Luis Felipe Tovar

Luis Felipe Tovar (born December 31, 1961 in Puebla) is a Mexican performance teacher and actor. He studied in the Theatre Fine Arts School of Mexico and in the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de La Habana in Cuba. He has been awarded three times with the Ariel Award: 1993, Principio y Fin, 1995, El Callejón de los Milagros and 1997, Sin remitente. In 2003 he left his old school of performance to open the bar Muxe, whose clients are mainly homosexuals. He has a son named Timoteo and a daughter named Maria Fernanda.

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7 Mujeres, 1 Homosexual y Carlos (2004)

Carlos (Mauricio Ochmann), 21 years old, decides to get married to Camila (Adriana Fonseca), his 18-year-old girlfriend, when he finds out that she was pregnant while he was away for five years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rene Bueno
CAST:  Mauricio Ochmann  •  Adriana Fonseca  •  Ninel Conde  •  Luis Felipe Tovar

Carlos (Mauricio Ochmann), 21 years old, decides to get married to Camila (Adriana Fonseca), his 18-year-old girlfriend, when he finds out that she was pregnant while he was away for five years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rene Bueno
CAST:  Mauricio Ochmann  •  Adriana Fonseca  •  Ninel Conde  •  Luis Felipe Tovar

The Mexican (2001)

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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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gore Verbinski
CAST:  Brad Pitt  •  Julia Roberts  •  James Gandolfini  •  J.K. Simmons

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gore Verbinski
CAST:  Brad Pitt  •  Julia Roberts  •  James Gandolfini  •  J.K. Simmons

The Beginning and the End (1994)

The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is the Boteros mother, a desperate woman who chooses to sacrifice the destiny of her three older children, in order to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Ernesto Laguardia  •  Julieta Egurrola  •  Blanca Guerra  •  Lucía Muñoz

The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is the Boteros mother, a desperate woman who chooses to sacrifice the destiny of her three older children, in order to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Ernesto Laguardia  •  Julieta Egurrola  •  Blanca Guerra  •  Lucía Muñoz

Chido Guan, el tacos de oro (1986)

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

DIRECTION:  Alfonso Arau
CAST:  Fernando Arau  •  Mario Almada  •  Gabriela Roel  •  Wolf Ruvinskis

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

DIRECTION:  Alfonso Arau
CAST:  Fernando Arau  •  Mario Almada  •  Gabriela Roel  •  Wolf Ruvinskis

The Naked City (1989)

A gritty tale of survival set against a city ripe with violence and corruption. The Naked City tells the tale of Alfonso and Aurelia, who with their infant daughter flee the scene of a traffic accident they inadvertently caused, leaving several people seriously ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Retes
CAST:  Damián Alcázar  •  Pedro Altamirano  •  Martin Barraza  •  Carlos Chávez

A gritty tale of survival set against a city ripe with violence and corruption. The Naked City tells the tale of Alfonso and Aurelia, who with their infant daughter flee the scene of a traffic accident they inadvertently caused, leaving several people seriously ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Retes
CAST:  Damián Alcázar  •  Pedro Altamirano  •  Martin Barraza  •  Carlos Chávez

Bienvenido-Welcome (1995)

During a business trip a married man has an affair with a blonde who leaves him the message "Welcome to the world of Aids"  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Retes
CAST:  Gabriel Retes  •  Luis Felipe Tovar  •  Jesse Borrego  •  Fernando Arau

During a business trip a married man has an affair with a blonde who leaves him the message "Welcome to the world of Aids"  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Retes
CAST:  Gabriel Retes  •  Luis Felipe Tovar  •  Jesse Borrego  •  Fernando Arau

Fuera de la ley (1998)

Four raw stories about justice and law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Rogelio Guerra  •  Roxana Chávez  •  Manuel Ojeda  •  Miguel Palmer

Four raw stories about justice and law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Rogelio Guerra  •  Roxana Chávez  •  Manuel Ojeda  •  Miguel Palmer

Suave Patria (2012)

Oscar and Arthur are two actors without fortune who survive unemployment with a routine street, where one represents the thief and the other to the police. Thanks to this performance are "hired" by Mr. Mauricio Tavares to play a practical joke on dangerous Don ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco Javier Padilla
CAST:  Omar Chaparro  •  Adrián Uribe  •  Karla Souza  •  Héctor Suárez

