Jacobo Morales
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Jacobo Morales Ramírez (born November 12, 1934) is a Puerto Rican actor, poet, writer, playwright, filmmaker, and auteur. He is considered by many to be the most influential filmmaker in Puerto Rico. Jacobo Morales' "Lo que le pasó a Santiago" (1989) reached an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990, being the only Academy Award recognition a Puerto Rican film has yet to reach.
Known for
Credits
Bananas (1971)
as Esposito
Up the Sandbox (1972)
as Fidel Castro
Dios los cría... (1979)
as Alberto Palacios (segment "Entre Doce Y Una")
Angelito mío (1998)
as Dios
La criada malcriada (1965)
as Moralito
The Effects of Magic (1998)
as Rodolfo
Linda Sara (1995)
as Pablo
Nicolás y los demás (1986)
as Nicolás
Angel (2007)
as Mariano Farías
What Happened to Santiago (1989)
as Arístides Esquilín
El cuerpo del delito (2005)
Actor
Julia, toda en mí (2002)
Actor
Il Viaggio (2010)
Actor
Broche de oro: Comienzos (2017)
as Rafael
Cuentos de Abelardo (1990)
as Peyo Mercé
Manos a la obra: The Story of Operation Bootstrap (1983)
as Self
Broche de oro (2012)
as Rafael Medina
No me quiero ir de aquí: Una más (2025)
Actor
Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual (2014)
as Himself
La recompensa (2008)
as Paco
Entangling Shadows (1998)
as Self
Arocho y Clemente: los que murieron en la horca (1970)
Actor
I Am a Director (2013)
as Jacobo
Medio minuto (2012)
Actor
And God Created Them 2 (2004)
Actor
Todo el año es Navidad (2009)
as Nicolás
Cuentos para despertar (1998)
as Peyo Mercé
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Short Film) (2025)
as Señor
Desandando la vida (2003)
as Julio Dones
San Juan Story (1990)
as Víctor Torres
Abelardo Díaz Alfaro: Homenaje Póstumo (1999)
as Self
Esta insistente manía de ser feliz (2017)
as Himself
Jugando en serio (1998)
Actor
Andrea y Lorenzo (2016)
as Priest
El viaje de Tortuga (2010)
Actor