Salvador Sánchez
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Alfredo Salvador Sánchez Bolaños (born October 28th, 1943) is a Mexican actor and director. He was one of the most relevant actors among those who renewed the list of interpreters of Mexican cinema at the beginning of the seventies. Since then, he has stood out in films such as The devil fell from glory (Cayó de la gloria el diablo, .1971), The bump (La choca, 1973), The heist (El apando, 1975), Canoa (1975), Las Poquianchis (1976), Los albañiles (1976), Under the shrapnel (Bajo la metralla, 1983), Motel (1983), Journey to Paradise (1985), Going for a nut (1986), Fire Angel (1991), Lady at night (1993), Leap into the void (1994), Natural death (1996) , Only once (2000) and Herod's law (2000). He directed Pedro Páramo in 1981. Deserving of various distinctions for his acting work in film, including two Diosas de Plata, he has also developed an outstanding theatrical career and has participated repeatedly on television.
Known for
Credits
Collateral Damage (2002)
as Peddler
El Infierno (2010)
as El Padrino
The Exorcist (2022)
as Señor Ramirez
Jóvenes delincuentes (1991)
Actor
Curandero (2025)
as Manuel
The Mexican (2001)
as Gunsmith
Difficult Days (1988)
as Diputado Gabriel Aguirre
La venganza (1989)
as Rafael Galeana
Perseguida (1991)
as Commander German Paino
La madre (1979)
Actor
Between Shadows (2015)
as Narciso
The Master of Ballantrae (1974)
as El Chueco
Under the Shrapnel (1983)
as Tomas
Ojitos mentirosos (1999)
Actor
¡Que viva México! (2023)
as Notario / Don Florencio
The Mongolian Conspiracy (2019)
as Señor Liu
Una buena forma de morir (1994)
Actor
Salvador (1986)
as Human Rights Leader
Salto al vacío (1995)
Actor
His Most Serene Highness (2000)
Actor
Jack's Law (2006)
as Joker
Amor que mata (1994)
as Don Raúl
Puras mentiras (2013)
as Luis Pérez Goya
El Enemigo del Pueblo (—)
Actor
Charm School (2007)
as Monseñor
Dama de Noche (1993)
as Diego
The Recourse to the Method (1978)
Actor
Abuelita de Bakman (1993)
Actor
The Food of Fear (1994)
as Jefe
El jardín de la paz (1989)
Actor
Under the Volcano (1984)
as Chief of Stockyards
Caminando pasos... caminando (1977)
Actor
Solamente una vez (2002)
Actor
Tequila, historia de una pasión (2011)
as Vicente
Crimen y castigo (1951)
as (uncredited)
Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? (1974)
as Juan Dolores
Ángel de fuego (1992)
as Rito
The Legend of the Scorpion (1991)
Actor
He kidnapped her, he raped her, and he killed her (1989)
as Bonifaz
Herod's Law (1999)
as Pek
Esa mi Irene (1975)
Actor
El último narco (1992)
Actor
Dos judiciales en aprietos (1990)
Actor
One Man’s War (1991)
as Ramírez
La fuerza bruta (1991)
Actor
The Perfect Dictatorship (2014)
as Hombre X
Old Gringo (1989)
as Floreal
A Breakfast Chronicle (2000)
as Pedro (uncredited)
Letters from Marusia (1975)
as Sebastián
The Eve (1982)
as Villegas
1938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil (2025)
as Peasant
Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1975)
as Witness
Maria of My Heart (1979)
as Chava
El vals sin fin (1972)
Actor
Diplomatic Immunity (1991)
as Colonel Hernández
The Voice of a Dream (2018)
as Apolonio
The Heist (1976)
as Albino
No One Will Love You Like I Do (1972)
Actor
El hijo de Lamberto Quintero (1990)
Actor
Frida Still Life (1986)
as David Alfaro Siqueiros
Those Years (1974)
as Gen. Melchor Ocampo
Imperio de los Malditos (1992)
as Rutilo Morán
La yegua colorada (1973)
Actor
La Generala (1971)
as Jesús
¿Y si platicamos de agosto? (1980)
Actor
Motel (1984)
as Julián Vargas, Detective
Zapata en Chinameca (1987)
Actor
Cayó de la gloria el diablo (1972)
as Charro cantor / Solís
Fuera de la ley (1998)
Actor
Motel of Death (1990)
Actor
Emiliano Zapata (1970)
Actor
Mexican Ghostbusters (1991)
as Procoro
Las Poquianchis (1976)
as Reportero
Acorazado (2010)
as Alacran
The House in the South (1976)
as Genaro
The Bricklayers (1976)
as Chapo Álvarez
Aventuras de un caballo blanco y un niño (1975)
Actor
Un ángel para los diablillos (1993)
as Jefe de Policía
File of Attempted Murder (2010)
as Antonio Villacencio
Furia en la sangre (1988)
Actor
Octagon and Atlantis, the rematch (1992)
Actor
La Choca (1974)
as Audias
With Fear in the Veins (1990)
as José
Las asesinas del panadero (1989)
Actor
Sobre el arco iris (2004)
Actor
Pedro Páramo (1981)
Actor
Mujer de cabaret (1991)
Actor
Héroes de la seguridad (2009)
Actor
Anyway, Juan is Your Name (1976)
Actor
De muerte natural (1996)
Actor
Loving Ghosts (1994)
Actor
Angel River (1988)
as Toral
Valente Quintero (1973)
as Capitán Carrancista
La dama y el judicial (1992)
Actor
The Mexican Ninja (1991)
Actor
The Beast (2023)
as Don Gerardo
Violaciónes, casos de la vida real (1990)
Actor
Drizzle (1978)
as Indígena
El elegido (1977)
as Don Liserio
Viaje al paraíso (1985)
as Bulmador
Octagon and Mascara Sagrada in Fight to the Death (1992)
Actor