Personal Info
Birth date
1940-08-28 (84 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Also known as
Stiglitz
Hugo Stieglitz
Hugo Stiglietz
Hugo Stiglits
Hugo Stiglitz
Biography
Hugo Stiglitz is a Mexican actor. He was mostly famous in the 1970s and 1980s in Mexico after filming such film horror classics as Tintorera and La Noche de los mil gatos. He also filmed several movies in Hollywood and Italy. Quentin Tarantino paid a tribute to him, by naming a character "Hugo Stiglitz" in the movie Inglourious Basterds.
Filmography
Cóyotl, Hero and Beast
7.6
Overview:
In a small town in northern Mexico, where two drug cartels rule, the young man Lupe embraces his dangerous fate. He transforms into Coyotl, a mythical creature that is half man and half beast. With this transformation, Lupe wants to become the protector his people so desperately need.Instructions Not Included
7.8
Overview:
Valentin is Acapulco's resident playboy, until a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep and him heading with her out of Mexico.Nightmare City
5.689
Overview:
In a nameless European city, a local reporter and his doctor wife try to escape from hordes of blood thirsty zombies, undead people exposed to nuclear radioactivity, while the military leaders fight a losing war of attrition against the relentless atomic zombies.El día de los albañiles 2
7.281
Overview:
Sequel to Day of the Laborer. Roberto and his wife Beatriz work on a construction site, him as a laborer and her selling food. Another laborer El Chalan, seduces neighborhood maids in order to rob the homes where they work. In the neighborhood there is also a serial killer on the loose who preys on prostitutes.Switched Up
7.679
Overview:
It follows an unconventional family who find themselves embroiled in a personality swap after little Zoe has a mystical encounter with an ancient god. As a result, each family member finds themselves in the body of another.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.The Bermuda Triangle
4.029
Overview:
The passengers and crew of a boat on a summer cruise in the Caribbean stray into the famed Bermuda Triangle and mysterious things start happening.Survive!
5.8
Overview:
A Uruguayan rugby team crashes in the Andes Mountains and has to survive the extremely cold temperatures and rough climate. As some of the people die, the survivors are forced to make a terrible decision between starvation and cannibalism.Las sirvientas calientes
5.786
Overview:
A domestic worker who became pregnant with her employer's child is unexpectedly reunited with the father of her child.To Kill a Killer
5.1
Overview:
Salomon Caramona and Lyndsey Jimenez are a hit-man and his wife who have to flee Mexico to Chicago when Caramona doesn't finish a hit. Unknown to him, the man that hired Caramona for the original hit, tracks him down in Chicago and is willing to forgive the original hit if the former assassin will find a serial killer that tortured and murdered his daughter.Mujeres infieles
4.1
Overview:
Three stories about three high middle class women from Mexico City who are unfaithful to their partners. 1) Julieta is a married with Eduardo, a publicist addicted to work. 2) Clara is a capricious and fickle girl who is committed to marry Ricardo, a lawyer, until she meets Alfonzo, the architect in charge of remodeling the apartment where the couple will live when they get married. 3) Mariana and Rafaela are married for 10 years and have a daughter, but she is dissatisfied with their marriage until she decides to contact Armando, a man much older than her, through a magazine contact.Macho Callahan
4.3
Overview:
A man tricked into enlisting in the Confederate army is later thrown into a hellish stockade on desertion charges. He eventually breaks out of the prison camp, reunites with his old partner and sets out to kill the man who was responsible for his being in the camp in the first place. However, after accidentally killing a Confederate officer, he finds himself pursued by a gang of vicious bounty hunters intent on collecting the reward put up by the dead officer's widow.Under Siege
4.8
Overview:
