José María de Tavira

Acting

José María de Tavira

Born

1983-09-27 (43)

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Known for

Rosario Tijeras (Mexico) poster
7.8

Worlds collide when a vengeance-obsessed young woman from the other side of the tracks captures the attention of two well-off friends.

Rosario Tijeras (Mexico)

2016

The Mask of Zorro poster
6.6

It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero who robbed him of his freedom, his wife and his precious daughter.

The Mask of Zorro

1998

El colapso poster
7.1

An exploration of the societal consequences when a nation's financial, technological, political, and environmental systems collapse. Told in eight stand-alone episodes filmed in one continuous shot.

El colapso

2023

Midnight Family poster
7.6

Marigaby is a medical student by day—and by night, she saves lives with her family in Mexico City's high-stakes business of private ambulances. As pressure from both worlds threatens to drag her down, Marigaby will do whatever it takes to stay afloat.

Midnight Family

2024

El Candidato poster
6.9

Rookie CIA field operative Isabel Alfaro works alongside infamous CIA legend Wayne Addison to bring down Rafael Bautista, Mexico's most vicious and brilliant narco. Her mission brings her into conflict with Eduardo Yzaguirre, her former boyfriend and the current Mayor of Mexico City, the cleanest and most inspirational politician in the country.

El Candidato

2020

Niño Santo poster
8.0

A deadly outbreak affects the south of the country , so that policies and health authorities sent a group of three young doctors to vaccinate people across the region and teach preventive health measures . However , during their cross a village called Aguazul , where the population is mysteriously reluctant to visit, even the doctor in charge of this town warns them not to try to vaccinate their inhabitants , but young people do not listen and heading embark that it will be the last people on your route . Thus begin a series of strange events , and as you go deeper into this world " in the name of science ," witness extraordinary phenomena outside reality , all related to a famous " boy " who confronts his rigid scientific arguments against the possibilities of faith.

Niño Santo

2011

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

A Deadly Invitation poster
5.7

Eccentric millionaire Olivia sends her half sister Agatha, and a group of old acquaintances, a mysterious invitation for a weekend on her yacht, where they will discover the true motive behind this invitation: the celebration of… a murder?

A Deadly Invitation

2023

Un hombre por semana poster
7.5

A divorced woman reconstructs her life and opens herself to love. Her search for dating apps takes her through fun and unpredictable moments to discover self-love.

Un hombre por semana

2026

Art Is Dark and Full of Horrors poster
NR

This corrosive satire of the Mexican art world unfolds during a week of ferocious preening, dealing and partying. Star artist Chema rules the scene – but if he falls, every vulture of the art market is ready to swoop in.

Art Is Dark and Full of Horrors

2026

Amarte poster
NR

He lives in his own universe. She is a famous soap opera star who needs to disappear from hers. When they meet by accident, what seems like a bad idea becomes a getaway as absurd as it is irresistible. As they flee from the press, between increasingly out of place situations, delirious moments and a connection that no one saw coming, both discover that escaping from reality can be much more fun... and dangerously irresistible for the heart. But when the real world reaches them again, they will have to decide if that encounter was just a perfect fantasy or if it is worth the risk of experiencing something real.

Amarte

2026

The Opposite Of Death poster
NR

Set of stories of couples who sign either their love or death sentence. Intimate, specific and diverse situations that give a panorama of the vast terrain of love relationships. Life is not the opposite of death, but rather its intermediate point. The opposite of death is love, because that is where the human being is more alive than ever.

The Opposite Of Death

2025

ColOZio poster
5.8

In 1994, Mexican presidential candidate Colosio garnered attention for his democratic ideology and anti-corruption stance until he was shot through the head in Tijuana. The wondrous ColOZio, which is partly based on true events, starts three days prior with a prophecy to tripping friends Diego and Gael: save Colosio from death. The duo's dancing in a kaleidoscopic animated, almost 10-minute-long title sequence subsequently sets the tone for a playful, delightfully over-the-top road movie. Expect mythical apparitions, cartoony chases and plenty of drink and drugs.

ColOZio

2020

Todo lo invisible poster
3.0

When a car accident causes Jonás to completely lose his vision, he finds himself unable to live the life he used to know. Despite his refusal to accept his new condition or to show any vulnerability in the presence of his wife and daughters, the circumstances will lead him to discover new and unsuspected paths that will allow him to carry on.

