José Carlos Ruiz (born 17 November 1936) is a Mexican film and television actor. He starred in telenovelas such as María Isabel, Soñadoras, Mariana de la noche, Sortilegio, Soy tu dueña, Un refugio para el amor, Amor bravío and Corazón indomable.
Biography
José Ruiz comes from humble origins and was once a hired hand for the company Luz y Fuerza. He worked as an assistant coffee mill worker, a butcher, and also an interior decorator, until he began his acting studies at Mexico's Institute of Fine Arts.
Selected filmography
Warehoused (2015)
One for the Road (2014)
Suave patria (2011): Jerónimo Natage
Más allá del muro (2011):
El estudiante (2009): Don Pedro.
Cabeza de Buda (2009): Invitado 2
Arráncame la vida (2008): Soriano
Guadalupe (film) (2006): San Juan Diego
Curandero (film) (2005): Don Carlos
Los muertos que nos dieron la vida (2003)
mariana de la noche (2003)
Viaje aterrador (2002):
Aunque tú no lo sepas (2000): Alumno 1
Soñadoras (1998): Don Eugenio de la Peña
Dos crímenes (1995): Ramón
La tumba del Atlántico (1992):
¿Nos traicionará el presidente? (1991):
Salvador (1986): Archbishop Óscar Romero
Toña machetes (1985):
Wandering Lives (1985): Francisco
Bajo la metralla (1983)
Guerilla from the North (1983)
Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)
El elegido (1977): Judas
The Heist (1976)
The Bricklayers (1976): Jacinto Martínez
The House in the South (1975): Tomás
El valle de los miserables (1975):
Simón Blanco (1975): Lic. Caldoso
Los perros de Dios (1974):
La muerte de Pancho Villa (1974):
Buck and the Preacher (1972): Brave
Los marcados (1971): el Manco
Zapata (1970):
El escapulario (1968): Ruiz, soldier
Black Wind (1965):
Major Dundee (1965): Riago, a "Christian Indian" scout of the Americans pursuing the Apaches.