Acting
José Carlos Ruiz
Born November 17, 1936 · Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico (age 89)
José Carlos Ruiz (born November 17th, 1936) is a Mexican film and television actor, born in the City of Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico. His first film intervention is in the film Black Wind, which deals with a tragedy that occurred in the Altar Desert, in Sonora, Mexico, where he acted alongside David Reynoso, Fernando Luján, etc. filmed in 1965. Later (1966) he filmed The Scapular, a prestigious film…
Known For
El Garabato · 2008El Garabato
★ 6.52008
MovieCrimeDrama
The story of a naive young man, provincial and not very experienced, to whom the circumstances of destiny, when crossing with the beautiful Frida, lead him to mature with a single blow. Rodolfo helps Frida in a car accident while she orders him to deliver an envelope. There begins the desperate flight of this innocent man fighting for his life, persecuted by thugs -who want to recover the contents of the envelope- and by the police -who seeks him for being a suspect in the death of an important diplomat.
Violent Stories · 1985Violent Stories
★ 5.91985
MovieActionCrime
Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film.
Simon Blanco · 1975Simon Blanco
★ 6.31975
Movie
The peasant and revolutionary Zapatista Simon Blanco still in arms but Zapata is dead. Simon with his lieutenant Andres visits his mother and his girlfriend in his hometown. The cacique Onesimo and his brother, the commissioner Martial put ambushes but he eludes them.
Toña Machetes · 1985Toña Machetes
★ 6.61985
MovieRomanceDrama
A woman adopts a child and discovers that she can love again despite facing a wicked man.
Major Dundee · 1965Major Dundee
★ 6.71965
MovieWesternWar
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
Crossing the Desert · 2012Crossing the Desert
★ 4.02012
Movie
Victor, a successful and well-respected businessman, is obsessed by the legend that an indigenous woman told him when he was a child. Victor lives a conventional life with a family that knows and complains about his constant infidelities. When the woman is dying, she sends for Victor and her son Jose Francisco, who is working as his chauffeur. They both answer the summons. Their lives take an unexpected turn.
Who'll Stop the Rain · 1978Who'll Stop the Rain
★ 6.51978
MovieCrimeAction
John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.
Rattlesnake · 1977Rattlesnake
★ 6.21977
MovieDrama
A filmmaker is commissioned to film a documentary on the social reality of the Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas. As he enters the harsh living conditions of this indigenous community, his social conscience forces him to confront his superiors, who threaten to destroy his material.
Movies
El Garabato · 2008El Garabato
★ 6.52008
MovieCrimeDrama
The story of a naive young man, provincial and not very experienced, to whom the circumstances of destiny, when crossing with the beautiful Frida, lead him to mature with a single blow. Rodolfo helps Frida in a car accident while she orders him to deliver an envelope. There begins the desperate flight of this innocent man fighting for his life, persecuted by thugs -who want to recover the contents of the envelope- and by the police -who seeks him for being a suspect in the death of an important diplomat.
Violent Stories · 1985Violent Stories
★ 5.91985
MovieActionCrime
Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film.
Simon Blanco · 1975Simon Blanco
★ 6.31975
Movie
The peasant and revolutionary Zapatista Simon Blanco still in arms but Zapata is dead. Simon with his lieutenant Andres visits his mother and his girlfriend in his hometown. The cacique Onesimo and his brother, the commissioner Martial put ambushes but he eludes them.
Toña Machetes · 1985Toña Machetes
★ 6.61985
MovieRomanceDrama
A woman adopts a child and discovers that she can love again despite facing a wicked man.
Major Dundee · 1965Major Dundee
★ 6.71965
MovieWesternWar
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
Crossing the Desert · 2012Crossing the Desert
★ 4.02012
Movie
Victor, a successful and well-respected businessman, is obsessed by the legend that an indigenous woman told him when he was a child. Victor lives a conventional life with a family that knows and complains about his constant infidelities. When the woman is dying, she sends for Victor and her son Jose Francisco, who is working as his chauffeur. They both answer the summons. Their lives take an unexpected turn.
Who'll Stop the Rain · 1978Who'll Stop the Rain
★ 6.51978
MovieCrimeAction
John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.
Rattlesnake · 1977Rattlesnake
★ 6.21977
MovieDrama
A filmmaker is commissioned to film a documentary on the social reality of the Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas. As he enters the harsh living conditions of this indigenous community, his social conscience forces him to confront his superiors, who threaten to destroy his material.
