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Daniel Giménez Cacho

Mexican actor

Daniel Giménez Cacho
Summary

Mexican actor

FieldValue
imageMarisa Paredes y Daniel Giménez Cacho (cropped).jpg
captionGiménez Cacho in October 2014
birth_date
birth_placeMadrid, Spain
citizenshipMexico, Spain
occupationActor, director, writer, producer, TV host
years_active1986–present
spouseMaya Goded
children2

Daniel Giménez Cacho (born May 15, 1961) is a Mexican actor. He portrayed Tito the Coroner in Cronos (1993) and We Are What We Are (2010).

Early life

Daniel Giménez Cacho was born on May 15, 1961 in Madrid, as the youngest of the six children of Luis Giménez Cacho and , two actors who performed in the theatre company La Barraca. In Mexico, his mother also became a noted painter as a disciple of Elvira Gascón. He moved to Mexico as a child and studied theatre at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Career

He starred in several Mexican films and television series, such as Sólo Con Tu Pareja, Cronos, Midaq Alley, Tear This Heart Out and Bad Education. He has worked with several prominent Hispanic filmmakers, including Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, Jorge Fons and Pedro Almodóvar. He appeared in La hora marcada, the series written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro, and in the Mexican telenovela Teresa. His voice is heard throughout Y tu mamá también as the narrator. In 2009, he starred in the Mexican remake for the Argentinian series Locas de Amor. Cacho played the Armenian priest in The Promise, a film set in the Armenian genocide.

Filmography

Gimenez Cacho filming in [[Cuemanco
Gimenez Cacho in the kitchen
  • ** (1991)
  • Solo con tu pareja (1991)
  • Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
  • Cronos (1993)
  • Midaq Alley (1995)
  • Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto (1995)
  • Profundo Carmesí (1996)
  • Celos (Jealousy) (1999)
  • El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba (No One Writes to the Colonel) (1999)
  • Y tu mamá también (narrator) (2001)
  • Sin vergüenza (2001)
  • Asesino en serio (2002)
  • Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino (2002)
  • No somos nadie (2002)
  • Nicotina (2003)
  • La mala educación (Bad Education) (2004)
  • Perder es cuestión de método (2004)
  • Voces inocentes (2004)
  • Las vidas de Celia (2006)
  • La zona (2007)
  • Arráncame la vida (2008)
  • I'm Gonna Explode (2008)
  • El Infierno (2010)
  • We Are What We Are (Somos Lo Que Hay) (2010)
  • Get the Gringo (2012)
  • Colosio: El asesinato (2012)
  • Blancanieves (2012)
  • El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza (2012)
  • El Jeremías (2015)
  • A Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015)
  • Club de Cuervos (2015-)
  • You're Killing Me Susana (2016)
  • The Promise (2016)
  • The Summit (2017)
  • Zama (2017)
  • The Eternal Feminine (2017)
  • Chicuarotes (2019)
  • Devil Between the Legs (2019)
  • Memoria (2021)
  • Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
  • Familia (2023)
  • Kill the Jockey (2024)

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
35th Ariel AwardsBest Actor in a Minor RoleCronos
37th Ariel AwardsBest Supporting ActorEl callejón de los milagros
39th Ariel AwardsBest ActorDeep Crimson
45th Ariel AwardsBest ActorAro Tolbukhin: In the Mind of a Killer
46th Ariel AwardsBest Supporting ActorNicotina
27th Goya AwardsBest ActorSnow White
55th Ariel AwardsBest Supporting ActorColosio, el asesinato
22nd Actors and Actresses Union AwardsBest Film Actor in a Leading RoleSnow White
60th Ariel AwardsBest ActorLos adioses
12th Sur AwardsBest ActorZama
62nd Ariel AwardsBest Supporting ActorChicuarotes
64th Ariel AwardsBest Supporting ActorEl diablo entre las piernas
65th Ariel AwardsBest ActorBardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
66th Ariel AwardsBest ActorFamilia

Political views

In October 2023, he joined the open letter called "Artists Against Apartheid" during the concurrent escalation of violence in Palestine.

References

References

  1. (13 May 2017). "1961: Llega al mundo Daniel Giménez Cacho, uno de los actores más reconocidos del cine mexicano".
  2. Marcial Pérez, David. (18 March 2016). "Luis Giménez Cacho, el patrón de una fábrica socialista en el exilio mexicano".
  3. (15 May 2014). "53 años de Daniel Giménez Cacho".
  4. Aguilar, Carlos. (2022-12-16). "When Daniel Giménez Cacho Met the Three Amigos". The New York Times.
  5. "Mexican actor Daniel Giménez Cacho to star in movie on Genocide".
  6. [http://armenpress.am/eng/news/814415/mexican-actor-daniel-gim%C3%A9nez-cacho-to-play-role-of-armenian-priest-in-drama-%E2%80%9Cthe-promise%E2%80%9D.html Mexican actor Daniel Giménez Cacho to play the role of Armenian priest in drama "The Promise"]
  7. Ide, Wendy. (29 August 2024). "‘Kill The Jockey’: Venice Review".
  8. Huerta Ortiz, César. (3 September 2024). "Premio Ariel 2024: todo lo que debes saber de esta 66 edición".
  9. Castañeda, Ulises. (9 September 2023). "Premios Ariel 65: Daniel Giménez Cacho gana a Mejor Actor por ‘Bardo’".
  10. Agudo, Jesús. (17 February 2013). "Ganadores de los Premios Goya 2013".
  11. (14 March 2013). ""Isabel" arrasa en las nominaciones de los Premios Unión de Actores".
  12. Torres, Rosana. (4 June 2013). "Actrices míticas triunfan en los Premios Unión de Actores".
  13. (13 September 2018). "“Zama” arrasó en los Premios Sur 2017".
  14. Cervantes Villegas, Ricardo. (7 September 2024). "¿Quiénes son los ganadores de los Premios Ariel 2024? AQUÍ la lista completa".
  15. "Artists Against Apartheid." The People's Forum. https://peoplesforum.org/events/sign-the-letter-artists-against-apartheid/
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