
Jacobo Morales
Biography
Jacobo Morales Ramírez (born November 12, 1934) is a Puerto Rican actor, poet, writer, playwright, filmmaker, and auteur. He is considered by many to be the most influential filmmaker in Puerto Rico. Jacobo Morales' "Lo que le pasó a Santiago" (1989) reached an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990, being the only Academy Award recognition a Puerto Rican film has yet to reach.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Up the Sandbox
as Fidel Castro
1972

Broche de oro
as Rafael Medina
2012

Dios los cría...
as Alberto Palacios (segment "Entre Doce Y Una")
1979

What Happened to Santiago
as Arístides Esquilín
1989

Nicolás y los demás
as Nicolás
1986

Arocho y Clemente: los que murieron en la horca
1970

Bananas
as Esposito
1971

La criada malcriada
as Moralito
1965

Dios los cría...
as Fernando Sepúlveda (segment "La Otra")
1979

Linda Sara
as Pablo
1995
And God Created Them 2
2004

Angel
as Mariano Farías
2007

Il Viaggio
2010
Cuentos de Abelardo
as Peyo Mercé
1990

I Am a Director
as Jacobo
2013
Julia, toda en mí
2002
El cuerpo del delito
2005

Andrea y Lorenzo
as Priest
2016

Desandando la vida
as Julio Dones
2003
Medio minuto
2012