Noé Hernández

Acting

Noé Hernández

Born 1969-11-10 · Atitalaquía, Hidalgo, México

Noé Hernández Álvarez was born on November 10, 1969 in Atitalaquía, Hidalgo, the son of peasant parents. He studied Dramatic Arts at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. He was about to enroll to become a lawyer, but changed his mind at the last minute after flipping through the school brochure since he used to act in theatrical production while in high school. After graduating in 1994, he became a high school teacher for seven years in Toluca and at the same time founded an experimental theater group, then moved to Mexico City as he wanted to act in films. Hernandez spent three years attending three or four casting calls a week, until he signed a contract to do a commercial and then a small role in the film Propiedad Ajena in 2007. The following year, she had her first supporting role in the film Espiral (2008) and then a 40-second role in the film Sin Nombre, directed by Cary Fukunaga. He then appeared in supporting roles in the films Vaho (2010), Somos Lo Que Hay(2010) and El Infierno (2010). During the filming of Sin Nombre, Hernández met filmmaker Gerardo Naranjo, who years later offered her the leading role in Miss Bala,45 which was written by Naranjo and Mauricio Katz, the film is about a beauty pageant contestant, played by Stephanie Sigman. In 2024 he won the Ariel Award for Best Actor for his role in Kokoloko.

Acting credits

Facing El Chapo poster
8.9

Two Mexican officers must survive the final hours of their shift after crossing a ruthless cartel boss.

Facing El Chapo

2026

Counterattack poster
8.3

When a hostage rescue mission creates a new enemy, Capt. Guerrero and his elite soldiers must face an ambush by a criminal group.

Counterattack

2025

El Infierno poster
8.0

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

El Infierno

2010

A Time for Bravery poster
7.5

A psychoanalyst on community service aids an agent shattered by infidelity; together, they will confront danger and discover second chances.

A Time for Bravery

2025

Sin Nombre poster
7.6

Sayra, a Native Honduran teenager, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Indigenous Mexican and Mestizo-Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same USA-bound train.

Sin Nombre

2009

Esta canción de amor es para Fátima poster
8.3

Domingo is in love with his classmate, Fatima. To conquer her, he is determined to buy a mp3 player; a difficult task in the middle of Mexico´s Zapotec mountain side. On his quest he meets 'Charal', an alcoholic homeless man that decides to help him.

Esta canción de amor es para Fátima

2014

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths poster
6.8

A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

2022

Miss Bala poster
6.7

The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty contest queen in a Mexico dominated by organized crime.

Miss Bala

2011

600 Miles poster
6.0

Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons from Arizona to Mexico for a drug cartel, but he is being investigated by agent Harris. When agent Harris blows his covers, he and Arnulfo end up in a journey where he will be the hostage of this young criminal.

600 Miles

2015

The Perfect Dictatorship poster
7.4

TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?

The Perfect Dictatorship

2014

Bel Canto poster
5.5

A famous opera singer is held hostage in South America by a guerrilla rebel group after performing at a Japanese businessman's lavish birthday party. Unexpected bonds are forged in the standoff that ensues.

Bel Canto

2018

Fuego Fatuo poster
4.0

Noé receives a call announcing that they have found a woman who is most likely his daughter who disappeared 15 years ago.

Fuego Fatuo

2022

Becloud poster
4.9

Alejandro Gerber Bicecci's "Vaho" (Becloud) tells the story of three childhood friends, Andres, Felipe, and Jose, and their lives in a dusty, run down corner of Mexico City. The boys were inseparable until they witnessed a tragedy that haunts them to the present day. The tragedy shaped each boy differently, and had a profound effect on their lives.

Becloud

2010

Pedro Páramo poster
6.9

A man searches for his father, Pedro Páramo, in a town doomed by violence and the fury of a frustrated love.

Pedro Páramo

2024

Mudanza poster
NR

A renowned journalist faces a crisis when he fails to protect his new home from a potential intruder, shattering his sense of masculinity. Struggling with shame and desperate to reclaim his manhood, his efforts to rectify the situation threaten to undermine the happiness of his recent move with his girlfriend and strain his relationship with his son.

Mudanza

2025

A Song for Mary poster
6.0

María is a lonely independent girl who lives with Saúl, her single father, who is always hung-up by the lack of money. Both live in a small Mexican town threatened by organized crime. On a common afternoon, a stroke of luck will take them to embark a road trip in search of the American dream.

A Song for Mary

2019

Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse poster
6.4

In a dystopian future ravaged by a viral apocalypse, three young brothers—Salvador, Oliver, and Benjamin—find themselves isolated in a remote cabin deep within the woods. As they navigate this desolate world, they harbor a dark and disturbing secret in their basement, a presence they must feed to ensure their own survival.

Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse

2024

Nudo Mixteco poster
6.6

The imprint of the past is made present by the return of three migrants to a community in the upper Mixteca region of Oaxaca, where the three stories intersect.

Nudo Mixteco

2021

Mexican Gangster poster
6.5

Tells the story of the most prominent bank robber in the history of Mexico, his crimes, his different personalities, his career as a charro with a mariachi band, his getaways and the strange relationship he had with the one who finally came to stop him. Based on the true story of Alfredo Ríos Galeana.

Mexican Gangster

2014

We Are the Flesh poster
5.2

After wandering a ruined city for years in search of food and shelter, two siblings find their way into one of the last remaining buildings. Inside, they find a man who will make them a dangerous offer to survive the outside world.

We Are the Flesh

2016

About Family poster
NR

A family gathers and sells waste. One day, the mother finds a cylinder in an abandoned hospital and takes it home. The family situation becomes worse when, without them realizing it, the cylinder begins to change them from within.

About Family

2017

Cesar Chavez poster
6.2

A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader and labour organiser torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Passionate but soft-spoken, Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to working people.

Cesar Chavez

2014

Knife+Heart poster
5.8

In the summer of 1979, gay porn producer Anne sets out to film her most ambitious film yet, but her actors are picked off, one by one, by a mysterious killer.

Knife+Heart

2018

Sexennial Plan poster
5.1

Mercedes’ fantasy turns into a nightmare. Juan’s greatest fear takes the shape of a strange man entering his house. The city has fallen into chaos and anarchy, so it's going to be difficult to get some ice for the drinks; but tonight, Mercedes is an object of desire to men, so nothing else matters.

Sexennial Plan

2014

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