Emilio Echevarría (July 3, 1944 - January 5, 2025) was a renowned Mexican actor, born in Mexico City. He would begin his extensive career as an actor in 1978, as an active member of the Constitution of Art and Society. He was part of the theater group Circo, Maroma y Teatro, an institution that would open its doors to him, where he had actors such as José Luis Ibáñez, Otto Minera and Dimitrio Sarrás as teachers. He began his career in film with A Crucial Day for Ausencio Paredes (1987), and later participated in films such as Intimidad (1989), Ana's Steps (1991), Novia que te ver (1994), Preludio (1999). He rose to fame with the role of El Chivo, in the acclaimed film Amores Perros (2000), by Alejandro González Iñárritu. After his participation in the film, Echevarría became a highly sought-after actor.

Filmography

• 2018Jacarandas — Ramiro
• 2016A Monster with a Thousand Heads — Enrique Sandoval Núñez
• 2016The Chosen — Salazar
• Mozart in the Jungle — Maestro Ignacio Rivera
• 2014Words with Gods — Father (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios")
• 2013El mar muerto
• 2013Filosofía natural del amor
• 2012Colosio — Don Fernando
• 2012The Dream of Lu
• El Encanto del Águila — Venustiano Carranza
• 2011Memories of My Melancholy Whores — El Sabio
• 2010Gritos D Muerte y Libertad — Virrey José de Iturrigaray
• Gritos de Muerte y Libertad — Virrey José de Iturrigaray
• 2010Sin Memoria — Torres
• Killer Women
• 2007Malos hábitos — Ramón - padre de Matilde
• S.O.S.: Sexo y otros Secretos — Misty
• 2007The Night Buffalo — Ramírez
• 2006Babel — Emilio
• 2004La Nao de China
• 2004The Alamo — Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
• 2002Die Another Day — Raoul
• 2002From Mesmer, with Love or Tea for Two — Dr. Henares
• 2002Life Kills — Heliut
• 2001Y Tu Mamá También — Miguel Iturbide
• 2000Amores Perros — El Chivo
• 1996Sucesos distantes — Victor Fet
• 1994Amber — Capitán Borsac
• 1994Like a Bride — Maestro
• 1994Un Volcán de Lava de Hielo — Bruno
• 1993Cronos — Thanks
• 1993Los pasos de Ana
• 1990Dying in the Gulf — Contacto
• 1989Bathroom Intimacy — Juan
• 1989Intimidad

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2020Perros, amores, accidentes — Self (archive footage)