Gómez-Cruz, Ernesto (1933–)

Ernesto Gómez-Cruz (b. 7 November 1933), Mexican stage and screen actor. Born in Veracruz, Gómez-Cruz studied theater at his hometown university. In 1967 he debuted in the acclaimed film Los caifanes, and since then has starred or costarred in over eighty features. He has received more best actor or supporting actor awards than any other actor in Mexican cinema. Gómez-Cruz is known for his ability to play a wide range of roles. His noted films include Actas de Marusia (1975), Cadena perpetua; La venida del Rey Olmos; La vispera; Auandar Anapu, El imperio de la fortuna (1986), El norte; Lo que importa es vivir (1988), Barroco (1990), The Mexican (2001), Pachito Rex, me voy pero no del todo (2001), El crimen del Padre Amaro (2002), Un mundo maravilloso (2006), and Luces artificiales (2007). Gómez-Cruz has also had a successful television and stage career.

See alsoCinema: From the Silent Film to 1990; Cinema: Since 1990.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Luis Reyes De La Maza, El cine sonoro en México (1973).

E. Bradford Burns, Latin American Cinema: Film and History (1975).

Carl J. Mora, Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society: 1896–1980 (1982).

John King, Magical Reels: A History of Cinema in Latin America (1990).

Additional Bibliography

Paranaguá, Paulo Antonio, ed. Mexican Cinema. Translated by Ana M. López. London: British Film Institute, 1995.

Solórzano-Thompson, Nohemy. "Vicarious Identities: Fantasies of Resistance and Language in Juan Ibáñez's Los caifanes (1966)." Film & History 34:2 (September 2004), 38-45.

                                           David Maciel