) poster
NR

In a small high school, Benito, the lonely physics teacher, falls madly in love with Lola, the new substitute biology teacher. Benito asks Gonzalo, the grumpy old music teacher, to help him teach him a song to sing as a serenade at the end-of-year fair.

La infalible (y otros éxitos)

2025

Helena con H poster
NR

Helena is on the verge of losing her home because her name was deliberately misspelled in her late husband’s will. Together with her son, Armando, she attempts to rectify this injustice by confronting a bureaucratic, corrupt, and patriarchal system—a process that brings them closer as mother and son.

Helena con H

2026

Public Phone poster
NR

After a nocturnal earthquake in Oaxaca, phone systems across Mexico collapse, forcing people to turn to public phones to communicate. Personal tensions and crises emerge amid the disconnection, revealing deep internal struggles and complex social dynamics in a chaotic context.

Public Phone

2025

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El Sorprendente Sánchez

2020

Berehezade poster
NR

Bere is an unsuccessful stand-up comedian who gets kidnapped by Mino and Sal outside the bar where she works. They want to use the money to pay for Focha's recovery. But the kidnapping will not go as planned.

Berehezade

2026

Corazón de plata poster
NR

It is made up of 4 stories in comedy, historical and even experimental genres, which reclaim important moments of Taxqueño identity.

Corazón de plata

2023

2010s · 8 titles

Our Mothers poster
5.2

Guatemala, 2018. The country is riveted on the trial of the military officers who started the civil war. The victims’ testimonials keep pouring in. Ernesto, a young anthropologist at the Forensic Foundation, identifies people who have gone missing. One day, through an old lady’s story, Ernesto thinks he has found a lead that will allow him to find his father, a guerillero who disappeared during the war.

Our Mothers

2019

Heli poster
6.6

Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.

Heli

2013

A Monster with a Thousand Heads poster
5.9

When Sonia receives the news that her husband’s cancer has progressed to a critical stage, she races to secure the insurance company’s approval for the care that can help him.

A Monster with a Thousand Heads

2016

El Fin poster
NR

Diana and Marco are a couple and also fans of a series of unfinished comics starring a mexican wrestler known as 'Máscara Escarlata'. Since they both have very different ideas about how the story should have ended, they decide to look for the creator of the series to end the discussion.

El Fin

2017

Help Me Make It Through the Night poster
5.7

A family on the brink of a break up: dad is about to throw out mom because of her gambling addiction, the oldest boy's girlfriend is about to leave him because of his epilepsy and the youngest child thinks he has the perfect plan to bring the family back together again.

Help Me Make It Through the Night

2018

Bombay poster
NR

Armando is a young boy who spend his days between working at a storage and visiting his mother at a mental institution where she lives. After his last birthday solitude starts to bordering him deeply so he makes a new friend; Bombay.

Bombay

2017

Open Cage poster
6.1

The economy has collapsed. In a universe of moral and economic impoverishment, we find Flavia, a spoiled teenager with artistic aspirations that are somewhat frustrated when she is not accepted at the University. Her neighbor Martin, a mature man with rigid routines, is her antipode. When Flavia meets Martin, there are sparks of friction at all times, and the situation is unlikely to get any better.

Open Cage

2014

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

¡Están curados!

2015

Series credits

Collision poster
8.0

When business magnate Miguel Ángel dies in a mysterious crash, his daughter Zoé and estranged wife Belén fight for control of his company.

Collision

2026

Diablo Guardián poster
6.1

The story of Violetta, a young woman who flees her native Mexico to start anew in New York City. But instead of a living a dream, Violetta is awoken to a harsh reality when she runs out of money, sending her into the arms of the villainous Nefastófeles.

Diablo Guardián

2018

The Inmate poster
7.0

A former U.S. Marine, Lázaro Mendoza, enters a maximum security prison in Mexico (La Rotunda), under a false identity and accused of an alleged triple murder. Now as Dante Pardo, his mission is to infiltrate a dangerous band of inmates and guards that operate inside and outside of prison who are the prime suspects of the kidnapping of the teenage daughter of U.S. Judge, John Morris. Inside La Rotunda, Lázaro has to find out who carried out the kidnapping and the whereabouts of the girl.

The Inmate

2018

El Mochaorejas poster
8.1

The story of Daniel Arizmendi's rise, the corruption and fear that allowed his gang to terrorize Mexico in the 1990s, where he became known as "el mochaorejas" for his shady crimes

El Mochaorejas

2026

La oficina poster
9.3

Regional manager Jerónimo Ponce III leads the Aguascalientes branch of the family-run Jabones Olimpo, where the employees have to endure the headaches of working for a family business where the boss is not qualified to lead the company.

La oficina

2026

The Envoys poster
7.8

Two Vatican officials with very different conceptions of what faith is are sent to different parts of the world to investigate and verify the veracity of alleged miracles and healings attributed to members of the church.

The Envoys

2021

Mi lista de exes poster
7.0

After a tarot reader tells her that the love of her life is not in the future, but in the past, and that she must find him before her 30th birthday, young and impulsive María undertakes a desperate search to find love, with the help of her best friends: Pedro, Ana and Lolo, and thus create her list of exes.

Mi lista de exes

2018