
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
5.5In 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
7.0No synopsis available yet.
El Maldito
1996
6.9Cantinflas 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
4.7Horseback drama set in Mexico just before the Revolution.
Carroña
1978
6.3The 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
5.5Obscure Valentin Trujillo, Roebrto Ballesteros, Juan Valentin film.
Tequila y Mezcal
2000
5.7A 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
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Caceria de judiciales
1997
6.0Marginal/unemployed dude with heart of gold tries to make life better for crippled niece, unapproachable girlfriend, others.
Son tus perjúmenes mujer
1978
6.8Young man returns to his childhood home-town, planning to git the people that killed his father.
El ausente
1972
8.0An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.
Perro callejero
1980
NRValentin Trujillo videohome written by Carlos Enrique Taboada.
Caceria de Viboras
1994
5.2A 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
5.3At 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
4.0Three short films about intimacy, infidelity and life as a couple (or almost)
Partners and Lovers
1973
5.6Small-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.
Rage
1966
6.5Obscure film with Valentin Trujillo and Eleazar Garcia Jr.
Masacre en Ensenada
1998
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Asesino por instinto
1993
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Imposible de matar
1994
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Cuna de valientes
1972
5.2Bent on avenging the death of his gambling addicted father, Julian Carrera embarks on a violent spree with deadly consequences.
Un Hombre Violento
1984
4.3Before 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
7.2Mauro 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
5.4A 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
5.5In 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
8.2On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.
Red Dawn
1990
6.3Married couple Alma & Carlos are stalked by Alma's look-a-like "Lucia", who wants Carlos back.
Delirio de muerte
1996
No synopsis available yet.
Un secuestro de locura
1996
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Imposible de matar
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
5.2Bent on avenging the death of his gambling addicted father, Julian Carrera embarks on a violent spree with deadly consequences.
Un Hombre Violento
1984
5.4A 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
5.4A 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
5.8A wild police officer attempts to rescue a child from the hands of kidnappers.
Atrapados
1995
5.8A wild police officer attempts to rescue a child from the hands of kidnappers.
Atrapados
1995
5.3An 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
5.3An 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
5.8A 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
5.7Mexican feature film
Carrera contra el destino
1990
8.1A 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
8.1A 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
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Venganza
1992
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Pesadilla infernal
1997
6.7Valentin Trujillo film in which he is in some sort of camp with two other people.
Un Hombre Despiadado
1991