José Manuel Poncelis
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With a career of more than 35 years as a theater, film, and television series actor, he has also worked as a theater director, also venturing into playwriting and production. He has acted in more than 20 films, some of them are: “Marionetas” by Álvaro Curiel, “Polvo” directed by José María Yaspik, “Sueño en otro Idioma” by Director Ernesto Contreras. He has been awarded the Mayahuel 2017 award and as best actor, with the film “Sueño en otro Idioma” at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2017 and with the WINSTON-SALEM OUT AT THE MOVIES LGBT FILM SERIES award. In addition to films like “De la Calle”, “La Ley de Heródes”, “Ricochet”, “Pescador” among others. He has participated in series for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, CANAL 11, FOX AND NETFLIX, among which stand out: Sitiados, Hernán, Biografía de una lengua, La Reina Roja, Palenque.
Known for
Credits
Man on Fire (2004)
as School Clerk
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
as Wounded Indian
¡Que viva México! (2023)
as Don Pancracio
Herod's Law (1999)
as Filemón
Cero y van cuatro (2004)
as Taxista ("El Torzón")
I Dream in Another Language (2017)
as Isauro
Streeters (2001)
as Teporocho
Tótem (2023)
as Tío Octavio
The Tiger of Santa Julia (2002)
as Carmelo
National Geographic: Pyramids of Death (2005)
as Self
Curandero (2025)
as Jesús
Marionette (2020)
Actor
Aztech (2020)
Actor
Hijos del viento (2000)
as Chaman
Powder (2019)
as Facundo
Ricochet (2020)
as Gallero 1
Disappear Completely (2024)
as Chamán
Never on a Sunday (2006)
as Pancho
I Don't Want to Be Dust (2022)
as Cuidador del cementerio
La noche de las flores (2011)
Actor
Under California: The Limit of Time (1998)
as Indígena
Crazy Carnival (2006)
as La Patria
Diente por diente (2013)
as Rutilio
Ik Dietrick Fon, the hidden sound of things (2015)
as Doorman