
Known For
Acting
José Manuel Poncelis
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

¡Que viva México!
as Don Pancracio
2023

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

Diente por diente
as Rutilio
2013

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

Tótem
as Tío Octavio
2023

La noche de las flores
2011

Never on a Sunday
as Pancho
2006

National Geographic: Pyramids of Death
as Self
2005

Disappear Completely
as Chamán
2024

Cabeza de Vaca
as Wounded Indian
1991

Under California: The Limit of Time
as Indígena
1998

Hijos del viento
as Chaman
2000

Man on Fire
as School Clerk
2004

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

Streeters
as Teporocho
2001

Herod's Law
as Filemón
1999

Crazy Carnival
as La Patria
2006

I Dream in Another Language
as Isauro
2017

Curandero
as Jesús
2025

Ricochet
as Gallero 1
2020