Todo lo invisible

2020

2010s · 10 titles

DeadTectives poster
5.8

A team of reality TV paranormal investigators go to Mexico's most haunted house in the pursuit of better ratings. However, when the true dark secrets of the mansion begin to reveal themselves, the hapless team quickly discover that this house is no hoax. With zero genuine ghost-hunting experience, they have to figure out how to stop the ghosts and escape the house with their lives.

DeadTectives

2019

I Stay with You poster
4.9

Natalia and her friends go out one night out and end up subjecting a man to their sexual will. An essay on violence that revolves around three themes: power structures, machismo and the media.

I Stay with You

2014

Lost Girl poster
7.0

Shattered by the unexpected news of their irreversible break-up, an aspiring orchestra conductor is puzzled by his girlfriend's mysterious and seemingly inexplicable case of disappearance.

Lost Girl

2019

Que pena tu vida poster
4.9

A man loses his job an his girlfriend, but he really wants to start dating his best friend.

Que pena tu vida

2016

The Imperialists Are Still Alive! poster
4.1

Juggling the sudden abduction of her childhood sweetheart as well as a blooming love affair, a French Manhattanite makes her way as an artist in an indifferent, sometimes hostile world.

The Imperialists Are Still Alive!

2010

Left High And Dry poster
7.6

A man is left at the altar by his bride, so his two cousins decide to bring him to the place they used to go on vacation when they were kids.

Left High And Dry

2019

El baile de San Juan poster
4.6

It is the final decade of the 18th century in New Spain. We are in Mexico City, inhabited by local adventurers, native inhabitants and Europeans of every kind. In these surroundings, our characters, Jerónimo Marani, court choreographer, Giovanni, his mestizo son, and Victoria, the daughter of the most prominent family in the city, who is in love with Giovanni, live a life of love and aversion, court intrigue and popular grievances, Viceregal dogmas and dreams of freedom. Mexico´s war of independence is only a few years in the future.

El baile de San Juan

2010

The Vineyard poster
5.2

The legend of the 'Tierra De Sangre' vineyard... A tale that takes place a century ago, where love and death collide, and the mystery is darker than anyone could possibly imagine.

The Vineyard

2014

No artwork available
10.0

Two best friends, Javier and Lucio, decide to take a trip to the best surf beaches in Mexico.

Surfing Your Dreams

2013

File of Attempted Murder poster
6.3

Tells the story behind an assassination attempt perpetrated in 1897, by a dipsomaniac man, against the President of the Mexican Republic, General Porfirio Diaz.

File of Attempted Murder

2010

2000s · 7 titles

Love Hurts poster
8.1

Family and friends try to sabotage the budding romance between a young upper class girl and a humble student.

Love Hurts

2002

Tear This Heart Out poster
7.9

A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. by one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature, it is at once a haunting novel of one woman's life and a powerful account of post-revolutionary Mexico from a female perspective.

Tear This Heart Out

2008

Tired of Kissing Frogs poster
6.3

A romantic comedy about a young interior decorator who, as a result of a romantic disappointment, becomes the female counterpart of Don Juan. The misadventures of the manizer make her rediscover the value of love.

Tired of Kissing Frogs

2006

Love 'Till Death poster
7.0

Alejandro is frustrated due to the constraints put on his life by his rich and corrupt father. He flees and goes to a town where he falls in love with Rosa, who is under the thumb of a local gangster.

Love 'Till Death

2009

Where Are Their Stories? poster
4.8

Vicente (Gabino Rodríguez) is a young farmer in a rural village who scrapes by while taking care of his ill grandmother. Several of Vicente’s uncles intend to their ailing mother’s land without her knowledge. Vicente seeks help from the municipal president who, between shooting hoops on a desolate court, tells him that if he wants justice, he must head to the capital to meet with government officials. Although he hasn’t seen her since he was a child, Vicente sets off in search of his mother, who works as a maid in maze-like Mexico City. With the help of his mother’s employer, a sophisticated middle-aged woman, he finds the government offices where he presents his case. His situation isn’t easily resolved, especially since he does not have the deed to his grandmother’s plot of land, and Vicente finds the complexities of the legal system to be completely overwhelming.

Where Are Their Stories?

2007

Enemigos íntimos poster
4.2

Tells the stories of eight characters suffering from different ailments: a doctor who does not acknowledge his homosexuality, a woman who refuses to accept that she is growing old, a mute nurse, a failed writer, an autistic child, a young pregnant woman and an adolescent in a coma, who are linked together by the fact that one of them, Guillermo is diagnosed with a malignant tumor in his kidney.

