Personal Info
Birth date
1943-10-28 (81 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico
Also known as
-Salvador Sánchez
Biography
Alfredo Salvador Sánchez Bolaños (born October 28th, 1943) is a Mexican actor and director. He was one of the most relevant actors among those who renewed the list of interpreters of Mexican cinema at the beginning of the seventies. Since then, he has stood out in films such as The devil fell from glory (Cayó de la gloria el diablo, .1971), The bump (La choca, 1973), The heist (El apando, 1975), Canoa (1975), Las Poquianchis (1976), Los albañiles (1976), Under the shrapnel (Bajo la metralla, 1983), Motel (1983), Journey to Paradise (1985), Going for a nut (1986), Fire Angel (1991), Lady at night (1993), Leap into the void (1994), Natural death (1996) , Only once (2000) and Herod's law (2000). He directed Pedro Páramo in 1981. Deserving of various distinctions for his acting work in film, including two Diosas de Plata, he has also developed an outstanding theatrical career and has participated repeatedly on television.
Filmography
Una familia con suerte
7.6
Overview:
A Mexican telenovela based on the Argentinean telenovela Los Roldán.Cómplices Al Rescate
7.573
Overview:
Cómplices al Rescate is a Mexican telenovela starring Belinda as two twins who were separated at birth.Porque el Amor Manda
8.1
Overview:
Porque el Amor Manda is a 2012 Mexican telenovela produced by Juan Osorio for Televisa. It is a remake of the Colombian telenovela El secretario, produced by Juan Andrés Flórez in 2011. Fernando Colunga and Blanca Soto star as the protagonists Claudia Álvarez stars as the antagonist.Alegrijes y Rebujos
7.6
Overview:
Alegrijes y Rebujos is a Mexican soap opera which became very popular with children and adults in 2003 and 2004. The child actors came from the reality show Código F.A.M.A.. The first place winner, Miguel Martinez, earned the lead role. He shared the spotlight with the other finalists María Chacón, Diego González, Allisson Lozano, Michelle Álvarez, Nora Cano, Jesús Zavala and Tony Cobian.40 y 20
8
Overview:
A comedy series about a divorced dad who likes younger women, and his son who likes older women.Burden of Guilt
7.4
Overview:
Mi pecado is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and aired on Canal de las Estrellas from 15 June 2009 through 13 November 2009. Starring Maite Perroni, Eugenio Siller and as adult protagonist Daniela Castro who is also the main villain. Mi pecado tells the story of young lovers Lucrecia and Julián, who are torn apart by their feuding families following the tragic death of Lucrecia's brother César when the three are just children.La Dueña
4.7
Overview:
La Dueña (Mexico) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Florinda Meza in 1995 for Televisa. It was transmitted by El Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico and Univision in the United States in 1995 and 1998, and on Galavisión in 2000.Killer Women
7.58
Overview:
Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind.El pecado de Oyuki
7.685
Overview:
El Pecado de Oyuki is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa in 1988. It was based on an original story by Yolanda Vargas Dulché, who also adapted the screenplay for television. The original comic book series was in the style of the foto-novela. For the role of Oyuki, the photographer selected the Mexican Japanese Sachiko Tsuchiya. Born in Tepic, Nayarit, she became the most recognizable Asian Mexican of her time. The telenovela was shown in the United States in 1988 through Univision. Dulché's story was also adapted for Brazilian television in 1967 and as a comic published starting April 11, 1975 by Grupo Editorial Vid. The Brazilian version was called "Yoshiko, um poema de amor" and starred actors Luis Gustavo and Rosa Miake.Hurricane
5
Overview:
Huracán is a Mexican telenovela shown in Mexico from October 13, 1997 to March 27, 1998, starring with the late Jorge Russek, Fernando Balzaretti, and Eduardo Palomo.El Noveno mandamiento
