José Manuel Poncelis
Known for: Acting
With a career of more than 35 years as a theater, film, and television series actor, he has also worked as a theater director, also venturing into playwriting and production. He has acted in more than 20 films, some of them are: “Marionetas” by Álvaro Curiel, “Polvo” directed by José María Yaspik, “Sueño en otro Idioma” by Director Ernesto Contreras. He has been awarded the Mayahuel 2017 award and as best actor, with the film “Sueño en otro Idioma” at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2017 and with the WINSTON-SALEM OUT AT THE MOVIES LGBT FILM SERIES award. In addition to films like “De la Calle”, “La Ley de Heródes”, “Ricochet”, “Pescador” among others. He has participated in series for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, CANAL 11, FOX AND NETFLIX, among which stand out: Sitiados, Hernán, Biografía de una lengua, La Reina Roja, Palenque.
Filmography
Film
Man on Fire
School Clerk
2004
Series
Cóyotl, Hero and Beast
2025
Film
Curandero
Jesús
2025
Series
Besieged: Mexico
Chaman
2019
Film
Herod's Law
Filemón
1999
Film
¡Que viva México!
Don Pancracio
2023
Film
I Dream in Another Language
Isauro
2017
Film
Ricochet
Gallero 1
2020
Film
Cabeza de Vaca
Wounded Indian
1991
Film
Aztech
2020
Film
Marionette
2020
Film
Cero y van cuatro
Taxista ("El Torzón")
2004
Film
Tótem
Tío Octavio
2023
Film
Hijos del viento
Chaman
2000
Film
I Don't Want to Be Dust
Cuidador del cementerio
2022
Film
The Tiger of Santa Julia
Carmelo
2002
Film
Powder
Facundo
2019
Film
Never on a Sunday
Pancho
2006
Film
National Geographic: Pyramids of Death
Self
2005
Film
Streeters
Teporocho
2001
Film
Disappear Completely
Chamán
2024
Film
La noche de las flores
2011
Film
Crazy Carnival
La Patria
2006
Film
Under California: The Limit of Time
Indígena
1998
Film
Diente por diente
Rutilio
2013
Film
Ik Dietrick Fon, the hidden sound of things
Doorman
2015