Hope · 1988Hope
★ 6.31988
MovieDramaHistory
At only 19 years old, Vladimir Olhosvky, fleeing the Russian Revolution and going into exile in Mexico City, will have to make his way in a new country, totally unknown to him but that will bring him a new life.
Wandering Lives · 1987Wandering Lives
★ 5.91987
MovieAdventureDrama
Two traveling projectionists tour the villages of the mountains showing films in order to save money and build their own theater.
Tigers · 2020Tigers
2020
MovieAdventureDrama
A story centered on the centuries-old feud between the aristocratic vampire race and their former slaves, the werewolves.
Tear This Heart Out · 2008Tear This Heart Out
★ 7.92008
MovieRomanceDrama
A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. by one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature, it is at once a haunting novel of one woman's life and a powerful account of post-revolutionary Mexico from a female perspective.
Buck and the Preacher · 1972Buck and the Preacher
★ 6.31972
MovieActionComedy
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
For Better or for Worse · 1989For Better or for Worse
★ 5.21989
MovieComedyCrime
A honeymooning couple become entangled in a plot to recover plates for counterfeiting US dollars. SHE thinks she's just retired from a government 'dirty jobs' department, but her superiors have other ideas. HE thinks she's a retired travel agent.
Tell Me When · 2020Tell Me When
★ 6.62020
MovieDramaRomance
After his grandfather's death, a young man decides to fulfill his elder's last wish with the help of his new friends. The problem starts when he falls in love with a female friend who may not feel the same.
Los hijos de Sanchez · 1978Los hijos de Sanchez
1978
Movie
The Sanchez clan have seen the worst of times, but they have survived by sticking together. When Sanchez's oldest daughter Consuelo plans to build a life of her own, the family and Sanchez face an enormous challenge.
Salvador · 1986Salvador
★ 7.01986
MovieDramaThriller
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.
Under the Shrapnel · 1983Under the Shrapnel
★ 5.51983
MovieThrillerDrama
A guerrilla commando tries to kidnap a politician. In the attempt, several policemen and a guerrillero die. By chance the head of the kidnappers meets an old colleague; to prevent him from betraying them, he kidnaps him.
Guadalupe · 2006Guadalupe
★ 5.02006
MovieDramaDocumentary
Jose Maria and his sister Mercedes are archaeologists who have been given a grant to study the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe, whom Juan Diego, an ordinary man living near the hill of Tepeyac, witnessed in December 1531.
Eagle's Wing · 1979Eagle's Wing
★ 5.31979
MovieWesternDrama
Two men, an aging Native American and a ne'er-do-well trapper from North America, race to claim the stallion Eagle's Wing in antebellum Mexico, meeting marauded stagecoach travelers and garrisoned Mexicans along the way.
Tribus Urbanas · 2006Tribus Urbanas
★ 5.02006
MovieDrama
Luna de sangre · 1984Luna de sangre
★ 6.71984
Movie
Mexican feature film
Occupation of Darkness · 1981Occupation of Darkness
★ 5.11981
MovieDrama
Set in 1934, and meant to dramatize social injustices, this melodrama examines an official's attempt at land reform. The landowners are against any reform and are also not interested in ending the exploitation of their workers. On the opposite side of the fence, the Native Americans have almost no way to better their living conditions or to fight oppression. They are also plagued by "superstition," which leads to some misguided actions that only make things worse. Violence and sexual encounters are interspersed throughout the story.
The Miracle · 2003The Miracle
★ 10.02003
Movie
A miracle is about to happen, Margarita, like everyone wants to attend, but Alfonso, her husband, believes that everything is a sham.
TV Shows
Wild at Heart · 2013Wild at Heart
★ 7.82013
SeriesDrama
Mistreated by the Narváez family, the poor and innocent Maricruz is humiliated, abandoned, and imprisoned, losing everything. Upon discovering her true origins, she transforms into a wealthy and powerful woman. Driven by grief and the loss of her father, she vows revenge against everyone who made her suffer.
Dark Fate · 2003Dark Fate
★ 7.22003
SeriesDramaRomance
Mariana lives with her father, Atílio, and is motherless. He is a very powerful man, and he keeps a big secret: Mariana is not his biological daughter, Atílio has two sisters: Isabel, the oldest, a good and caring woman, who raised Mariana and loves her as if she were her own daughter; Márcia, the youngest, arrogant and very vain, has a cold heart, has never fallen in love with anyone and always mistreated Mariana, until a boy called Inácio Lugo Navarro arrives in the city, very attractive, who uses a false name and is looking for his roots and revenge.