A band of thugs belonging to an organized crime family assaults several casinos at the same time creating death and panic in their wake. As they flee the scenes of their crimes police begin to close in on them, so they quickly hide themselves in a villa owned by a wealthy industrialist taking him and his family hostage.Historias de una prostituta 4
1
Overview:
Due to the death of their mother, two sisters are taken in by their only aunt, who forces them to work to pay her expenses. After the attempted rape by her uncle, they run away and find themselves alone and helpless.Tres lancheros muy picudos
7.6
Overview:
Son las emocionantes aventuras de tres lancheros holgazanes en Acapulco. Cada uno de ellos se ve involucrado en diferentes problemas y tienen que salir huyendo a la ciudad de México. Ahí se esconden en la casa de unas amigas para evadir a los gangsters que los buscan solo que las muchachas resultan ser prostitutas y todo se complica. The exciting adventures of three men who drive boats in Acapulco. Each gets involved in different problems and all have to run away to Mexico City to elude the gangsters who are after them. They hide in the house of some lady friends who turn out to be "working girls" and things get really wild.Treasure of the Amazon
4.532
Overview:
An adventurer and his buddies race a former Nazi and others to diamonds in the South American jungle.The Night of a Thousand Cats
5.3
Overview:
Millionaire playboy Hugo flies around Acapulco in his private helicopter to pick up sexy young women. He whisks them away to his secluded old castle, where he wines and dines them. With the aid of his bald, mute little helper, Dorgo, he kills his dates, keeping their heads in a crystal cage and feeding their chopped up body parts to his 1,000-strong army of bloodthirsty, flesh hungry cats.Cry of the Turtle
5.8
Overview:
Two young, millionaire couples are commemorating the birthday of one of them. Jealousy, desire and ambition will end in tragedy and a dead man - the waiter.Tintorera: Killer Shark
3.9
Overview:
Two shark hunters flirt with an attractive British lady while hunting down a large tiger shark terrorizing the Mexican East coast.Cemetery of Terror
6.242
Overview:
On Halloween night, a group of bored teens decide to steal a corpse from the local morgue and take it to a nearby cemetery where they perform a Satanic ritual, unwittingly reviving a bloodthirsty serial killer.Guyana: Crime of the Century
4.8
Overview:
This horrific dramatization of the Guyana tragedy traces the steps of Reverend Jim Jones, a highly charismatic, but profoundly paranoid clergyman, who after years of evangelism and good deeds, begins his own church in the mid-western United States. When Jim Jones becomes increasingly obsessed with the belief that the CIA is "a wicked enemy" who is out to get him, he emigrates with his congregation to Guyana, where he plans to create a utopia. But Jim Jones' utopia consists of a society where he demands his followers turn their minds, bodies and possessions over to him, one that is rife with orgies, physical violence, mental torture, and sexual abuse of children and adults. Ultimately, Jim Jones' paranoia reaches a fevered pitch that culminates in him taking savage action against his own congregation. (VCI Home Video)A Twelve Year Old Pirate
5.6
Overview:
In the sixteenth Captain Morgan pirate ship is sunk by the Spanish fleet. He and four companions make it to an island, but the beaches are occupied by the Spanish. The child Erick, son of John Goldark, King of the Pirates, who died trying to save his nephews Lady Harold and the Spanish prisoners, helping them into the jungle. Grateful Morgan and his friends save the captives. When it seems that children are lost flying the Spanish magazine. Then fight with cannibals and are again caught by the Spanish, but are saved by another pirate ship.Cyclone
5.074
Overview:
An airplane goes down in the ocean during a storm and a few survivors find refuge on a small tour boat. Swept out to sea, these people slowly starve to death in the hot sun with barely any food or clean water. With no place to turn, the boat survivors resort to cannibalism to stay alive...that is ..until the rescue planes come to pick them up and the man eating sharks decide its time to eat as well.El diario de una prostituta
