Valentín Trujillo

Acting

Valentín Trujillo

Born 1951-03-28 · Atotonilco, Jalisco, Mexico

Valentin Trujillo Gazcón (28 March 1951 – 4 May 2006) was a Mexican actor, writer and director. His career spanned 48 years, where he appeared in over 140 films and directed 20 films. Trujillo was born on March 28, 1951 in a show business family as his grandfather was film producer Valentín Gazcón and his uncle was actor Gilberto Gazcón. He made his film debut as a baby. Trujillo initially studied law at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He never completed his studies, choosing instead to become an actor. Trujillo made his acting debut at the age of seven in the film El Gran Pillo (1958). As a teen he got into the Columbia Pictures release Rage (1966) alongside Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens. Beginning in the early 1970s, Trujillo was cast often as the male lead. The film Las figuras de arena (1970) directed by Roberto Gavaldón established him as a leading man. He worked steadily as the leading man in action films over the next decade, completing over 30 films between 1970 and 1979. In addition to action films, Trujillo expanded his range in a number of films that incorporated commentary about modern social issues and politics in Mexico. The film Perro Callejero (1980) won a Silver Goddess for Best Picture and Trujillo, who portrayed the lead drunken character, was awarded Best Actor by Premios ACE. Beginning in the 1980s, Trujillo stepped behind the camera as well and began writing and directing his films. He released several popular action films and was soon the top box office draw in Mexico. Trujillo was nominated for several Ariel Awards in the 1980s, including Best Supporting Actor for El Ansia de Matar (1987) and Best Story and Screenplay for Violación(1989). The latter also was the first film to co-star his son, Valentin Trujillo, Jr. Together they co-starred in close to 20 films together before Trujillo's untimely death. Trujillo died on May 4, 2006 in his sleep from a heart attack. He was 55 at the time of his death.

Acting credits

Violación poster
5.5

In Mexico City, a woman is raped every 9 minutes. This film details some of the legal and social problems in the country and how it's often difficult for women to find justice. Awarded Best Film by Mexican Cinema Journalists and nominated for three Ariel Awards.

Violación

1989

El Maldito poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

El Maldito

1996

The Extra poster
6.9

Cantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at the same time envisioning his own versions of how certain scenes should be shot. Both angles provide ample opportunities for very witty, subtle barbs at the foibles of the industry.

The Extra

1962

Carroña poster
4.7

Horseback drama set in Mexico just before the Revolution.

Carroña

1978

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

Tequila y Mezcal poster
5.5

Obscure Valentin Trujillo, Roebrto Ballesteros, Juan Valentin film.

Tequila y Mezcal

2000

Juventud En Drogas poster
5.7

A young man is introduced to drugs by a bodybuilder at the gym, which causes his life to spiral out of control.

Juventud En Drogas

1997

Caceria de judiciales poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Caceria de judiciales

1997

Son tus perjúmenes mujer poster
6.0

Marginal/unemployed dude with heart of gold tries to make life better for crippled niece, unapproachable girlfriend, others.

Son tus perjúmenes mujer

1978

El ausente poster
6.8

Young man returns to his childhood home-town, planning to git the people that killed his father.

El ausente

1972

Perro callejero poster
8.0

An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.

Perro callejero

1980

Caceria de Viboras poster
NR

Valentin Trujillo videohome written by Carlos Enrique Taboada.

Caceria de Viboras

1994

Mi fantasma y yo poster
5.2

A family of three moves to a haunted house. The couple's 10-year-old son runs into the ghost of the house but isn't scared. He tells the ghost that since his father is a writer of horror novels he lost fear of horror stories. The ghost then confides in the boy that he is a lonely ghost on account of the modern world focused on so many material priorities. Child and ghost become best friends, playing together, telling stories and helping the ghost pay his rent by scaring people every month.

Mi fantasma y yo

1988

Demon Hunter poster
5.3

At the highest place in Tarahumaran mountain, a Shaman was brutally murdered. The investigation leads detective Aguilar to ask for help to a veterinarian and a priest, to find out that the crime is just the beginning of a series of brutal murders by a nahual (Wolfman)

Demon Hunter

1983

Partners and Lovers poster
4.0

Three short films about intimacy, infidelity and life as a couple (or almost)

Partners and Lovers

1973

Rage poster
5.6

Small-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.

Rage

1966

Masacre en Ensenada poster
6.5

Obscure film with Valentin Trujillo and Eleazar Garcia Jr.