5.6
Overview:
El Noveno Mandamiento is a Mexican soap opera produced by Lucero Suárez in 2001. As of June 24th, 2013, Unimas is broadcasting 2 hour episodes of this soap opera.The Marked Hour
8
Overview:
La Hora Marcada was a 1986 Mexican television anthology series famous for its horror and science fiction themes in the vein of the Twilight Zone. Although virtually unknown outside the country, it achieved a popular and critical success in Mexico. It had a series of rotating writers and directors, among them Emmanuel Lubezki, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón.Palabra de Mujer
6.1
Overview:
Palabra De Mujer is a telenovela remake of El Amor Tiene Cara De Mujer was made by Televisa, starring Edith González, Yadhira Carrillo, Ludwika Paleta, and Lidia Ávila. The telenovela, a production of José Alberto Castro, premiered October 22, 2007 and ended on May 9, 2008 in El Canal de las Estrellas.Amanecer (TV series)
NYR
Overview:
Fernando Colunga and Livia Brito star in #Amanecer, the new “classic” telenovela produced by Juan Osorio for primetime on @canalestrellas, which will air in 2025.Lo imperdonable
6.9
Overview:
Martín (Iván Sánchez) hurries to Mina Escondida after getting an urgent letter from his brother begging to be rescued from the hell in which he's living. On arrival, Martin despairs upon finding out that Demetrio (Pablo Montero), his brother, has committed suicide. His sorrow is transformed into hatred and a thirst for vengeance against the woman who caused his brother suffering and brought him to death.Misión S.O.S
8.3
Overview:
The story follows the life of Diana, a pre-teen who lives in a neighborhood called Buenaventura. Diana and Christian, who has just moved to Mexico due to his parents' divorce, quickly become best friends, despite their families hatred for each other. However, the neighbors of Buenaventura are in danger of losing their homes, their school and much more, because the evil old Severiano plans to tear down the neighborhood and build an enormous shopping mall in its place. To accomplish his plan, Severiano is willing to resort to any means, and will provoke a series of disasters to drive the inhabitants away.El Infierno
7.874
Overview:
After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.Malverde: El Santo Patrón
8.429
Overview:
Jesús Juárez overcomes his childhood as an orphan to become a Robin Hood like hero During the Mexican Revolution, but can't forget his first love - Isabel.Collateral Damage
5.8
Overview:
Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio 'The Wolf' Perrini.The Mexican
5.9
Overview:
Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.¡Que viva México!
7.3
Overview:
After his grandfather's death, a man travels with his wife and kids to his hometown, where chaos ensues with his relatives over the inheritance.Herod's Law
7.973
Overview:
In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.The Perfect Dictatorship
7.402
Overview:
TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?Salvador
7.035
Overview:
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.Under the Volcano
6.5
Overview:
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.Acting
TBAThe Healer as Unknown
2025Amanecer (TV series) (15 Episodes) as Unknown
20251938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil as Peasant
2023The Beast as Don Gerardo
2023Más Allá de Tí (8 Episodes) as Crisanto Pescador
2023¡Que viva México! as Notario / Don Florencio
2022The Exorcist as Señor Ramirez
2021Malverde: El Santo Patrón (80 Episodes) as Ramon
2019The Mongolian Conspiracy as Señor Liu
2018The Voice of a Dream as Apolonio
201640 y 20 (1 Episode) as Don Doroteo
2015Lo imperdonable (122 Episodes) as Crescencio Álvarez
2015Between Shadows as Narciso
2014The Perfect Dictatorship as Hombre X
2013Puras mentiras as Luis Pérez Goya
2011Tequila, historia de una pasión as Vicente
2010Acorazado as Alacran
2010El Infierno as El Padrino
