Alfonso Arau

Alfonso Arau Inchustegui is a Mexican actor and director.

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 , 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 Peckinpahs 1969 western, The Wild Bunch, chief bandit El Guapo in Three Amigos , a comedy with Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Chevy Chase, shady businessman Manuel in the comedy Used Cars , and the smuggler Juan in Romancing the Stone which starred Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. Arau appeared in the 1972 Mexican film El rincn de las vrgenes , 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.

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