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.

Known For

Besieged: Mexico

Chaman

Cóyotl, Hero and Beast

Man on Fire

School Clerk

¡Que viva México!

Don Pancracio

Herod's Law

Filemón

I Dream in Another Language

Isauro

Tótem

Tío Octavio

Disappear Completely

Chamán

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Disappear Completely	Chamán
2023	¡Que viva México!	Don Pancracio
2023	Tótem	Tío Octavio
2022	I Don't Want to Be Dust	Cuidador del cementerio
2020	Ricochet	Gallero 1
2020	Marionette
2020	Aztech
2019	Powder	Facundo
2017	I Dream in Another Language	Isauro
2015	Ik Dietrick Fon, the hidden sound of things	Doorman
2013	Diente por diente	Rutilio
2011	La noche de las flores
2006	Never on a Sunday	Pancho
2006	Crazy Carnival	La Patria
2005	National Geographic: Pyramids of Death
2004	Cero y van cuatro	Taxista ("El Torzón")
2004	Man on Fire	School Clerk
2002	El Tigre de Santa Julia	Carmelo
2001	Streeters	Teporocho
2000	Hijos del viento	Chaman
1999	Herod's Law	Filemón
1998	Under California: The Limit of Time	Indígena
1991	Cabeza de Vaca	Wounded Indian
	The Healer

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Cóyotl, Hero and Beast
2019	Besieged: Mexico	Chaman