
Person
José Manuel Poncelis
Acting
Biography
With a career of more than 35 years as a theater, film, and television series actor, he has also worked as a theater director, also venturing into playwriting and production. He has acted in more than 20 films, some of them are: “Marionetas” by Álvaro Curiel, “Polvo” directed by José María Yaspik, “Sueño en otro Idioma” by Director Ernesto Contreras. He has been awarded the Mayahuel 2017 award and as best actor, with the film “Sueño en otro Idioma” at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2017 and with the WINSTON-SALEM OUT AT THE MOVIES LGBT FILM SERIES award. In addition to films like “De la Calle”, “La Ley de Heródes”, “Ricochet”, “Pescador” among others. He has participated in series for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, CANAL 11, FOX AND NETFLIX, among which stand out: Sitiados, Hernán, Biografía de una lengua, La Reina Roja, Palenque.
Known for

Man on Fire
School Clerk

Cóyotl, Hero and Beast
2025

Herod's Law
Filemón

Curandero
Jesús

Besieged: Mexico
Chaman

¡Que viva México!
Don Pancracio

I Don't Want to Be Dust
Cuidador del cementerio

Cero y van cuatro
Taxista ("El Torzón")

I Dream in Another Language
Isauro

Cabeza de Vaca
Wounded Indian
Filmography
- 2025CuranderoJesús
- 2025Cóyotl, Hero and Beast
- 2024Disappear CompletelyChamán
- 2023TótemTío Octavio
- 2023¡Que viva México!Don Pancracio
- 2022I Don't Want to Be DustCuidador del cementerio
- 2020Aztech
- 2020RicochetGallero 1
- 2020Marionette
- 2019PowderFacundo
- 2019Besieged: MexicoChaman
- 2017I Dream in Another LanguageIsauro
- 2015Ik Dietrick Fon, the hidden sound of thingsDoorman
- 2013Diente por dienteRutilio
- 2011La noche de las flores
- 2006Never on a SundayPancho
- 2006Crazy CarnivalLa Patria
- 2005National Geographic: Pyramids of DeathSelf
- 2004Cero y van cuatroTaxista ("El Torzón")
- 2004Man on FireSchool Clerk
- 2002The Tiger of Santa JuliaCarmelo
- 2001StreetersTeporocho
- 2000Hijos del vientoChaman
- 1999Herod's LawFilemón
- 1998Under California: The Limit of TimeIndígena
- 1991Cabeza de VacaWounded Indian
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