6.6
Overview:
During a murder investigation, the police uncover a human trafficking network that involves a politician the media is protecting.Vultures Over the City
5.4
Overview:
Merli, teamed with Mexican star Hugo Stiglitz as his photographer buddy, plays a journalist investigating the shady activities of the local Mafia. Eventually the shit hits the fan, and Merli is cornered and beaten for sticking his nose to close to the action. After his girlfriend is raped, Merli dishes out some vigilante justice and punches, shoots, and bitch slaps his way through the Mafia ranks.Deadly Embroidered Memories
5
Overview:
A woman with a degree in biology and a particular taste for arachnids gets involved with some unfinished business left by her dead mother, leading her to face unlikely events that revolve around the banana mafia in a South American country, such as an etheric eminence that anticipates tragedies, a cryptozoological being that is mentioned with skepticism and a terrorist society that seeks to dismantle the fraudulent and sinister structure of land concessions.Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon
5.6
Overview:
1862. Commodore Sir Francis and inventor Douglas initiated on behalf of the Royal Society of London Geography of a balloon ride under the command of Dr. Ferguson, who plans to cross Africa from east to west. But to accomplish this feat will have to overcome numerous adventures in which their lives are at serious risk.Gorilla's King
4.286
Overview:
An African safari is attacked by savage natives and the sole survivor is an infant who is adopted and raised by gorillas. As he is growing up, his only human friend is a native boy he happens to meet in a chance encounter. He grows to be a young adult, discovers white civilization, and meets a beautiful white girl who becomes his mate. They have a son who becomes the second jungle boy in the movie, and the three of them prevail through perilous adventures.Acting
2025Cóyotl, Hero and Beast (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2024Switched Up as Abuelo
2021Un Retrato de Familia as Don Joaquín
2021Historias de una prostituta 4 as Commander
2020Deadly Embroidered Memories as Abir Benacerraf
2020Despedida de soltera as Velázquez
2019The Mongolian Conspiracy as Hugo Stiglitz
2019Las sirvientas calientes as Adrián's father
2018Las amantes del narco as Gabriel Soto
2018American Curious as Abraham Silva
2017El ocaso del cazador as Unknown
2017El Ondeado: ¿Héroe o villano? as Hernan
2017Secuestro Anonimo as Unknown
2016El vecindario 3 as Capo 1
2016Perros rabiosos as Roberto
2016Mujeres infieles 4 as Leo
2015El dinero no cae del cielo - El aerolito as Attorney
2015Perras de barrio as Capitán Rubio
2015SER CAPO CUESTA UNO Y LA MITAD DEL OTRO as Unknown
2015Gente violenta 4 as Unknown
2014La muerte de un escolta as Unknown
2014El buen ejemplo as Martín Lobo
2013Instructions Not Included as Johnny Bravo
2013El diario de una prostituta as Tom Wells
2012Las aguilas andan solas II as Unknown
2010La Troca De 3 Colores as Unknown
2009El Libro Negro as Unknown
2009Chinango as Licenciado Mendez
2008Explosive Mission as Unknown
2007La fiesta del narco as Unknown
2007To Kill a Killer as Marcus Andrade
2006Jugando con la muerte as Valeriano
2005The Goddess of the Sea as Baltazar Ojeda
2004Narco clero: Tráfico en la catedral as Unknown
2004Animales en peligro as Unknown
2003Semilla de cholo 2 as Unknown
2003El color de la muerte as Unknown
2003La Ley del Cholo III as Unknown
2003Camino a la Muerte as Unknown
2002La Cherokee blindada as Unknown
2002Gatillero cuenta pendiente as Unknown
2002Las pasiones de sor Juana as Unknown
2002La amarradora de Michoacán as Unknown
2002El víbora as George
2002La noche de los guerreros as Unknown
2002Simon, el gran varón as Benito
2002Yo no soy un asesino as Unknown
2002Sangre De Perros as Unknown
2001Mexicano hasta la madre as Unknown
2001The Pearl as Beggar One
2001La fiera de la montaña as Unknown
2001El mejor de los Quintero as Unknown
2000La muerte de un judicial as Unknown
2000Entre perico y perico as Honorato
1999Rostros ocultos as Unknown
1999Las dos toneladas as Unknown
1999El comerciante as Unknown
1999Escoria Humana as Comandante Beltran