Laws of love · 2018Laws of love
★ 8.02018
SeriesDrama
The story of two lawyers specializing in family law, Ricardo and Alejandra, that despite coming from two disappointments and being in a world where it seems that love loses strength, before so much divorce, they still have faith in finding true love.
Killer Women · 2008Killer Women
★ 7.62008
SeriesMysteryDrama
Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind.
María Isabel · 1997María Isabel
★ 7.31997
SeriesDrama
Native American girl Maria Isabel makes friends with Graciela, a rich white girl, despite Graciela's father's opposition; their friendship lasts into their adulthood.
Sortilegio · 2009Sortilegio
★ 7.62009
SeriesDramaFamily
María José is a simple small-town woman eagerly awaiting her wedding day to Alejandro Lombardo, unaware that her “Alejandro” is actually Bruno—the half-brother of the real Alejandro—who has inherited a vast fortune.
Las Vías del Amor · 2002Las Vías del Amor
★ 6.72002
SeriesDrama
Las Vías del Amor is a Mexican telenovela that aired on the Televisa channel in Mexico and Univision in the United States from 2002-2003.
Storm Over Paradise · 2007Storm Over Paradise
★ 7.22007
SeriesDrama
Tormenta en el Paraíso is a telenovela that was made by Televisa. This telenovela has a blend of new talents and with figures of extense experience in the television, and it began filming scenes in locations in the states of Quintana Roo and Veracruz on September 20, 2007. The telenovela is a production of Juan Osorio, premiered November 12 of 2007 in El Canal de las Estrellas.
Soy tu dueña · 2010Soy tu dueña
★ 7.72010
SeriesDrama
Valentina Vilaça is a wealthy woman who inherited a vast fortune from her parents after they died in a car accident. She lives in a mansion in Mexico City with her aunt, Isabel Rangel de Dorantes, and her cousin, Ivana Dorantes Rangel—who treats Valentina with great indifference and harbors envy toward her. Everything changes for Valentina when her fiancé, Alonso Penalva, conspires with Ivana and leaves her waiting at the altar on their wedding day. From that point on, Valentina becomes a bitter woman, eventually discovering love alongside José Miguel Montesinos.
Soñadoras · 1998Soñadoras
★ 7.41998
SeriesDrama
Soñadoras is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by and broadcast on Televisa in 1998, and shown in 1999 on Univision.
Amar sin límites · 2006Amar sin límites
★ 6.42006
SeriesDrama
Amar sin límites is a Mexican telenovela that was produced by Televisa and broadcast on that company's El Canal de las Estrellas. The program debuted on 16 October 2006 at 7:30 pm; the first ten episodes were only thirty minutes long, with the program expanding to an hour long on 30 October and taking over the 7:00 time slot previously occupied by Duelo de Pasiones.
After 135 episodes, the telenovela completed its run on 20 April 2007, and was subsequently replaced with Muchachitas como tú. In the United States, Amar sin límites aired on Univisión from 17 July 2007 through 18 January 2008 at 8:00 pm.
This limited-run serial is a remake of the 2003 Argentine telenovela Resistiré; it is the first such remake, as a second adaptation, Watch Over Me, was created for MyNetworkTV in the United States and debuted in December 2006. Amar sin límites stars as protagonists Karyme Lozano and Valentino Lanús, whose characters, Diego and Azul, endure a tortured romance that becomes entangled in the world of organized crime thanks to Azul's fiancé, Mauricio, portrayed by René Strickler.
Pueblo chico, infierno grande · 1997Pueblo chico, infierno grande
★ 8.01997
SeriesDrama
La traición · 1984La traición
★ 7.51984
SeriesDrama
La casa en la playa · 2000La casa en la playa
★ 8.52000
SeriesDrama
Atrévete a Olvidarme · 2001Atrévete a Olvidarme
★ 6.72001
SeriesDrama
Atrévete a Olvidarme is a short-lived Mexican telenovela.
Running for only one month in 2001, the program starred Adriana Fonseca and Jorge Salinas.
Muchachita · 1985Muchachita
★ 9.01985
SeriesDrama
Morir dos veces · 1996Morir dos veces
★ 10.01996
SeriesMysteryDrama