Oscar and Arthur are two actors without fortune who survive unemployment with a routine street, where one represents the thief and the other to the police. Thanks to this performance are "hired" by Mr. Mauricio Tavares to play a practical joke on dangerous Don ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco Javier Padilla
CAST:  Omar Chaparro  •  Adrián Uribe  •  Karla Souza  •  Héctor Suárez

Cilantro and Parsley (1998)

"Cilantro y perejil" is a comedy about couples from the same family, hit by the economic crisis in Mexico. The plot turns around the eternal question of whether it is worth it to live as a couple. The conclusions are fun, unpredictable and very human. After ending ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Montero
CAST:  Arcelia Ramírez  •  Demián Bichir  •  Germán Dehesa  •  Rodolfo Arias

"Cilantro y perejil" is a comedy about couples from the same family, hit by the economic crisis in Mexico. The plot turns around the eternal question of whether it is worth it to live as a couple. The conclusions are fun, unpredictable and very human. After ending ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Montero
CAST:  Arcelia Ramírez  •  Demián Bichir  •  Germán Dehesa  •  Rodolfo Arias

City of the Blind (1991)

Over more than thirty years, a department of the Condesa in Mexico City, is the setting in which they are carried out ten stories, mixed, form one whose only constant is the rupture. The passage of time and the outside world only guess through the windows and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Cortés
CAST:  Gabriela Roel  •  Silvia Mariscal  •  Claudia Fernández  •  Claudette Maillé

Over more than thirty years, a department of the Condesa in Mexico City, is the setting in which they are carried out ten stories, mixed, form one whose only constant is the rupture. The passage of time and the outside world only guess through the windows and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Cortés
CAST:  Gabriela Roel  •  Silvia Mariscal  •  Claudia Fernández  •  Claudette Maillé

Luces de la noche (1998)

On a whim, a retired gentleman decides to track down an old girlfriend from decades back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Muñoz Güemes
CAST:  Héctor Bonilla  •  Helena Rojo  •  Demián Bichir  •  Manuel Ojeda

On a whim, a retired gentleman decides to track down an old girlfriend from decades back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Muñoz Güemes
CAST:  Héctor Bonilla  •  Helena Rojo  •  Demián Bichir  •  Manuel Ojeda

Never Too Young to Dream (2001)

A group of kids have a dream: to play a football championship and to win. Their dream is going to be fulfilled by Don Pepe, an old guy with lots of expectations for his kids.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Loza
CAST:  Héctor Suárez  •  Plutarco Haza  •  Lumi Cavazos  •  Rodolfo Arias

A group of kids have a dream: to play a football championship and to win. Their dream is going to be fulfilled by Don Pepe, an old guy with lots of expectations for his kids.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gustavo Loza
CAST:  Héctor Suárez  •  Plutarco Haza  •  Lumi Cavazos  •  Rodolfo Arias

Hounded on a Carnival Monday (2002)

In the small town of San Jorge, a 12- year-old girl watches in horror as her father, a local telegraph operator is thrown in prison by the local military dictatorship. Meanwhile, her mother, Florencia, must make tough moral decisions in order for them to survive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malena Roncayolo
CAST:  Mimí Lazo  •  Abril Schreiber  •  Armando Gutiérrez  •  Juan Carlos Alarcón

In the small town of San Jorge, a 12- year-old girl watches in horror as her father, a local telegraph operator is thrown in prison by the local military dictatorship. Meanwhile, her mother, Florencia, must make tough moral decisions in order for them to survive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malena Roncayolo
CAST:  Mimí Lazo  •  Abril Schreiber  •  Armando Gutiérrez  •  Juan Carlos Alarcón

Gente Comun (2006)

Mexican drug kingpin Papi enters a turf war against a team of American mafia intruders led by Mesías. But while the battle rages, the Korean mob sees an opportunity to seize power while its enemies fight each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ignacio Rinza
CAST:  Luis Felipe Tovar  •  Fernando Ciangherotti  •  Carlos Samperio

Mexican drug kingpin Papi enters a turf war against a team of American mafia intruders led by Mesías. But while the battle rages, the Korean mob sees an opportunity to seize power while its enemies fight each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ignacio Rinza
CAST:  Luis Felipe Tovar  •  Fernando Ciangherotti  •  Carlos Samperio

