Salvador Sánchez
Biography
Alfredo Salvador Sánchez Bolaños (born October 28th, 1943) is a Mexican actor and director. He was one of the most relevant actors among those who renewed the list of interpreters of Mexican cinema at the beginning of the seventies. Since then, he has stood out in films such as The devil fell from glory (Cayó de la gloria el diablo, .1971), The bump (La choca, 1973), The heist (El apando, 1975), Canoa (1975), Las Poquianchis (1976), Los albañiles (1976), Under the shrapnel (Bajo la metralla, 1983), Motel (1983), Journey to Paradise (1985), Going for a nut (1986), Fire Angel (1991), Lady at night (1993), Leap into the void (1994), Natural death (1996) , Only once (2000) and Herod's law (2000). He directed Pedro Páramo in 1981. Deserving of various distinctions for his acting work in film, including two Diosas de Plata, he has also developed an outstanding theatrical career and has participated repeatedly on television.
Known For
Alegrijes y Rebujos
2003
Killer Women
2008
40 y 20
2016
Collateral Damage
2002
Lo imperdonable
2015
Pueblo chico, infierno grande
1997
The Marked Hour
1988
Burden of Guilt
2009
El Infierno
2010
El pecado de Oyuki
1988
The Dead Girls
2025
Amanecer
2025
Filmography
Alegrijes y Rebujos
as Asunción Yunque "Chon" · 2003
Killer Women
as Don Ramón · 2008
40 y 20
as Don Doroteo · 2016
Collateral Damage
as Peddler · 2002
Lo imperdonable
as Crescencio Álvarez · 2015
Pueblo chico, infierno grande
as Consejo Serratos · 1997
The Marked Hour
as (Varios) · 1988
Burden of Guilt
as Padre Matías Quiroga · 2009
El Infierno
as El Padrino · 2010
El pecado de Oyuki
as Yutaka Ogino · 1988
The Dead Girls
as Juez Peralta · 2025
Amanecer
as Doroteo Talavera · 2025
La última esperanza
as Pancho · 1993
The Mexican
as Gunsmith · 2001
La Dueña
as Macario Robles · 1995
Malverde: El Santo Patrón
as Ramon · 2021
Esperándote
as Juancho · 1985
El Noveno mandamiento
as Andrés Roldán Martínez · 2001
Under the Volcano
as Chief of Stockyards · 1984
El último rey: El hijo del pueblo
· 2022
Más Allá de Tí
as Crisanto Pescador · 2023
Flor y canela
as Sinforoso · 1988
Herod's Law
as Pek · 1999
Salvador
as Human Rights Leader · 1986
The Exorcist
as Señor Ramirez · 2022
¡Que viva México!
as Notario / Don Florencio · 2023
Charm School
as Monseñor · 2007
The Recourse to the Method
· 1978
The Master of Ballantrae
as El Chueco · 1974
The Perfect Dictatorship
as Hombre X · 2014
One Man’s War
as Ramírez · 1991
Tequila, historia de una pasión
as Vicente · 2011
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
as Witness · 1975
Diplomatic Immunity
as Colonel Hernández · 1991
Ojitos mentirosos
· 1999
Old Gringo
as Floreal · 1989
El Enemigo del Pueblo
Una buena forma de morir
· 1994
The Voice of a Dream
as Apolonio · 2018
La madre
· 1979
No One Will Love You Like I Do
· 1972
1938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil
as Peasant · 2025
Between Shadows
as Narciso · 2015
Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?
as Juan Dolores · 1974
A Breakfast Chronicle
as Pedro (uncredited) · 2000
Perseguida
as Commander German Paino · 1991
Curandero
as Manuel · 2025
Jack's Law
as Joker · 2006
The Food of Fear
as Jefe · 1994
The Mongolian Conspiracy
as Señor Liu · 2019
Cayó de la gloria el diablo
as Charro cantor / Solís · 1972
Letters from Marusia
as Sebastián · 1975
The Legend of the Scorpion
· 1991
El jardín de la paz
· 1989
Anyway, Juan is Your Name
· 1976
Dos judiciales en aprietos
· 1990
Difficult Days
as Diputado Gabriel Aguirre · 1988
La venganza
as Rafael Galeana · 1989
Maria of My Heart
as Chava · 1979
Puras mentiras
as Luis Pérez Goya · 2013
The House in the South
as Genaro · 1976
El vals sin fin
· 1972
El hijo de Lamberto Quintero
· 1990
Ángel de fuego
as Rito · 1992
His Most Serene Highness
· 2000
Las asesinas del panadero
· 1989
Aventuras de un caballo blanco y un niño
· 1975
With Fear in the Veins
as José · 1990
Caminando pasos... caminando
· 1977
Dama de Noche
as Diego · 1993
Viaje al paraíso
as Bulmador · 1985
The Eve
as Villegas · 1982
Crimen y castigo
as (uncredited) · 1951
Fuera de la ley
· 1998
Octagon and Atlantis, the rematch
· 1992
Héroes de la seguridad
· 2009
La dama y el judicial
· 1992
¿Y si platicamos de agosto?
· 1980
Imperio de los Malditos
as Rutilo Morán · 1992
Mexican Ghostbusters
as Procoro · 1991
Solamente una vez
· 2002
Motel of Death
· 1990
Those Years
as Gen. Melchor Ocampo · 1974
Jóvenes delincuentes
· 1991
He kidnapped her, he raped her, and he killed her
as Bonifaz · 1989
Furia en la sangre
· 1988
Under the Shrapnel
as Tomas · 1983
Las Poquianchis
as Reportero · 1976
El elegido
as Don Liserio · 1977
Amor que mata
as Don Raúl · 1994
Un ángel para los diablillos
as Jefe de Policía · 1993
The Bricklayers
as Chapo Álvarez · 1976
Drizzle
as Indígena · 1978
Emiliano Zapata
· 1970
The Heist
as Albino · 1976
File of Attempted Murder
as Antonio Villacencio · 2010
Frida Still Life
as David Alfaro Siqueiros · 1986
Sobre el arco iris
· 2004
Violaciónes, casos de la vida real
· 1990
Mujer de cabaret
· 1991
La yegua colorada
· 1973
La Choca
as Audias · 1974
Loving Ghosts
· 1994
Octagon and Mascara Sagrada in Fight to the Death
· 1992
La Generala
as Jesús · 1971
The Beast
as Don Gerardo · 2023
The Mexican Ninja
· 1991
Salto al vacío
· 1995
Abuelita de Bakman
· 1993
El último narco
· 1992
Valente Quintero
as Capitán Carrancista · 1973
La fuerza bruta
· 1991
Esa mi Irene
· 1975
Motel
as Julián Vargas, Detective · 1984
De muerte natural
· 1996
Acorazado
as Alacran · 2010
Angel River
as Toral · 1988
Zapata en Chinameca
· 1987
Pedro Páramo
· 1981