
Actor
José Manuel Poncelis
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.
Acting

Man on Fire
School Clerk · 2004

Herod's Law
Filemón · 1999

I Dream in Another Language
Isauro · 2017

¡Que viva México!
Don Pancracio · 2023

Cero y van cuatro
Taxista ("El Torzón") · 2004

Tótem
Tío Octavio · 2023

Powder
Facundo · 2019

Disappear Completely
Chamán · 2024

The Tiger of Santa Julia
Carmelo · 2002

Streeters
Teporocho · 2001

Cabeza de Vaca
Wounded Indian · 1991

Under California: The Limit of Time
Indígena · 1998

Never on a Sunday
Pancho · 2006

Besieged: Mexico
Chaman · 2019

National Geographic: Pyramids of Death
Self · 2005

I Don't Want to Be Dust
Cuidador del cementerio · 2022

Ricochet
Gallero 1 · 2020

Diente por diente
Rutilio · 2013

Hijos del viento
Chaman · 2000

Crazy Carnival
La Patria · 2006

Ik Dietrick Fon, the hidden sound of things
Doorman · 2015

Curandero
Jesús · 2025