Ignacio López Tarso

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1925-01-15

Place of Birth

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Ignacio López Tarso

Biography

Ignacio López López (b. 15 January 1925 – 11 March 2023), better known as Ignacio López Tarso, was a Mexican actor of stage, film and television. He acted in about 50 films and appeared in documentaries and in one short feature. In 1973 he was given the Ariel Award for Best Actor for Rosa Blanca, and the Ariel de Oro lifetime achievement award in 2007. He was honored multiple times at the TVyNovelas Awards. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living actor and one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

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Acting History

2025
Curandero as El Curandero
2021
Buenos días, Ignacio
2021
Wolves Aren't Meant For The Circus as Don Cristóbal
2020
Taken Identity as Don Jesus
2018
Más sabe el Diablo por Viejo as Joselito
2017
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo as Self
2015
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin as Self
2015
Loves with Trap as Porfirio
2013
The Waterwheel as Old Man
2013
Wild at Heart as Ramiro Olivares
2011
El Encanto del Águila as Porfirio Díaz
2009
Curse by the Sea as El Mojarras
2009
Morenita: el escándalo as Santiago
2005
Peregrina as Baltasar
2003
De Pocas Pocas Pulgas as Don Julián Montes
2002
Las Lunas del Auditorio as Self
2002
¡Vivan los niños! as Ignacio Robles
2002
Veneno
2001
Navidad sin Fin as Rodito
2001
Atrévete a Olvidarme as Gonzalo Rivas
2001
el gato animado televisa as papa noel
2000
La casa en la playa as Don Ángel Villarreal Cueto
1998
Ángela as Feliciano Villanueva
1998
Camila as Don Genaro
1997
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco as Self
1997
Reclusorio as Viejo (segment "Quiero quedarme en la carcel")
1997
Saint Lucifer as Father Leopoldo Santos Higareda
1996
Esmeralda as Melesio
1994
Crystal Empire as César Lombardo
1993
Banderas, the Tyrant as Coronel de la Gándara
1991
Codicia mortal
1987
Muelle rojo
1987
Senda de gloria
1986
Astucia as Don Polo
1986
El otro as Sr. Tabares
1985
Toña Machetes
1984
Notes from Under the Volcano as Self
1984
Under the Volcano as Dr. Vigil
1982
Antonieta as Vargas
1982
Viva México y sus corridos
1980
Corrupción oficial
1978
The Children of Sanchez as Ignacio
1978
Los amantes frios
1977
La casta divina as Don Wilfrido
1977
¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal?
1976
The Bricklayers as Don Jesus
1976
Resigned for Reasons of Health as Gustavo Sánchez Campero
1975
Rapine as Porfirio
1974
Looking for a Wall as José Clemente Orozco
1973
The Prophet Mimi as Ángel Peñafiel, Mimi
1972
Cayó de la gloria el diablo as Don Eme (Emeterio Sánchez)
1971
La Generala as Rosauro Márquez
1970
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez as Pito Pérez
1969
La trinchera
1969
The Door and The Butcher's Wife as Melitón Torres (segment "La mujer del carnicero")
1968
The Devil's Visitations as Felix Estrella
1968
A Long Journey Toward Death as Dr. David
1967
Pedro Paramo as Fulgor Sedano
1965
Tarahumara (Further and farther) as Raúl
1965
Un hombre en la trampa
1964
The Golden Cockerel as Dionisio Pinzón
1964
Furia en el Edén as Ing. José Argos
1963
Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor as Francisco Gabilondo Soler 'Cri-Cri'
1963
Autumn Days as Albino
1963
The Paper Man as Adán
1963
Heart of a Child as Prof. Ezequiel Almeyda
1963
La Bandida as Anselmo
1961
My Son, the Hero as Gunslinger
1961
Then God Named It Earth as Efrén Domínguez
1961
Rosa blanca as Jacinto Yáñes
1961
Juana Gallo as Pioquinto
1961
Ellas también son rebeldes as Dr. Gabriel Renteria
1960
The Shadow of the Tyrant as General Hilario Jiménez
1960
Macario as Macario
1960
La estrella vacía as Luis Arvide
1960
Our Daily Hunger as Pablo
1959
La Cucaracha as Trinidad
1959
Sonatas as Jefe de guerrilleros
1959
Nazarin as Thief in church
1958
Love Your Neighbor as (voice)
1957
Vanilla, Bronze and to Die as Ricardo Castillo
1957
Happy Year, My Love
1955
Chilam Balam
1954
La desconocida