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Gustavo Sánchez Parra

Acting

Born November 8, 1966 · Mexico City, Mexico

Also known as Gustavo Sanchez-Parra

Biography

Gustavo Sánchez Parra studied at the most famous Dramatic Art school in Mexico, the Centro Universitario de Teatro. He landed his first role in Alejandro González Iñárritu's debut, Amores Perros, for which he was nominated for an Ariel for Best Supporting Actor. Then he worked in national and international productions such as Ridley Scott's The Fire of Vengeance; The Three Burials of Melquíades Estrada, by Tommy Lee Jones; Rabia, by Sebastián Cordero, and Crónicas, produced by Guillermo del Toro, among more than 35 films. He was awarded the Honorary Prize at the Morelia Festival for having appeared in more than 40 short films.

Filmography47 titles

Blue Salt

2023

Hasta que te conocí

as Óscar

The Thin Yellow Line

2015as Mario

Innocent Voices

2004as Teniente Ruíz

The Ear Chopper

2026as Artemio

A Father's Miracle

2025as "Tigre"

Sound of Freedom

2023as El Calacas

Under the Same Moon

2007as Manuel

El Encanto del Águila

as General Felipe Ángeles

Midnight Family

as José Luis (Compadre)

Un mundo maravilloso

2006as Camillero 1

Amores Perros

2000as Jarocho

Marea alta

as Enrique

Revenge

2026as Hector Luna

Perpetual Sadness

2014as Silvestre

Bala mordida

2009

Polen

as Paco

The Perfect Dictatorship

2014as El Charro

El colapso

as Christopher

Crime Diaries: The Candidate

2019as Comandante David Rubí Sánchez

Mary Magdalene

2018as Cusas

Leftie

2003as Chupacabras Jefe

The Dead Girls

2025as Jefe de Investigación

The Inmate

2018as Cuauhtémoc

Colosio

2012as Ortiga

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2005as Tomas

El Candidato

2020as Agustín Romero

Streeters

2001as Pink amigo del Cero

The Mosquito Coast

2021as A. Flores

7 Suns

2009as El Negro

Get the Gringo

2012as Size 11

Days of Grace

2012as Cara Sanguinetti

New Order

2020as General Oribe

Leap Year

2010as Arturo

El Camino

2020as Rojo

Todos hemos pecado

2011as El Tartamudo

The Legend of Zorro

2005as Guillermo Cortez

The Similars

2015as Ulises

Sealed Cargo

2015as Mariscal

The Chosen

2016as Balderas

I Murder Seriously

2002as El Foca

Enlightened Blood

2008

Pet Shop Days

2025as Priest

There Are No Saints

2022as Bailarín

The Cinema Hold Up

2011as Vigilante

Citizen Buelna

2013as Obregón

Gloves of Stone

2009as Rigoberto Torres