Аватар персоны Joaquín Garrido

Joaquín Garrido

Actor
Joaquin Garrido, born in Mexico City, started acting professionally at the age of 17. He studied for a degree in acting in Mexico and was awarded scholarships to train at Berliner Ensemble in Germany and at the British Theatre Institute in London. He has worked in many Mexican soap operas, and has also appeared more recently on episodic TV in the States.  Currently he has had roles in some 20 films, debuting in "Chido One" (1985), directed by  Alfonso Arau, and was honored with a Mexican Academy Award nomination (Ariel Award) for Best Supporting Actor in Bittersüße Schokolade (1992), also directed by 'Alfonso Arau'. His first film shot entirely in The United States was Demon Slayer (2002) (V), directed by 'James Cotten', and was a Roger Corman Film. He is a published poet and playwright, and now resides in Los Angeles, CA. To date he has toured Canada, America, South America and Europe.

17-05-1952

Birthday

Taurus

Zodiac Sign

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Genres

21

Total Films

Joaquin E.C. Garrido

Also known as (male)

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Place of Birth

Popular works

Creative career

actor

21 Works

producer

1 Works

director

1 Works

writer

0 Works

other

0 Works

Mosquita y Mari

Mosquita y Mari

After being assigned as study partners, two Chicana high schoolers find a bond that confuses them at times.
6.2

Year:

2012

The Kids Are All Right

The Kids Are All Right

Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting when the father, two mothers and children start to become attached to each other.
6.6

Year:

2010

The Child of the Desert

The Child of the Desert

An old Mexican man who lives out in the desert, alone, digging graves for the mob, comes face to face with an apparition that will change his apathy and set him on a path of redemption.
0.0

Year:

2010

A Day Without a Mexican

A Day Without a Mexican

When a mysterious fog surrounds the boundaries of California, there is a communication breakdown and all the Mexicans disappear, affecting the economy and the state stops working missing the Mexican workers and dwellers.
5.9

Year:

2004

Demon Slayer

Demon Slayer

Five delinquent teenagers are assigned the task of converting a long-abandoned mental hospital in South Central Los Angeles into a community center. Little do they know that the hospital is the site of centuries of supernatural mayhem and murder. Plagued by terrors beyond belief, the teenagers must fight to survive a battle where the division between the living and the dead is shattered.
6.8

Year:

2003

La maceta

La maceta

0.0

Year:

2002

Solo

Solo

An android fighting-machine is charged with destroying a small brigade of rebels in a Latin American war who are fighting to maintain their freedom and protect their village. Contrary to his programming, Peebles decides to stay and assist the rebels in their plight. Having gained this information, his "creators" develop a more powerful android to try and defeat him.
4.7

Year:

1996

Viva San Isidro!

Viva San Isidro!

5.5

Year:

1995

The Burning Season

The Burning Season

Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder
6.2

Year:

1994

Like Water for Chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate

Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.
7.3

Year:

1992

Cómodas mensualidades

Cómodas mensualidades

Young married guy is overwhelmed by the expenses involved with starting a family.
4.0

Year:

1992

Las buenas costumbres

Las buenas costumbres

Mexican feature film
5.0

Year:

1990

Fotógrafo de Modelos

Fotógrafo de Modelos

Mexican comedy from 1990 written and directed by Víctor Manuel Castro.
5.0

Year:

1990

El cielo subterraneo

El cielo subterraneo

Mexican feature film
5.0

Year:

1988

Macho y hembras

Macho y hembras

Mexican feature film
5.0

Year:

1987

Chido Guan, el tacos de oro

Chido Guan, el tacos de oro

Street-punk drafted to soccer team, rises to stardom. Cuz he plays so good.
4.7

Year:

1986

Venganza en el circo

Venganza en el circo

Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt.
5.0

Year:

1954

Huracán Ramírez

Huracán Ramírez

Family comedy and family melodrama involving father and son wrestlers, little brothers, little sisters, girlfriends, waitresses...
5.3

Year:

1953

Sheep Xing

Sheep Xing

Rose's absence suddenly emptied the meaning that Damian had given to his own life. To evade the painful trance that grief imposes on him, Father Damián begins to flee. Thus he meets Bruno, a small-time thug, who demands the money that he left in the Father's custody in the past under threat of death.
0.0

Year:

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