Fantasías (2004)

The movie tells the story of a middle-class couple with two teenage children and a boring sex life, in search of new experiences- first with their sexy maid. Later with the advice of an older female friend who has swinger lifestyle with her husband, they decide to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Araujo
CAST:  Mónica Dionne  •  Alexis Ayala  •  Manuel Ojeda  •  Luis Felipe Tovar

The movie tells the story of a middle-class couple with two teenage children and a boring sex life, in search of new experiences- first with their sexy maid. Later with the advice of an older female friend who has swinger lifestyle with her husband, they decide to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Araujo
CAST:  Mónica Dionne  •  Alexis Ayala  •  Manuel Ojeda  •  Luis Felipe Tovar

The Magic Hour (2000)

Minerva, a middle age writer, decides to break the uncertainty that prevents her from creating the novel that for years she has nested in her mind. Unintentionally, she returns to the port where she was born and she encounters a past full of ghosts and chimeras. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Óscar Blancarte
CAST:  Angélica Aragón  •  Francisco Gattorno  •  Manuel Ojeda  •  Lumi Cavazos

Minerva, a middle age writer, decides to break the uncertainty that prevents her from creating the novel that for years she has nested in her mind. Unintentionally, she returns to the port where she was born and she encounters a past full of ghosts and chimeras. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Óscar Blancarte
CAST:  Angélica Aragón  •  Francisco Gattorno  •  Manuel Ojeda  •  Lumi Cavazos

Todo el poder (1999)

Gabriel is a filmmaker in Mexico City, where he is a victim of crime and violence sometimes even three times a day. This is a black comedy that shows the extreme situation Mexico City is suffering as far as crime is concerned, and the tension the city and it's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Sariñana
CAST:  Demián Bichir  •  Cecilia Suárez  •  Ximena Sariñana  •  Diego Luna

Gabriel is a filmmaker in Mexico City, where he is a victim of crime and violence sometimes even three times a day. This is a black comedy that shows the extreme situation Mexico City is suffering as far as crime is concerned, and the tension the city and it's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Sariñana
CAST:  Demián Bichir  •  Cecilia Suárez  •  Ximena Sariñana  •  Diego Luna

Nacido Sin (2008)

'Born Without' is a documentary about severely handicapped Mexican actor and musician Jose Flores. "Born without arms and other limbs, Jose supports his large family by playing the harmonica throughout Mexico. In the face of adversity, he shows great courage and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eva Norvind
CAST:  José Flores  •  Graciela Flores  •  Alejandro Jodorowsky  •  Nailea Norvind

'Born Without' is a documentary about severely handicapped Mexican actor and musician Jose Flores. "Born without arms and other limbs, Jose supports his large family by playing the harmonica throughout Mexico. In the face of adversity, he shows great courage and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eva Norvind
CAST:  José Flores  •  Graciela Flores  •  Alejandro Jodorowsky  •  Nailea Norvind

Sin remitente (1995)

A lonely, aging postal worker finds himself the victim of a cruel practical joke in this pessimistic Mexican drama. The trouble begins when crotchety postman Andre begins complaining about his young neighbor Marianna's propensity for playing loud music every time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Carrera
CAST:  Luis Felipe Tovar  •  Tiaré Scanda  •  Fernando Torre Laphame  •  Luisa Huertas

A lonely, aging postal worker finds himself the victim of a cruel practical joke in this pessimistic Mexican drama. The trouble begins when crotchety postman Andre begins complaining about his young neighbor Marianna's propensity for playing loud music every time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Carrera
CAST:  Luis Felipe Tovar  •  Tiaré Scanda  •  Fernando Torre Laphame  •  Luisa Huertas

Such is Life (2000)

After her husband leaves her for a younger woman, Julia plans her revenge with the help of her grandmother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Arcelia Ramírez  •  Patricia Reyes Spíndola  •  Luis Felipe Tovar  •  Ernesto Yáñez

After her husband leaves her for a younger woman, Julia plans her revenge with the help of her grandmother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Arcelia Ramírez  •  Patricia Reyes Spíndola  •  Luis Felipe Tovar  •  Ernesto Yáñez
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