
Salvador Sánchez
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 28, 1943
- Birthplace
- Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico
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
- El Enemigo del Pueblo
El Enemigo del Pueblo TBA
Actor

Curandero 2025
as Manuel

1938: When Mexico Recovered Its Oil 2025
as Peasant

The Beast 2023
as Don Gerardo

¡Que viva México! 2023
as Notario / Don Florencio

The Exorcist 2022
as Señor Ramirez

The Mongolian Conspiracy 2019
as Señor Liu

The Voice of a Dream 2018
as Apolonio

Between Shadows 2015
as Narciso

The Perfect Dictatorship 2014
as Hombre X

Puras mentiras 2013
as Luis Pérez Goya

Tequila, historia de una pasión 2011
as Vicente

Acorazado 2010
as Alacran

El Infierno 2010
as El Padrino

File of Attempted Murder 2010
as Antonio Villacencio

Héroes de la seguridad 2009
Actor

Charm School 2007
as Monseñor

Jack's Law 2006
as Joker
- Sobre el arco iris
Sobre el arco iris 2004
Actor

Collateral Damage 2002
as Peddler

Solamente una vez 2002
Actor

The Mexican 2001
as Gunsmith

A Breakfast Chronicle 2000
as Pedro (uncredited)
- His Most Serene Highness
His Most Serene Highness 2000
Actor

Demonio negro 1999
Actor

Herod's Law 1999
as Pek

El fantasma de la coca 1999
as Auxiliar 2

Ojitos mentirosos 1999
Actor
- Fuera de la ley
Fuera de la ley 1998
Actor
- La santa
La santa 1997
Actor

De muerte natural 1996
Actor

Justicia violenta 1995
Actor

Salto al vacío 1995
Actor

Una buena forma de morir 1994
Actor

Loving Ghosts 1994
Actor

The Food of Fear 1994
as Jefe

Amor que mata 1994
as Don Raúl

Amor a la medida 1993
Actor

Dama de Noche 1993
as Diego

Un ángel para los diablillos 1993
as Jefe de Policía

Abuelita de Bakman 1993
Actor

Octagon and Mascara Sagrada in Fight to the Death 1992
Actor

Ángel de fuego 1992
as Rito

Imperio de los Malditos 1992
as Rutilo Morán

Octagon and Atlantis, the rematch 1992
Actor

Diplomatic Immunity 1992
as Colonel Hernandez

El último narco 1992
Actor
- La dama y el judicial
La dama y el judicial 1992
Actor

The Mexican Ninja 1991
Actor

One Man’s War 1991
as Ramírez

Diplomatic Immunity 1991
as Colonel Hernández

Jóvenes delincuentes 1991
Actor

Mujer de cabaret 1991
Actor

Mexican Ghostbusters 1991
as Procoro

Perseguida 1991
as Commander German Paino

The Legend of the Scorpion 1991
Actor

La fuerza bruta 1991
Actor

With Fear in the Veins 1990
as José

El hijo de Lamberto Quintero 1990
Actor

Dos judiciales en aprietos 1990
Actor

La secta del sargon 1990
Actor
- Motel of Death
Motel of Death 1990
Actor

Violaciónes, casos de la vida real 1990
Actor

Old Gringo 1989
as Floreal
- La venganza
La venganza 1989
as Rafael Galeana

Las asesinas del panadero 1989
Actor

He kidnapped her, he raped her, and he killed her 1989
as Bonifaz

El jardín de la paz 1989
Actor

Hope 1988
Actor

Difficult Days 1988
as Diputado Gabriel Aguirre

Angel River 1988
as Toral

Furia en la sangre 1988
Actor

Los confines 1987
Actor

Zapata en Chinameca 1987
Actor

Salvador 1986
as Human Rights Leader

Frida Still Life 1986
as David Alfaro Siqueiros

Viaje al paraíso 1985
as Bulmador

Under the Volcano 1984
as Chief of Stockyards

Motel 1984
as Julián Vargas, Detective

Under the Shrapnel 1983
as Tomas

The Eve 1982
as Villegas
- Enroque
Enroque 1981
Actor

Pedro Páramo 1981
Actor, Director

¿Y si platicamos de agosto? 1980
Actor

Maria of My Heart 1979
as Chava

La madre 1979
Actor

Drizzle 1978
as Indígena

The Recourse to the Method 1978
Actor

Caminando pasos... caminando 1977
Actor

El elegido 1977
as Don Liserio

The Bricklayers 1976
as Chapo Álvarez

Anyway, Juan is Your Name 1976
Actor

Las Poquianchis 1976
as Reportero

The Heist 1976
as Albino

The House in the South 1976
as Genaro

Letters from Marusia 1975
as Sebastián

Canoa: A Shameful Memory 1975
as Witness

Aventuras de un caballo blanco y un niño 1975
Actor
- Esa mi Irene
Esa mi Irene 1975
Actor

La Choca 1974
as Audias

Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? 1974
as Juan Dolores

Those Years 1974
as Gen. Melchor Ocampo

The Master of Ballantrae 1974
as El Chueco

La yegua colorada 1973
Actor
- Valente Quintero
Valente Quintero 1973
as Capitán Carrancista

El vals sin fin 1972
Actor

No One Will Love You Like I Do 1972
Actor

Cayó de la gloria el diablo 1972
as Charro cantor / Solís

La Generala 1971
as Jesús

Emiliano Zapata 1970
Actor

Crimen y castigo 1951
as (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.