
Acting
Juan Carlos Colombo
Born 1950-11-07 · San Juan, Argentina
Juan Carlos Colombo is an Argentine–Mexican actor. He has lived in Mexico since 1975, where he studied acting and met his wife, actress Patricia Eguía. In 2017, the National Association of Actors awarded him the "Virginia Fábregas" medal for his 25-year artistic career in Mexico. Colombo is mostly known for his television roles, particularly in Televisa's telenovelas, among which are: Teresa (2010), Cachito de cielo (2012), and Yo no creo en los hombres (2014). He is the father of the actor and musician Felipe Colombo.
Acting credits
6.6Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
Clear and Present Danger
1994
6.7Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life. It was called the Cronos device. When he died more than 400 years later, he took the secrets of this remarkable device to the grave with him. Now, an elderly antiques dealer has found the hellish machine hidden in a statue and learns about its incredible powers. The more he uses the device, the younger he becomes...but nothing comes without a price. Life after death is just the beginning as this nerve-shattering thriller unfolds and the fountain of youth turns bloody.
Cronos
1993
NRAn special and heroic Representation of Independence, the Past Narrated in “Gritos de Muerte y Libertad,” which examines the roles of independence heroes in the series’ narrative and in Mexican historiography. Extended and more detailed pilot that expands the show.
Gritos D Muerte y Libertad
2010
7.1Jose learns that Nora, the woman he was married to for 30 years and from whom divorced, has committed suicide. The rabbi explains Joseph that due to the celebrations this time of the year, if Nora is not buried that same day, they should wait at least 5 days for the funeral. Nora had planned before his death, a Machiavellian plan in order that Joseph was the one who has to take care of his funeral. But Nora forgot a small detail, a mysterious photograph stored under her bed, that will remind Joseph that the greatest love stories, sometimes are hidden in the smallest places.
Nora's Will
2008
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
7.5No synopsis available yet.
The Ringer
1996
6.0A politician accused of fraud seeks refuge in a remote, hotel he owns. Joined by his wife, and children he requests aid from his friends. His friends refuse to help, and eventually his family leave him, leaving him with few options.
Playa azul
1992
6.0A cosmetologist invents a perfume that helps her sister seduce her boss. When her boss realizes the power of the perfume he will try to steal the formula.
Perfume, efecto inmediato
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
5.8Life unravels when famous radio talk-show host Carmen (Sylvia Pinal) discovers she has just months to live. To tie up the loose ends of her life, she hires a chauffeur to drive her around Mexico City and visit her old haunts. But he does far more than that; instead, he gives her life a much-needed spark and shows her the road to happiness. Alonso Echanove and Raul Araiza Jr. co-star.
Vintage Model
1992
6.0Carmen, a brave journalist, discovers soon after her mother's death that she has inherited her grandma's house. She decides to move there without knowing it hides dark secrets.
The Exorcism of Carmen Farias
2021
6.2The beautiful and popular movie star Miroslava is depressed tonight. As she prepares her suicide, her entire life is revealed on screen in a disturbing portrait of a lonely woman.
Miroslava
1993
5.2Based on the novel by Carlos Trejo, supposedly based on true events, the film retells the story of a group of friends that played the Ouija one night together and started to die one by one in mysterious ways. The only survivor was the real-life author, Carlos Trejo.
Cañitas
2007
6.1The 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
5.4Locked up and isolated, constantly exposed and threatened to be killed, for the first time in his life Lazaro understood that he was a free man.
Richness of Internal Space
2013
6.6Refugio, a romantic dreamer whose years long quest to find true love takes him from the circus life in Mexico to the nightlife of New Orleans, where he unexpectedly falls for a beautiful exotic dancer with a complicated past and a dangerous ex-lover who refuses to let her go.
A Circus Tale & A Love Song
2024
7.3Socorro is a lawyer obsessed with finding the soldier who killed her brother during the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre. When she receives a crucial clue about the soldier’s whereabouts fifty years after her brother’s death, Socorro embarks on a reckless mission for revenge.
We Shall Not Be Moved
2024
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Espiritus
1995
6.4Two shareholder brothers close several factories due to economic problems, except for their chemical plants.
Difficult Days
1988
5.9"Cilantro y perejil" is a comedy about couples from the same family, hit by the economic crisis in Mexico. The plot turns around the eternal question of whether it is worth it to live as a couple. The conclusions are fun, unpredictable and very human. After ending a ten-year marriage, Carlos and Susana try to fall in love with other people without success. As the days go by, Carlos realizes that without Susana he is unable to do many things, including distinguishing cilantro from parsley.
Recipes to Stay Together
1996
6.7When a Mexican film director becomes fed up with the crime and corruption in his homeland, he decides to single-handedly take on a powerful band of criminals.
Gimme Power
2000
7.0The 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
5.1Ramona is fat woman with too much weight and barely any luck. She recalls a childhood filled with moral abuse by her mother, sister and friends, calling her silly offensive names referencing her overweight. When she became an adult, things didn’t really get any better. She’s fired for being fat, she wants a liposuction but the doctor informs her she’s not a candidate due to her overweight, and all her universe seems to be collapsing after a series of unfortunate events. But everything will soon get better thanks to some magical beetles she finds in a Tarot café.
She's Ramona
2015
5.9After witnessing the arrest of her father for publishing "subversive" material against the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, Valentina escapes taking a sack of gold coins with her in order to hand it over to rebel Francisco I. Madero, who is in San Antonio, Texas. That is how Valentina begins a long journey as a member of a traveling circus, where she finds love next to Victor, who, fascinated by the cinematographer, films everything that occurs before his eyes, in times of great political turbulence.
El Cometa
1999