2010File of Attempted Murder as Antonio Villacencio
2009Héroes de la seguridad as Unknown
2009Burden of Guilt (110 Episodes) as Padre Matías Quiroga
2008Killer Women (1 Episode) as Don Ramón
2007Charm School as Monseñor
2006Jack's Law as Joker
2004Sobre el arco iris as Unknown
2003Alegrijes y Rebujos (145 Episodes) as Asunción Yunque "Chon"
2002Collateral Damage as Peddler
2002Solamente una vez as Unknown
2001The Mexican as Gunsmith
2001El Noveno mandamiento (80 Episodes) as Andrés Roldán Martínez
2000A Breakfast Chronicle as Pedro
2000His Most Serene Highness as Unknown
1999Herod's Law as Pek
1999Ojitos mentirosos as Unknown
1999El fantasma de la coca as Unknown
1998Fuera de la ley as Unknown
1997Pueblo chico, infierno grande (150 Episodes) as Consejo Serratos
1996De muerte natural as Unknown
1995La Dueña (95 Episodes) as Macario Robles
1995Salto al vacío as Unknown
1994Una buena forma de morir as Unknown
1994Loving Ghosts as Unknown
1994Amor que mata as Don Raúl
1994The Food of Fear as Unknown
1993Dama de Noche as Diego
1993Abuelita de Bakman as Unknown
1993Un ángel para los diablillos as Jefe de Policía
1992Octagon and Mascara Sagrada in Fight to the Death as Unknown
1992Imperio de los Malditos as Rutilo Morán
1992Octagon and Atlantis, the rematch as Unknown
1992La dama y el judicial as Unknown
1992El último narco as Unknown
1991The Mexican Ninja as Unknown
1991One Man’s War as Ramírez
1991Diplomatic Immunity as Colonel Hernández
1991Jóvenes delincuentes as Unknown
1991Mujer de cabaret as Unknown
1991Ángel de fuego as Rito
1991La leyenda del escorpión as Unknown
1991La fuerza bruta as Unknown
1991Perseguida as Commander German Paino
1990With Fear in the Veins as José
1990El hijo de Lamberto Quintero as Unknown
1990Dos judiciales en aprietos as Unknown
1990Violaciónes, casos de la vida real as Unknown
1990Motel of Death as Unknown
1989Old Gringo as Floreal
1989El jardín de la paz as Unknown
1989Raptola, violola y matola as Unknown
1989Las asesinas del panadero as Unknown
1988The Marked Hour (11 Episodes) as (Varios)
1988Difficult Days as Diputado Gabriel Aguirre
1988Angel River as Toral
1988El pecado de Oyuki (124 Episodes) as Yutaka Ogino
1988Furia en la sangre as Unknown
1987Zapata en Chinameca as Unknown
1986Salvador as Human Rights Leader
1986Frida Still Life as David Alfaro Siqueiros
1985Viaje al paraíso as Bulmador
1984Under the Volcano as Chief of Stockyards
1984Motel as Julián Vargas, Detective
1983Under the Shrapnel as Tomas
1982The Eve as Villegas
1981Pedro Páramo as Unknown
1980¿Y si Platicamos de Agosto? as Unknown
1979Maria of My Heart as Chava
1979La madre as Unknown
1978Drizzle as Indígena
1978The Recourse to the Method as Unknown
1977Caminando pasos... caminando as Unknown
1977El elegido as Don Liserio
1976The Bricklayers as Chapo Álvarez
1976Anyway, Juan is Your Name as Unknown
1976Las Poquianchis as Reportero
1976The Heist as Albino
1976The House in the South as Genaro
1976Canoa: A Shameful Memory as Witness
1975Letters from Marusia as Sebastián
1975Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? as Juan Dolores
1975Aventuras de un caballo blanco y un niño as Unknown
1975Esa mi Irene as Unknown
1974La Choca as Audias
1974Those Years as Gen. Melchor Ocampo
1974The Master of Ballantrae as El Chueco
1973La yegua colorada as Unknown
1973Valente Quintero as Capitán Carrancista
1972El vals sin fin as Unknown
1972No One Will Love You Like I Do as Unknown
1972Cayó de la gloria el diablo as Charro cantor / Solís
1971La Generala as Jesús
1970Emiliano Zapata as Unknown
1951Kill Me Because I'm Dying!!! as Unknown
1951Crimen y castigo as (uncredited)
Directing
2012Porque el Amor Manda (182 Episodes) ... Director
2011Una familia con suerte (266 Episodes) ... Director
2007Palabra de Mujer (145 Episodes) ... Director
2004Misión S.O.S (125 Episodes) ... Director
2002Cómplices Al Rescate (132 Episodes) ... Director
1997Hurricane (120 Episodes) ... Director
1981Pedro Páramo ... Director
Crew
1991Madres egoístas (84 Episodes) ... Cinematography