Daniel Giménez Cacho

For other people named Daniel Giménez, see Daniel Giménez (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Giménez and the second or maternal family name is Cacho.

Daniel Giménez Cacho
Giménez Cacho in October 2014
Born	(1961-05-15) May 15, 1961 (age 63) Madrid, Spain
Citizenship	Mexico, Spain
Occupation(s)	Actor, director, writer, producer, TV host
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Maya Goded
Children	2

Daniel Giménez Cacho (born May 15, 1961) is a Spanish-born Mexican actor. He is known for portraying Tito the Coroner in Cronos (1993) and We Are What We Are (2010).

Early life

Daniel Giménez Cacho was born on May 15, 1961 in Madrid,^[1] as the youngest of the six children of Luis Giménez Cacho and Julia García Casado [es], two actors who performed in the theatre company La Barraca.^[2] In Mexico, his mother also became a noted painter as a disciple of Elvira Gascón.^[2] He moved to Mexico as a child and studied theatre at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).^[3]

Career

He starred in several Mexican films and television series, such as Sólo Con Tu Pareja, Cronos, Midaq Alley, Tear This Heart Out and Bad Education. He has worked with several prominent Hispanic filmmakers, including Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, Jorge Fons and Pedro Almodóvar. He appeared in La hora marcada, the series written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro, and in the Mexican telenovela Teresa.^[4] His voice is heard throughout Y tu mamá también as the narrator. In 2009, he starred in the Mexican remake for the Argentinian series Locas de Amor. Cacho played the Armenian priest in The Promise, a film set in the Armenian genocide.^[5][6]

Filmography

Gimenez Cacho filming in Cuemanco

Gimenez Cacho in the kitchen

• Bandidos [es] (1991)
• Solo con tu pareja (1991)
• Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
• Cronos (1993)
• Midaq Alley (1995)
• Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto (1995)
• Profundo Carmesí (1996)
• Celos (Jealousy) (1999)
• El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba (No One Writes to the Colonel) (1999)
• Y tu mamá también (narrator) (2001)
• Sin vergüenza (2001)
• Asesino en serio (2002)
• Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino (2002)
• No somos nadie (2002)
• Nicotina (2003)
• La mala educación (Bad Education) (2004)
• Perder es cuestión de método (2004)
• Voces inocentes (2004)
• Las vidas de Celia (2006)
• La zona (2007)
• Arráncame la vida (2008)
• I'm Gonna Explode (2008)
• El Infierno (2010)
• We Are What We Are (Somos Lo Que Hay) (2010)
• Get the Gringo (2012)
• Colosio: El asesinato (2012)
• Blancanieves (2012)
• El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza (2012)
• El Jeremías (2015)
• A Monster with a Thousand Heads (2015)
• Club de Cuervos (2015-)
• You're Killing Me Susana (2016)
• The Promise (2016)
• The Summit (2017)
• Zama (2017)
• The Eternal Feminine (2017)
• Chicuarotes (2019)
• Devil Between the Legs (2019)
• Memoria (2021)
• Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
• Familia (2023)
• Kill the Jockey (2024)^[7]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1993	35th Ariel Awards	Best Actor in a Minor Role	Cronos	Won	[8]
1995	37th Ariel Awards	Best Supporting Actor	El callejón de los milagros	Nominated	[9]
1997	39th Ariel Awards	Best Actor	Deep Crimson	Won	[9]
2003	45th Ariel Awards	Best Actor	Aro Tolbukhin: In the Mind of a Killer	Won	[9]
2004	46th Ariel Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Nicotina	Won	[9]
2013	27th Goya Awards	Best Actor	Snow White	Nominated	[10]
	55th Ariel Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Colosio, el asesinato	Won	[9]
	22nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Film Actor in a Leading Role	Snow White	Nominated	[11][12]
2018	60th Ariel Awards	Best Actor	Los adioses	Nominated	[9]
	12th Sur Awards	Best Actor	Zama	Won	[13]
2020	62nd Ariel Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Chicuarotes	Nominated	[9]
2022	64th Ariel Awards	Best Supporting Actor	El diablo entre las piernas	Nominated	[9]
2023	65th Ariel Awards	Best Actor	Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths	Won	[9]
2024	66th Ariel Awards	Best Actor	Familia	Nominated	[14]

Political views

In October 2023, he joined the open letter called "Artists Against Apartheid" during the concurrent escalation of violence in Palestine.^[15]

References

1. "1961: Llega al mundo Daniel Giménez Cacho, uno de los actores más reconocidos del cine mexicano". El Siglo de Torreón. 13 May 2017.
2. Marcial Pérez, David (18 March 2016). "Luis Giménez Cacho, el patrón de una fábrica socialista en el exilio mexicano".
3. "53 años de Daniel Giménez Cacho". El Siglo de Durango. 15 May 2014.
4. Aguilar, Carlos (2022-12-16). "When Daniel Giménez Cacho Met the Three Amigos". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
5. "Mexican actor Daniel Giménez Cacho to star in movie on Genocide". Archived from the original on 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2015-08-06.
6. Mexican actor Daniel Giménez Cacho to play the role of Armenian priest in drama "The Promise"
7. Ide, Wendy (29 August 2024). "'Kill The Jockey': Venice Review". ScreenDaily.
8. Huerta Ortiz, César (3 September 2024). "Premio Ariel 2024: todo lo que debes saber de esta 66 edición". El Universal.
9. Castañeda, Ulises (9 September 2023). "Premios Ariel 65: Daniel Giménez Cacho gana a Mejor Actor por 'Bardo'". La Crónica de Hoy.
10. Agudo, Jesús (17 February 2013). "Ganadores de los Premios Goya 2013". ecartelera.
11. ""Isabel" arrasa en las nominaciones de los Premios Unión de Actores". vertele!. 14 March 2013 – via eldiario.es.
12. Torres, Rosana (4 June 2013). "Actrices míticas triunfan en los Premios Unión de Actores". El País.
13. ""Zama" arrasó en los Premios Sur 2017". Clarín. 13 September 2018.
14. Cervantes Villegas, Ricardo (7 September 2024). "¿Quiénes son los ganadores de los Premios Ariel 2024? AQUÍ la lista completa". Milenio.
15. "Artists Against Apartheid." The People's Forum. https://peoplesforum.org/events/sign-the-letter-artists-against-apartheid/

External links

• Daniel Giménez Cacho at IMDb