Ernesto Gómez Cruz (November 8, 1933 - April 6, 2024) was a prolific Mexican actor with more than 154 films.
In his beginnings, he began as a photographer in his native Veracruz, where he met a friend who invited him to study dramatic art. In his notes from yesterday, he mentions that he wanted to be a singer, but his shyness and lack of preparation led him to abandon this path. He has more than two hundred films to his credit. He has worked with great directors such as Miguel Littin, Felipe Cazals, Arturo Ripstein and Luis Estrada; He has also worked with actors of the stature of Damián Alcázar, Ignacio López Tarso and Pedro Armendáriz Jr., among others.
His long artistic career has allowed him to be deserving and awarded with different recognitions; one of the most recent was in 2014, at the 56th Ariel award, where he was awarded the Ariel de Oro. He is the second Mexican actor with the most Ariel awards and nominations.
In 2018 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially invited him to be a special part of its new members.
| 2018 | La prima as Cacique gordo |
| 2017 | Cómo Filmar Una XXX |
| 2016 | Juan Diego: El indio de Guadalupe as Juan Bernardino |
| 2014 | La dictadura perfecta as Señor Humilde |
| 2014 | Jirón de niebla as Doctor |
| 2014 | Familia Gang |
| 2013 | Las Armas as Gobernador Giner |
| 2012 | Beşinci Emir: Ölüm |
| 2011 | Así es la Suerte as Esposo de Lidia |
| 2011 | Flor de fango as Don Trini |
| 2011 | El lado oscuro de la noche as Papá Valeria |
| 2010 | Un mexicano más as Don Leodegario |
| 2010 | El Infierno as Don José Reyes |
| 2010 | De la infancia as Aguacate |
| 2010 | El maestro prodigioso |
| 2008 | El viaje de Teo |
| 2007 | El guapo |
| 2007 | Los amorosos |
| 2006 | Un mundo maravilloso as Compadre Filemón |
| 2006 | El carnaval de Sodoma as El indio |
| 2006 | Bandidas as Brujo |
| 2005 | El baile de la iguana |
| 2004 | Santos Peregrinos as Don Emiliano |
| 2002 | Günah as Obispo |
| 2001 | Pachito Rex: Me voy, pero no del todo as Sobrino |
| 2001 | Meksikalı as Tropillo |
| 2000 | 13 Días antes de vivir as Fiscal Especial |
| 2000 | Cháman, viento de muerte |
| 1999 | Amor de mis amores |
| 1999 | La ley de Herodes as Gobernador |
| 1999 | Las delicias del poder as Carmelo Barriga |
| 1999 | Para matar al presidente |
| 1998 | Fraude en el sexenio |
| 1998 | Manos mágicas |
| 1997 | Alta Tensión |
| 1997 | El sexenio de la muerte |
| 1997 | Sístole diástole as Papá |
| 1996 | Los vuelcos del corazón |
| 1995 | Una papa sin catsup |
| 1995 | El Callejón de los Milagros as Don Ru |
| 1995 | La Hiena Humana |
| 1994 | Una buena forma de morir |
| 1994 | Ya la hicimos |
| 1994 | El trono del infierno as The Wizard |
| 1994 | Vagabunda as Don Melitón |
| 1993 | Se equivocó la cigüeña as Don Cosme |
| 1993 | La sangre de un valiente |
| 1993 | La hija del odio |
| 1993 | La loteria |
| 1993 | Odio, amor y muerte |
| 1993 | Santo: la leyenda del enmascarado de plata as Lucas Pereda López |
| 1993 | Su herencia era matar |
| 1992 | La casa de los cuchillos |
| 1992 | Nocturno a Rosario |
| 1992 | Objetos Perdidos as Professor Robles |
| 1992 | Alto poder |
| 1992 | Angeles Infernales |
| 1992 | Mister barrio |
| 1992 | Perro rabioso III: Tras el rostro |
| 1992 | Rulfo aeternum |
| 1991 | El patrullero as Comandante Navarro |
| 1991 | Latino Bar as Blind musician |
| 1991 | Paty chula as Mr. Gutierrez |
| 1991 | El extensionista as Nazario |
| 1991 | El amarrador |
| 1991 | Invitación a morir |
| 1991 | Las caguamas ninja |
| 1991 | Mafia En Jalisco |
| 1990 | Chacales de la frontera |
| 1990 | La zona del silencio |
