Portrait of Eligio Meléndez

Acting

Eligio Meléndez

Career

Active from 2000 to 2026, with a break from 2001 to 2011, busiest in 2025 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Fireflies
Fireflies
GoodWatch score78/100

Characters

2

The characters Eligio Meléndez played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Eligio Meléndez Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.2, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Latin American Cinema 3
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Emotional Journey 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

46
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
El Extraordinario Hombre Halcón
El Extraordinario Hombre Halcón

as Don Gustavo

2020s

23 titles · average score 64
Dreams
Dreams (2025)
GoodWatch score 54

as Fernando's Father

Border Hunters
Border Hunters (2025)
GoodWatch score 48

as Ezekiel

Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires (2025)
GoodWatch score 62

as Viejo Guerrero (voice)

The Dead Girls
The Dead Girls (2025)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show · as Gedeón Céspedes

The Day Everything Changed
The Day Everything Changed (2024)
GoodWatch score 70

as Fausto (Cantinero)

Disappear Completely
Disappear Completely (2024)
GoodWatch score 66

as Elías Lozano Mata

Underdog
Underdog (2024)
GoodWatch score 77

as Aureliano

The Great Seduction
The Great Seduction (2023)
GoodWatch score 44

as Simón

La Civil
La Civil (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

as Quique

New Order
New Order (2020)
GoodWatch score 63

as Rolando

Tragic Jungle
Tragic Jungle (2020)
GoodWatch score 61

as Mundo

El Candidato
El Candidato (2020)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Julio de Velasco

2010s

15 titles · average score 65
Guardia García
Guardia García (2018)

TV show · as Rodolfo Silva

Fireflies
Fireflies (2018)
GoodWatch score 78

as Jorge

An Unknown Enemy
An Unknown Enemy (2018)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Fidel Velázquez

El Día de la Unión
El Día de la Unión (2018)
GoodWatch score 57

as Achichincle

I Dream in Another Language
I Dream in Another Language (2017)
GoodWatch score 76

as Evaristo

Bleak Street
Bleak Street (2015)
GoodWatch score 50

as Dad

The Impostor
The Impostor (2014)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Padre Camilo Fernández

Vultures
Vultures (2014)

as Durán

The Reasons of the Heart
The Reasons of the Heart (2011)
GoodWatch score 63

as Lawyer

The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man
The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man (2011)

as Adulto

Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada (2010)
GoodWatch score 53

as Ascanio

One for the Road
One for the Road (2010)
GoodWatch score 65

as Birthday Girl's Father

2000s

6 titles · average score 63
Curandero
Curandero (2005)
GoodWatch score 53

as Gomez

Love Hurts
Love Hurts (2002)
GoodWatch score 74

as Martin

The Virgin of Lust
The Virgin of Lust (2002)
GoodWatch score 52

as Don Nemesio

Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You (2001)
GoodWatch score 72

as Padrastro de Yessica

In The Country Where Nothing Happens
In The Country Where Nothing Happens (2000)

as Don Jacinto

The Ruination of Men
The Ruination of Men (2000)
GoodWatch score 64

as The Guard

1990s

1 title · average score 61
No One Writes to the Colonel
No One Writes to the Colonel (1999)
GoodWatch score 61

as Sotero