Guillermo Gil

Biography

Mexican actor Guillermo Gil participated in 51 plays, 49 feature films and 19 soap operas, as well as teaching at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEA). He died at the age of 65, a native of Tehuacán, Puebla, and a graduate of the School of Theatrical Art of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA). Juan Guillermo Sánchez Bolaños, his real name, stood out in the acting field thanks to his participation in theater and film productions, which earned him the Virgina Fábregas medal in February 2001, awarded by the National Actors Association (ANDA), for more than 25 years of uninterrupted career. He founded his own theater company which he named "San-Gil", in honor of his late father's name, Don Guillermo Sánchez. He was a teacher for seven years in the acting and theater workshop at CEA, and served as stage director at the experimental and amateur level in 108 plays.

Known For

Los maravillosos olores de la vida

Cura

La ley de Herodes

Cara de Rata - padre de Rosa

Un mundo maravilloso

Pedro Páramo

Mario

Sin remitente

Don Emilio

Zurdo

Esa mi Irene

Chin Chin el teporocho

Santana

Dos crímenes

Pancho Ventura

Días de combate

Gobernador

Playa azul

Carmelo

Luces de la noche

Gato Linares

La reina de la noche

Lucio

Un embrujo

Tres minutos en la oscuridad

Zacarías

Ciudades oscuras

Patrocio

Jonás y la ballena rosada

Chepe Chamaco

Viva San Isidro!

Ignacio Cruz, secuestrador

Días difíciles

El Secreto

Gertrudis Bocanegra

Onésimo's henchman

Simón Blanco

Policeman (uncredited)

El Apando

Mezcal

Evaristo

Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto

Un hilito de sangre

Espinas

Policia del ejercito

Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso

El misterio del Trinidad

Valverde, policía

Los albañiles

La señorita

Fray Antonio

Nuevo Mundo

Hernández Pimental

Naufragio

Rodolfo

Arráncame la Vida

Calameño

Actas de Marusia

José

Boboda