Gonzalo Vega

Gonzalo Agustín Vega y Gonzalez (November 29, 1946 - October 10, 2016) was a Mexican film, theatre and television actor. He was also father of the actresses Zuria Vega, Marimar Vega and Gonzalo Vega Jr.

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La seducción (1981)

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DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Katy Jurado  •  Viridiana Alatriste  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Noé Murayama

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DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Katy Jurado  •  Viridiana Alatriste  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Noé Murayama

Angel del barrio (1981)

Retired boxer is the moral compass of his slum neighborhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Estrada
CAST:  Enrique Lucero  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Leticia Perdigón  •  Roberto Cobo

Retired boxer is the moral compass of his slum neighborhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Estrada
CAST:  Enrique Lucero  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Leticia Perdigón  •  Roberto Cobo

Treading Water (2013)

Mica is born smelling of fish that soap and doctors can't remove. Problems increase starting school as no one'll be his friend. He sees a therapist. His life seems doomed until he meets Laura.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Analeine Cal y Mayor
CAST:  Douglas Smith  •  Zoë Kravitz  •  Ariadna Gil  •  Don McKellar

Mica is born smelling of fish that soap and doctors can't remove. Problems increase starting school as no one'll be his friend. He sees a therapist. His life seems doomed until he meets Laura.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Analeine Cal y Mayor
CAST:  Douglas Smith  •  Zoë Kravitz  •  Ariadna Gil  •  Don McKellar

Deceitful Appearances (1983)

The sexual misunderstandings caused by the real identity of a rich woman serve Hermosillo to satirize the moral and social hypocrisy of the provincial that every Mexican carries inside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
CAST:  Gonzalo Vega  •  Isela Vega  •  Manuel Ojeda  •  Roberto Cobo

The sexual misunderstandings caused by the real identity of a rich woman serve Hermosillo to satirize the moral and social hypocrisy of the provincial that every Mexican carries inside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
CAST:  Gonzalo Vega  •  Isela Vega  •  Manuel Ojeda  •  Roberto Cobo

Seres: Genesis (2010)

When a young girl is found amid the wreckage of an accident caused by an alien craft, Mariel (Alejandra Barros), head of a secretive task force investigating the paranormal, must solve the riddle of a frightening message the girl delivers which suggests humanity is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angel Mario Huerta
CAST:  Gonzalo Vega  •  Manuel Balbi  •  Alejandra Barros  •  Arturo Delgado

When a young girl is found amid the wreckage of an accident caused by an alien craft, Mariel (Alejandra Barros), head of a secretive task force investigating the paranormal, must solve the riddle of a frightening message the girl delivers which suggests humanity is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angel Mario Huerta
CAST:  Gonzalo Vega  •  Manuel Balbi  •  Alejandra Barros  •  Arturo Delgado

Las Poquianchis (1976)

During the mid-1970s, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities discover a clandestine burial ground. The corpses are from murdered prostitutes. The suspects are three sisters known as "Las Poquianchis".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe Cazals
CAST:  Diana Bracho  •  Malena Doria  •  Leonor Llausás  •  Jorge Martínez de Hoyos

During the mid-1970s, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities discover a clandestine burial ground. The corpses are from murdered prostitutes. The suspects are three sisters known as "Las Poquianchis".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe Cazals
CAST:  Diana Bracho  •  Malena Doria  •  Leonor Llausás  •  Jorge Martínez de Hoyos

Ya no los hacen como antes (2003)

Recently widowed, Benito faces the jealousy of his daughters when, reunited by an old ford car, he finds a new love and new meaning for his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Fernando Pérez Gavilán
CAST:  Silvia Pinal  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Itatí Cantoral  •  Eduardo Santamarina

Recently widowed, Benito faces the jealousy of his daughters when, reunited by an old ford car, he finds a new love and new meaning for his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Fernando Pérez Gavilán
CAST:  Silvia Pinal  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Itatí Cantoral  •  Eduardo Santamarina