| 1990 | Sandino as Farabundo Martí |
| 1990 | Secta satanica: El enviado del Sr. as Carlitos |
| 1989 | Barroco as El Indiano |
| 1989 | José, hijo del hombre |
| 1989 | Me llaman Violencia as Pecador |
| 1988 | Día de difuntos as Poet |
| 1988 | El rutas as El Perro |
| 1988 | La ley del ejecutor |
| 1988 | Ratas de vecindad as Héctor Malagón Ruiz |
| 1987 | Lo que importa es vivir as Lázaro |
| 1987 | Mariana Mariana as Gardener |
| 1987 | Los confines as Juvencio Nava |
| 1987 | Zapata en Chinameca as Pancracio Rodríguez |
| 1986 | El imperio de la fortuna as Dionisio Pinzón |
| 1986 | Crónica de familia |
| 1986 | Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia |
| 1986 | El puente II |
| 1985 | Viaje al paraíso as Víctor |
| 1985 | Dos pistoleros violentos |
| 1985 | Historias violentas |
| 1985 | La revancha |
| 1985 | Operacion marihuana |
| 1985 | Tiempo de lobos |
| 1984 | Nosotros los pelados as Don Seve |
| 1984 | The Evil That Men Do as Café Owner |
| 1984 | Arizona |
| 1984 | Figuras de la Pasión |
| 1984 | Las Lupitas as José, el Carnicero |
| 1983 | Mundo mágico |
| 1983 | El Norte as Arturo |
| 1983 | Eréndira as Grocer |
| 1983 | El guerrillero del norte |
| 1982 | Cosa fácil as Gilberto Gómez |
| 1982 | La víspera as Manuel Miranda |
| 1982 | Días de Combate as Gilberto Gómez Letras |
| 1982 | En el país de los pies ligeros (El niño rarámuri) |
| 1982 | La guerra es un buen negocio |
| 1982 | Los gemelos alborotados |
| 1982 | Retrato de una mujer casada as Guillermo |
| 1982 | La combi asesina as Capitan de la Cruz |
| 1981 | Rastro de muerte as Torres |
| 1981 | El infierno de todos tan temido |
| 1981 | ¡Que viva Tepito! as Chucho / Jesús Ramírez |
| 1981 | El sembrado ajeno |
| 1981 | Pueblo de Boquilla |
| 1981 | Visita al Pasado as Benito Juárez |
| 1980 | ¿Y si Platicamos de Agosto? |
| 1979 | En la cuerda del hambre |
| 1979 | La viuda de Montiel as Carmichael |
| 1979 | Cadena perpetua as Corporal Pantoja |
| 1979 | Raíces de sangre |
| 1979 | La madre |
| 1978 | El recurso del método |
| 1978 | Pasajeros en Transito as Jobito |
| 1977 | Cascabel as Chankin |
| 1977 | Caminando pasos... caminando |
| 1977 | El complot mongol |
| 1977 | Maten al León as Salvador Pereira |
| 1977 | Deseos |
| 1976 | Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso as Lucas |
| 1976 | Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra! |
| 1975 | Actas de Marusia as Crisculo |
| 1975 | La venida del rey Olmos as Barber |
| 1975 | Tívoli as engineer Reginaldo |
| 1975 | Kan, Ter ve Gözyaşı as Comandante López |
| 1975 | Auandar Anapu: El que cayó del cielo as Auándar Anapu |
| 1974 | Peregrina |
| 1974 | El primer paso... de la mujer |
| 1974 | La muerte de Pancho Villa |
| 1974 | Aquellos años as Guillermo Prieto |
| 1973 | El Profeta Mimí as Hermano Mackenzie |
| 1973 | Uno y medio contra el mundo |
| 1973 | Reed, México Insurgente as Pablo Seanez |
| 1973 | La derrota |
| 1972 | Los Cacos as Arturo |
| 1972 | Los perturbados as El Cacomistle (segment "La Obsesión") |
| 1972 | Tú, yo, nosotros as Black outlaw |
| 1972 | Tacos al Carbón as Uncredited |
| 1972 | Cayó de la gloria el diablo as Chester |
| 1971 | El águila descalza as Trabajador factoria |
| 1971 | Sin salida |
| 1971 | Las puertas del paraíso |
| 1971 | Siempre Hay Una Primera Vez as Hilario (segment "Rosa") |
| 1971 | La Generala as Cómplice de Feliciano |
| 1970 | El Quelite as Gavillero |
| 1970 | Emiliano Zapata |
| 1969 | Trampas de amor |
| 1967 | Los Caifanes as El Azteca |
| Tespis Teporocho as Tespis |
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