Portrait of Ignacio López Tarso

Acting

Ignacio López Tarso

Career

Active from 1957 to 2025, busiest in 1963 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
37
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Macario
Macario
GoodWatch score93/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ignacio López Tarso Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 9
  • Social Commentary 8
  • Mexican Cinema 6
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Historical Setting 5
  • Class Conflict 5
  • Mexican Revolution 4
  • Strong Female Lead 3
  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • Poverty 2
  • Period Piece 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

69
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
El soplador de vidrio
El soplador de vidrio

as Hilario

2020s

3 titles
Curandero
Curandero (2025)

as El Curandero

Wolves Aren't Meant For The Circus
Wolves Aren't Meant For The Circus (2021)

as Don Cristóbal

Taken Identity
Taken Identity (2020)

as Don Jesus

2010s

5 titles · average score 69
Más sabe el Diablo por Viejo
Más sabe el Diablo por Viejo (2018)
GoodWatch score 67

as Joselito

Loves with Trap
Loves with Trap (2015)

TV show · as Porfirio

The Waterwheel
The Waterwheel (2013)

as Old Man

Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart (2013)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Ramiro Olivares

El Encanto del Águila
El Encanto del Águila (2011)

TV show · as Porfirio Díaz

2000s

9 titles · average score 69
Curse by the Sea
Curse by the Sea (2009)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as El Mojarras

Morenita: el escándalo
Morenita: el escándalo (2009)

as Santiago

Peregrina
Peregrina (2005)

TV show · as Baltasar

Poucas, Poucas Pulgas
Poucas, Poucas Pulgas (2003)

TV show · as Don Julián Montes

¡Vivan los niños!
¡Vivan los niños! (2002)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Ignacio Robles

Atrévete a Olvidarme
Atrévete a Olvidarme (2001)

TV show · as Gonzalo Rivas

Navidad sin Fin
Navidad sin Fin (2001)

TV show · as Rodito

el gato animado televisa
el gato animado televisa (2001)

TV show · as papa noel

La casa en la playa
La casa en la playa (2000)

TV show · as Don Ángel Villarreal Cueto

1990s

7 titles · average score 65
Ángela
Ángela (1998)

TV show · as Feliciano Villanueva

Camila
Camila (1998)

TV show · as Don Genaro

Saint Lucifer
Saint Lucifer (1997)

as Father Leopoldo Santos Higareda

Reclusorio
Reclusorio (1997)

as Viejo (segment "Quiero quedarme en la carcel")

Esmeralda
Esmeralda (1996)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Melesio

Crystal Empire
Crystal Empire (1994)

TV show · as César Lombardo

Banderas, the Tyrant
Banderas, the Tyrant (1993)

as Coronel de la Gándara

1980s

6 titles · average score 62
Senda de gloria
Senda de gloria (1987)

TV show · as General Eduardo Álvarez

El otro
El otro (1986)

as Sr. Tabares

Astucia
Astucia (1986)

as Don Polo

Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano (1984)
GoodWatch score 69

as Dr. Vigil

Antonieta
Antonieta (1982)
GoodWatch score 55

as Vargas

El Derecho de Nacer
El Derecho de Nacer (1981)

TV show · as Don Rafael del Junco

1970s

11 titles · average score 68
Amor prohibido
Amor prohibido (1979)

TV show · as Arturo Galvan

The Children of Sanchez
The Children of Sanchez (1978)
GoodWatch score 61

as Ignacio

La casta divina
La casta divina (1977)

as Don Wilfrido

The Bricklayers
The Bricklayers (1976)
GoodWatch score 71

as Don Jesus

Resigned for Reasons of Health
Resigned for Reasons of Health (1976)

as Gustavo Sánchez Campero

Rapine
Rapine (1975)
GoodWatch score 72

as Porfirio

Looking for a Wall
Looking for a Wall (1974)

as José Clemente Orozco

The Prophet Mimi
The Prophet Mimi (1973)

as Ángel Peñafiel, Mimi

Cayó de la gloria el diablo
Cayó de la gloria el diablo (1972)

as Don Eme (Emeterio Sánchez)

La Generala
La Generala (1971)

as Rosauro Márquez

The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
The Useless Life of Pito Pérez (1970)

as Pito Pérez

1960s

22 titles · average score 76
The Devil's Visitations
The Devil's Visitations (1968)

as Felix Estrella

Pedro Paramo
Pedro Paramo (1967)
GoodWatch score 71

as Fulgor Sedano

Tarahumara (Further and farther)
Tarahumara (Further and farther) (1965)

as Raúl

The Golden Cockerel
The Golden Cockerel (1964)
GoodWatch score 72

as Dionisio Pinzón

Cri-Cri the Singing little cricket
Cri-Cri the Singing little cricket (1963)

as Francisco Gabilondo Soler 'Cri-Cri'

The Paper Man
The Paper Man (1963)
GoodWatch score 71

as Adán

Autumn Days
Autumn Days (1963)
GoodWatch score 75

as Albino

La Bandida
La Bandida (1963)

as Anselmo

The White Rose
The White Rose (1961)

as Jacinto Yáñes

Ellas también son rebeldes
Ellas también son rebeldes (1961)

as Dr. Gabriel Renteria

Macario
Macario (1960)
GoodWatch score 93

as Macario

Our Daily Hunger
Our Daily Hunger (1960)

as Pablo

1950s

5 titles · average score 75
Nazarín
Nazarín (1959)
GoodWatch score 83

as Thief in church

La Cucaracha
La Cucaracha (1959)
GoodWatch score 67

as Trinidad

Sonatas
Sonatas (1959)

as Jefe de guerrilleros

Love Your Neighbor
Love Your Neighbor (1958)

as (voice)

Vanilla, Bronze and to Die
Vanilla, Bronze and to Die (1957)

as Ricardo Castillo