We Are the Nobles (2013)

Tells the "riches to rags" story of the Nobles, three upper-class twenty-somethings that appear to have no limits to their checkbooks, and no direction in their lives. Until one day, their father tries to teach them a lesson by staging a financial scandal that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Alazraki
CAST:  Gonzalo Vega  •  Karla Souza  •  Luis Gerardo Méndez  •  Juan Pablo Gil

Tells the "riches to rags" story of the Nobles, three upper-class twenty-somethings that appear to have no limits to their checkbooks, and no direction in their lives. Until one day, their father tries to teach them a lesson by staging a financial scandal that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Alazraki
CAST:  Gonzalo Vega  •  Karla Souza  •  Luis Gerardo Méndez  •  Juan Pablo Gil

Those Years (1974)

President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe Cazals  •  Mario Llorca
CAST:  Jorge Martínez de Hoyos  •  Helena Rojo  •  Mario Almada  •  Julián Pastor

President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe Cazals  •  Mario Llorca
CAST:  Jorge Martínez de Hoyos  •  Helena Rojo  •  Mario Almada  •  Julián Pastor

Living Is What Matters (1987)

A drifter named Candelario asks to spend the night at the hacienda of Don Lazaro. Once there, he gets the offer to stay and work as a laborer with a fixed salary. Over time, Candelario is gaining the confidence of his employer, and becomes indispensable. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Alcoriza
CAST:  María Rojo  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Ernesto Gómez Cruz  •  Loló Navarro

A drifter named Candelario asks to spend the night at the hacienda of Don Lazaro. Once there, he gets the offer to stay and work as a laborer with a fixed salary. Over time, Candelario is gaining the confidence of his employer, and becomes indispensable. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Alcoriza
CAST:  María Rojo  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Ernesto Gómez Cruz  •  Loló Navarro

Piranhas Love in Lent (1969)

Classic

Backwards fishing village is home to a widow and her teenaged daughter. Neighbors suspect the mother of having murdered her husband. A tourist in town gets it into his head to put the smooth big city moves on both women. And the-e-en...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco del Villar
CAST:  Isela Vega  •  Julio Alemán  •  Ofelia Medina  •  José Chávez

Backwards fishing village is home to a widow and her teenaged daughter. Neighbors suspect the mother of having murdered her husband. A tourist in town gets it into his head to put the smooth big city moves on both women. And the-e-en...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco del Villar
CAST:  Isela Vega  •  Julio Alemán  •  Ofelia Medina  •  José Chávez

Terror and Black Lace (1985)

A psycho with a hair fetish is caught in the act of disposing of a body and the lonely housewife that witnesses it must fight for her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Alcoriza
CAST:  Gonzalo Vega  •  Maribel Guardia  •  Claudio Obregón  •  Claudia Guzmán

A psycho with a hair fetish is caught in the act of disposing of a body and the lonely housewife that witnesses it must fight for her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Alcoriza
CAST:  Gonzalo Vega  •  Maribel Guardia  •  Claudio Obregón  •  Claudia Guzmán

The Place Without Limits (1978)

Father and daughter compete for the same passion in a ruthless place where kindness mixes with hate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Lucha Villa  •  Ana Martín  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Julián Pastor

Father and daughter compete for the same passion in a ruthless place where kindness mixes with hate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Lucha Villa  •  Ana Martín  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Julián Pastor

The Truce (2003)

Martín Santomé has been woking in an office for the last 50 years, but his life will change when he starts falling in love with a woman named Laura Avellaneda.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfonso Rosas Priego Jr.
CAST:  Gonzalo Vega  •  Arath de la Torre  •  Rodrigo Vidal  •  Maite Embil

Martín Santomé has been woking in an office for the last 50 years, but his life will change when he starts falling in love with a woman named Laura Avellaneda.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfonso Rosas Priego Jr.
CAST:  Gonzalo Vega  •  Arath de la Torre  •  Rodrigo Vidal  •  Maite Embil

