José Manuel Poncelis

José Manuel Poncelis

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: Acting

Born: null, null

Died: 2024-08-31

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1991	Cabeza de Vaca	Wounded Indian	69
2	1998	Under California: The Limit of Time	Indígena	60
3	1999	Herod's Law	Filemón	80
4	2000	Hijos del viento	Chaman	39
5	2001	Streeters	Teporocho	70
6	2002	El Tigre de Santa Julia	Carmelo	70
7	2004	Man on Fire	School Clerk	75
8	2004	Cero y van cuatro	Taxista ("El Torzón")	78
9	2005	National Geographic: Pyramids of Death		68
10	2006	Crazy Carnival	La Patria	47
11	2006	Never on a Sunday	Pancho	54
12	2011	La noche de las flores		30
13	2013	Diente por diente	Rutilio	55
14	2015	Ik Dietrick Fon, the hidden sound of things	Doorman	50
15	2017	I Dream in Another Language	Isauro	79
16	2019	Powder	Facundo	74
17	2020	Marionette		72
18	2020	Ricochet	Gallero 1	55
19	2020	Aztech		53
20	2022	I Don't Want to Be Dust	Cuidador del cementerio	60
21	2023	¡Que viva México!	Don Pancracio	73
22	2023	Tótem	Tío Octavio	69
23	2024	Disappear Completely	Chamán	67
24		The Healer		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2019	Besieged: Mexico	Chaman	68
2	2025	Cóyotl, Hero and Beast		77

José Manuel Poncelis

Film

Television