1999Caminos que conducen a la muerte as Unknown
1999El heredero as Unknown
1998El bronko negro as Arnulfo Tapia
1998Regalo Caro as Mariano
1998Naked Lies as Santiago
19982 monjitas en peligro as Unknown
1998La Fiesta De Los Animales as Felix Bernal
1998Negocios peligrosos as Unknown
1998Angel of Light as Dr. Francisco Vera
1997El asesinato as Marcelo
1997El último cazador as Unknown
1996Barrio de Criminales as Unknown
1996La mujer de los dos as Francisco
1996¡Sálvame! Una luz en la oscuridad as Sr. Masó (Papá)
1996La juez Lobo as Unknown
1995El jinete de los pobres as Unknown
1995Cabrones Pesados as Unknown
1995Mujeres infieles as Eduardo
1995Crimes of Passion as Roldán Carmona
1995Las Nieves de Enero as Unknown
1995Pueblo de violencia as Jesús Morones
1994Las esmeraldas son sangre as Unknown
1994El arrecife de los alacranes as Unknown
1993Al filo de la muerte as Unknown
1993Bulldog as Unknown
1993Obligado a matar as Victor
1993Chicas en peligro as Gil Zermeno
1993Code... Death: Frontera Sur as Aguila
1993Un hombre salvaje as Gonzalo
1992Más allá del deseo as Juan
1992Terrorist Command as Unknown
1992Tequila as Danzarín Desnudo
1992Imperio blanco as Unknown
1992Corrupción encadenada as Unknown
1992Pandilla de criminales as Unknown
1992Cobra silenciosa as Unknown
1992La voz de los caracoles as Comandante Drako
1991Mujer de cabaret as Don Lalo
1991Shriek of Terror as Unknown
1991Trágico carnaval as Unknown
1990Keiko in danger as Unknown
1990El inocente y las pecadoras as Unknown
1990Comando de federales as Unknown
1990Night of Beasts as Ernesto
1990Las Garras del Vicio as Unknown
1989El diario íntimo de una cabaretera as Marcelo
1989Bonampak as Unknown
1989El Pájaro con Suelas as César
1989Till Death Do Us Part as Orlando
1989Tres lancheros muy picudos as Hugo
1989Aventuras que matan as Unknown
1989Seducción y muerte as Unknown
1989Asalto en la frontera as Unknown
1988Angel in the Night as Adrián Parra
1988The Cats on the Rooftops as El Adivino
1988Con el odio en la piel as Unknown
1988Open Fire as Don Gaspar
1988Durazo: The True Story as Unknown
1988The Night of the Beast as Willi
1988AR-15: Relentless Command as Unknown
1987Killer Mind as Dr. Ricardo Gonzales
1987Traficantes de cocaina as Unknown
1986Mauro el mojado as Unknown
1985Cemetery of Terror as Dr. Cardan
1985Masacre en el río Tula as El Man
1985Treasure of the Amazon as Riverboat Captain
1985El día de los albañiles 2 as Unknown
1985Brigada de la Muerte as Unknown
1985Death Squad as Sergio Enriquez
1985Cuando corrio el alazan as Unknown
1984Under the Volcano as Sinarquista
1984Killing Machine as Koldo
1981Black Jack as Police Commisioner Angel Carvenas
1981The Ghost of the Lake as Don Gonzalo Ruiz
1980Nightmare City as Dean Miller
1980Under Siege as Captain Sylvester
1980Vultures Over the City as Theo
1980En mil pedazos as Jorge Sueiro
1979Guyana: Crime of the Century as Cliff Robson
1979El Brazo de Oro as Jim McCutchen
1979Lo blanco, lo rojo y lo negro as Blanco
1978Red Gold as Víctor
19781000 Miles to the South as Dany Montero
1978Cyclone as Pilot
1978Small Privileges as Hugo
1978The Bermuda Triangle as Capt. Mark Briggs
1977Gorilla's King as Ape
1977Tintorera: Killer Shark as Steven
1976Longitud de Guerra as San José
1976Survive! as Francisco Pedraza
1975Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon as Professor Fergusson
1975El valle de los miserables as Felipe Aguirre
1975Cry of the Turtle as Héctor
1974The Master of Ballantrae as Jaime Osanto
1974Uno para la horca as Anthony Trevor
1973El juez de la soga as Unknown
1973Pilotos de combate as Unknown
1973The Enchanted Island as Unknown
1972A Twelve Year Old Pirate as Morgan
1972Vanessa as Alex
1972The Night of a Thousand Cats as Hugo
1972Hijazo de mi vidaza as Unknown
1971Bang bang al hoyo as Unknown
1971Los Desalmados as Unknown
1971Nido de fieras as Unknown
1971Macho Callahan as Man #1
1970Robinson Crusoe as Robinson Crusoe
1970Las figuras de arena as Unknown
Directing
2004Animales en peligro ... Director
1994El arrecife de los alacranes ... Director
1993Obligado a matar ... Director
1993Code... Death: Frontera Sur ... Director
1987Sueño de Tony ... Director
Production
1998Angel of Light ... Producer
Writing
1994El arrecife de los alacranes ... Writer