Enemigos íntimos

2009

Perpetuum Mobile poster
2.7

An itinerant mover works from the streets of Mexico City with his partner and lives with his beleaguered mother. A heightened tension within the home – by the absent older brother and unmentioned father. Gabino's casual pursuit of a career is interrupted by a series of intense and almost satirically telenovela-esque domestic vignettes.

Perpetuum Mobile

2009

Series credits

Rosario Tijeras (Mexico) poster
7.8

Worlds collide when a vengeance-obsessed young woman from the other side of the tracks captures the attention of two well-off friends.

Rosario Tijeras (Mexico)

2016

El colapso poster
7.1

An exploration of the societal consequences when a nation's financial, technological, political, and environmental systems collapse. Told in eight stand-alone episodes filmed in one continuous shot.

El colapso

2023

Midnight Family poster
7.6

Marigaby is a medical student by day—and by night, she saves lives with her family in Mexico City's high-stakes business of private ambulances. As pressure from both worlds threatens to drag her down, Marigaby will do whatever it takes to stay afloat.

Midnight Family

2024

El Candidato poster
6.9

Rookie CIA field operative Isabel Alfaro works alongside infamous CIA legend Wayne Addison to bring down Rafael Bautista, Mexico's most vicious and brilliant narco. Her mission brings her into conflict with Eduardo Yzaguirre, her former boyfriend and the current Mayor of Mexico City, the cleanest and most inspirational politician in the country.

El Candidato

2020

Niño Santo poster
8.0

A deadly outbreak affects the south of the country , so that policies and health authorities sent a group of three young doctors to vaccinate people across the region and teach preventive health measures . However , during their cross a village called Aguazul , where the population is mysteriously reluctant to visit, even the doctor in charge of this town warns them not to try to vaccinate their inhabitants , but young people do not listen and heading embark that it will be the last people on your route . Thus begin a series of strange events , and as you go deeper into this world " in the name of science ," witness extraordinary phenomena outside reality , all related to a famous " boy " who confronts his rigid scientific arguments against the possibilities of faith.

Niño Santo

2011

Fuego Ardiente poster
4.2

Fuego Ardiente is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Moreno Laguillo for Televisa and originally broadcast on Las Estrellas from February 8 to June 4, 2021. Created by Martha Carrillo and Cristina García, with adaptation by Marissa Garrido, the telenovela was directed by Luis Eduardo Reyes and Carlos Cock Marín. It stars Mariana Torres, Carlos Ferro, Claudia Ramírez, José María de Tavira, Arturo Peniche, Kuno Becker, Lorena Meritano, and Claudia Martín. The story follows Alexa Gamba, who infiltrates the powerful Ferrer family after her brother dies under suspicious circumstances while working at their olive oil company. Determined to uncover the truth, Alexa falls in love with Gabriel Ferrer, the heir to the family business. As their relationship deepens, they become entangled in a web of revenge, betrayal, forbidden love, and long-hidden secrets that threaten to destroy both families.

Fuego Ardiente

2021

La Clinica poster
NR

A comedy with entertaining stories of love that can be unleashed on the interior of a psychiatric hospital, whereby we can explore the races and capricious disgusting human rights.

La Clinica

2012

Mama Drama poster
6.2

Four young mothers strengthen their friendship beyond their children's school chat group after an intense school camping trip, where they discover who is having an affair with one of their husbands.

Mama Drama

2025

Miss Dynamite poster
6.9

The story centers on Valentina Cárdenas, a young woman from high society who, forced by circumstances, will transform into a brave and dangerous woman who learns to defend herself and fight in order to avenge the death of her father, Octavio Cárdenas. In her quest, she will take unexpected risks, all while maintaining a relationship with an attractive businessman, the enigmatic Miguel, who has his own ties to the criminal underworld.

Miss Dynamite

2015

90 Minutes poster
8.7

Don Gil seeks out Veneno, a former soccer legend, to save his team, Las Navajas FC, from an adversary as they compete for the championship.

90 Minutes

2025

El Capitán Camacho poster
2.0

The real story of Carlos Camacho Espíritu, a humble man who migrated to the United States to be a successful Mexican aviator and businessman. Captain Camacho is recognized for his work in wildlife conservation and for having founded the Africam Safari conservation park in Puebla.

El Capitán Camacho

2015

Malinche poster
7.2

The story of Marina, Malintzin or Malinche - as she came to be known - the native interpreter of conquistador Hernán Cortés.

Malinche

2018