Alfonso Arau
Actor

Alfonso Arau Net Worth

Alfonso Arau is a renowned Mexican actor, director, writer, and producer who has had a long and successful career in both theater and film. He has received six Arieles and numerous international film awards, and has acted in films such as The Wild Bunch, El Topo, Romancing the Stone, and ¡Three Amigos!. He has also directed films such as El águila descalza, Calzonzín inspector, Mojado Power, Como agua para chocolate, Dao Buoc Tren May, and Picking Up the Pieces. For television, he has done The Magnificent Ambersons, based on the script of Orson Welles' film version and the novel by Booth Tarkington.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Director, Writer
Birth Day January 11, 1932
Birth Place  Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, Mexico
Age 92 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Aquarius
Occupation Actor, producer, director, writer
Years active 1954–present
Notable work ¡Three Amigos!
Spouse(s) Laura Esquivel (m. 1975; div. 1995)
Children 3, including Fernando and Sergio Arau

💰 Net worth: $19 Million (2024)

Alfonso Arau, a renowned actor, director, and writer hailing from Mexico, has amassed a substantial net worth of $19 million by 2024. With his talent and versatility, Arau has made significant contributions to the world of entertainment throughout his esteemed career. He has not only showcased his acting skills but has also successfully taken on the roles of a director and writer. Arau's remarkable achievements in the industry have undoubtedly contributed to his impressive financial success and established him as a prominent figure in Mexican cinema.

Biography/Timeline

1969

Arau was born in Mexico City, the son of a Doctor. He directed the films Zapata: The Dream of a Hero, Like Water for Chocolate (adapted from the novel written by his ex-wife Laura Esquivel), A Walk in the Clouds with Keanu Reeves and Anthony Quinn, and the Hallmark Hall of Fame production A Painted House, adapted from the John Grisham novel of the same name. Among a plethora of roles in his career, Arau has played "Captain Herrera", a lieutenant of Federal general "Mapache", in Sam Peckinpah's 1969 western, The Wild Bunch, chief bandit "El Guapo" in Three Amigos (USA, 1986), a comedy with Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Chevy Chase, shady businessman Manuel in the comedy Used Cars (USA, 1980), and the smuggler "Juan" in Romancing the Stone which starred Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. Arau appeared in the 1972 Mexican film El rincón de las vírgenes ("The Virgins' Corner"), where he played the assistant of a fake mystical Doctor traveling from town to town, who Reminisce about their travels, when a group of women decide to propose the Doctor for sainthood. The movie was set in 1920s rural Mexico.

1972

Arau has made many appearances as a character actor in American and TV series and plays. In the 1972 episode of Gunsmoke titled "Hidalgo", Arau portrayed the bandit "Mando" who shoots and wounds marshal Matt Dillon.

1973

In 1973, Arau acted in and directed Calzónzin Inspector ("Cazonci" or "Caltzontzin" was the term used in the Purépecha culture, to name their emperors), a movie based on a character from the Mexican comic Los Supermachos of Rius, a Cartoonist, who co-wrote the screenplay. The movie, which is influenced by Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector, centers around two Mexicans who are mistaken for government inspectors from Mexico City by the corrupt mayor of a small town. It is a humorous political critique, aimed squarely at the then ruling party Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) and its paramilitary caciques, at a time when freedom of speech in politics was highly restricted. There are at least two versions of the movie, with one having some scenes deleted by State censors, the most notable of which depicts the killing of a renegade farmer by a police officer, who shoots the farmer in the back.

2004

In December 2004, the Santa Fe Film Festival honored Alfonso Arau for his work in cinema.

2010

In 2010 he directed the Italian-language film, The Trick in the Sheet.

2011

In January 2011, he starred in Chad, Matt & Rob's "The Treasure Hunt: An Interactive Adventure."

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