The Faces of the Moon (2002)

The Faces of the Moon is the story of five women from five different countries (Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, USA and Spain), invited to Mexico City to be the jury of the Third Annual Latin American Women's Film Festival. In six vertiginous days these women share ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guita Schyfter
CAST:  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Carmen Montejo  •  Diana Bracho  •  Carola Reyna

The Faces of the Moon is the story of five women from five different countries (Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, USA and Spain), invited to Mexico City to be the jury of the Third Annual Latin American Women's Film Festival. In six vertiginous days these women share ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guita Schyfter
CAST:  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Carmen Montejo  •  Diana Bracho  •  Carola Reyna

Antonieta (1982)

Anna is a psychologist undertaking research about famous suicidal women. She takes a specific interest in the case of Antonieta Rivas Mercado, who killed herself in 1931 in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Saura
CAST:  Hanna Schygulla  •  Isabelle Adjani  •  Ignacio López Tarso  •  Carlos Bracho

Anna is a psychologist undertaking research about famous suicidal women. She takes a specific interest in the case of Antonieta Rivas Mercado, who killed herself in 1931 in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Saura
CAST:  Hanna Schygulla  •  Isabelle Adjani  •  Ignacio López Tarso  •  Carlos Bracho

Knock Out (1984)

Rodrigo Zaracho, once a promising boxer, is in decline. While fleeing from a gang that is chasing him, he remembers his past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis García Agraz
CAST:  Gonzalo Vega  •  Blanca Guerra  •  Wolf Ruvinskis  •  Guillermo Orea

Rodrigo Zaracho, once a promising boxer, is in decline. While fleeing from a gang that is chasing him, he remembers his past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis García Agraz
CAST:  Gonzalo Vega  •  Blanca Guerra  •  Wolf Ruvinskis  •  Guillermo Orea

On the Far Side of the Tunnel (1994)

Miguel and Aurelio are two film writers who decide to lock in a monastery in Aragon to finish the script for a movie. Strolling through the beautiful neighborhood, they meet a young and very attractive baker, with whom they maintain a loving relationship and she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime de Armiñán
CAST:  Fernando Rey  •  Maribel Verdú  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Amparo Baró

Miguel and Aurelio are two film writers who decide to lock in a monastery in Aragon to finish the script for a movie. Strolling through the beautiful neighborhood, they meet a young and very attractive baker, with whom they maintain a loving relationship and she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime de Armiñán
CAST:  Fernando Rey  •  Maribel Verdú  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Amparo Baró

A Married Woman (1982)

Irene is a young housewife and mother who tries to raise her young family, love her husband and keep her home all the while studying her masters' degree. Mario, her husband, is a good man, but he's tied by convention. When she has a strange mishap one day, her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Bojórquez Patrón
CAST:  Alma Muriel  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Ernesto Gómez Cruz  •  Patricia Reyes Spíndola

Irene is a young housewife and mother who tries to raise her young family, love her husband and keep her home all the while studying her masters' degree. Mario, her husband, is a good man, but he's tied by convention. When she has a strange mishap one day, her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Bojórquez Patrón
CAST:  Alma Muriel  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Ernesto Gómez Cruz  •  Patricia Reyes Spíndola

Nezahualcóyotl, la gran historia (2015)

King Tezozomoc invades Texcoco betraying the trust of his allies with a surprise attack. The young prince Nezahualcoyotl will attempt to retrieve his father's kingdom from the hands of Tezozomoc.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymundo Juárez
CAST:  Susana Zabaleta  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Rogelio Guerra  •  José Lavat

King Tezozomoc invades Texcoco betraying the trust of his allies with a surprise attack. The young prince Nezahualcoyotl will attempt to retrieve his father's kingdom from the hands of Tezozomoc.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymundo Juárez
CAST:  Susana Zabaleta  •  Gonzalo Vega  •  Rogelio Guerra  •  José Lavat
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