As Actor
Coco
2017
8.2
Alfonso Arau
Acting
Birth date
January 11, 1932
Birth place
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Biography
Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker, actor, and singer. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002), and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). He is a five-time Ariel Award winner, including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate, and a BAFTA nominee.
Featured in
As Actor
I Heart Shakey
2012
3.4
As Actor
The Dead One
2007
5.0
As Actor
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
2005
7.6
As Director, As Writer
Zapata: The dream of a hero
2004
5.5
As Director
A Painted House
2003
7.0
As Director
The Magnificent Ambersons
2002
5.6
As Actor, As Director
Picking Up the Pieces
2000
4.3
As Director
A Walk in the Clouds
1995
7.4
As Actor
Polvora En La Piel
1992
5.0
As Director
Like Water for Chocolate
1992
7.3
As Actor
Walker
1987
6.3
As Actor
¡Three Amigos!
1986
6.3
As Actor
Romancing the Stone
1984
6.8
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Mojado Power
1981
4.0
As Actor, As Writer
Tivoli
1975
6.8
As Actor
Posse
1975
6.0
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Inspector Calzonzin
1974
7.7
As Actor
Nest of Virgins
1972
5.5
As Actor
Aunt Isabel's Garden
1972
5.8