Masacre en Ensenada

1998

Asesino por instinto poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Asesino por instinto

1993

Imposible de matar poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Imposible de matar

1994

Cuna de valientes poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cuna de valientes

1972

Un Hombre Violento poster
5.2

Bent on avenging the death of his gambling addicted father, Julian Carrera embarks on a violent spree with deadly consequences.

Un Hombre Violento

1984

Fieras En Brama poster
4.3

Before being confirmed in the priesthood, a seminary student is ordered to go back out into the world for a year to confirm his vocation. It turns out that mundane activities hold a certain appeal for him.

Fieras En Brama

1983

Mexicano Hasta Las Cachas poster
7.2

Mauro is your typical deep-heart Mexican man, a merrymaker always ready to sing a song and turn difficulties into a laugh. He's married, has a friend named Hilario, and a girlfriend named Rita, and a girlfriend named Carmen, and a girlfriend named Petra, and other unnamed girlfriends. His life was already troubled with jealous girlfriends fighting each other, when one of his lovers decides to kidnap his baby child from the cradle, to kill him. All turns to the good, in the end.

Mexicano Hasta Las Cachas

1979

Yo el ejecutor poster
5.4

A retired mercenary known as 'The Executioner', is forced to take one more case especially when his girlfriend is kidnapped and raped, he then wages a one-man war against the mob with his execution style.

Yo el ejecutor

1987

Behind the camera

Violación poster
5.5

In Mexico City, a woman is raped every 9 minutes. This film details some of the legal and social problems in the country and how it's often difficult for women to find justice. Awarded Best Film by Mexican Cinema Journalists and nominated for three Ariel Awards.

Violación

1989

Red Dawn poster
8.2

On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.

Red Dawn

1990

Delirio de muerte poster
6.3

Married couple Alma & Carlos are stalked by Alma's look-a-like "Lucia", who wants Carlos back.

Delirio de muerte

1996

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Un secuestro de locura

1996

Imposible de matar poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Imposible de matar

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

Un Hombre Violento poster
5.2

Bent on avenging the death of his gambling addicted father, Julian Carrera embarks on a violent spree with deadly consequences.

Un Hombre Violento

1984

Yo el ejecutor poster
5.4

A retired mercenary known as 'The Executioner', is forced to take one more case especially when his girlfriend is kidnapped and raped, he then wages a one-man war against the mob with his execution style.

Yo el ejecutor

1987

Yo el ejecutor poster
5.4

A retired mercenary known as 'The Executioner', is forced to take one more case especially when his girlfriend is kidnapped and raped, he then wages a one-man war against the mob with his execution style.

Yo el ejecutor

1987

Atrapados poster
5.8

A wild police officer attempts to rescue a child from the hands of kidnappers.

Atrapados

1995

Atrapados poster
5.8

A wild police officer attempts to rescue a child from the hands of kidnappers.

Atrapados

1995

The Last Escape poster
5.3

An elderly escape artist fails in his act and is fired from the theater. He and his grandchildren Magela and Pablo then perform magic acts in parks.

The Last Escape

1990

The Last Escape poster
5.3

An elderly escape artist fails in his act and is fired from the theater. He and his grandchildren Magela and Pablo then perform magic acts in parks.

The Last Escape

1990

Hunting Humans poster
5.8

A guy whose brother was killed and a waitress whose sister was killed run afoul on a psycho killer who gets his jollies running people off the road with his big truck. Overcompensation much?

Hunting Humans

1987

Carrera contra el destino poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

Carrera contra el destino

1990

Ratas De La Ciudad poster
8.1

A father on the search for his missing child discovers a revealing and shocking drama. The true adventures of thousands of juvenile criminals who live in a big city. They live in ghettos, in a world ful of violence, corruption and hate. They form gangs who attack and rob innocent victims, leaving a trail of terror behind.

Ratas De La Ciudad

1985

Ratas De La Ciudad poster
8.1

A father on the search for his missing child discovers a revealing and shocking drama. The true adventures of thousands of juvenile criminals who live in a big city. They live in ghettos, in a world ful of violence, corruption and hate. They form gangs who attack and rob innocent victims, leaving a trail of terror behind.

Ratas De La Ciudad

1985

Venganza poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Venganza

1992

Pesadilla infernal poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Pesadilla infernal

1997

Un Hombre Despiadado poster
6.7

Valentin Trujillo film in which he is in some sort of camp with two other people.

Un Hombre Despiadado

1991