Joaquín Garrido
Also Known As: Joaquin Garrido, Joaquin E.C. Garrido
Biography: Joaquin Garrido, born in Mexico City, started acting professionally at the age of 17. He studied for a degree in acting in Mexico and was awarded scholarships to train at Berliner Ensemble in Germany and at the British Theatre Institute in London. He has worked in many Mexican soap operas, and has also appeared more recently on episodic TV in the States. Currently he has had roles in some 20 films, debuting in "Chido One" (1985), directed by Alfonso Arau, and was honored with a Mexican Academy Award nomination (Ariel Award) for Best Supporting Actor in Bittersüße Schokolade (1992), also directed by 'Alfonso Arau'. His first film shot entirely in The United States was Demon Slayer (2002) (V), directed by 'James Cotten', and was a Roger Corman Film. He is a published poet and playwright, and now resides in Los Angeles, CA. To date he has toured Canada, America, South America and Europe.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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Birthday: May 17, 1952
Age: 73 years old
Gender: Male
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La maceta
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Solo
Overview: An android fighting-machine is charged with destroying a small brigade of rebels in a Latin American war who are fighting to maintain their freedom and protect their village. Contrary to his programming, Peebles decides to stay and assist the rebels in their plight. Having gained this information, his "creators" develop a more powerful android to try and defeat him.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-23
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Mosquita y Mari
Overview: After being assigned as study partners, two Chicana high schoolers find a bond that confuses them at times.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-03
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El último evangelio
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Macho y hembras
Overview: Mexican feature film
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Las buenas costumbres
Overview: Mexican feature film
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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El cielo subterraneo
Overview: Mexican feature film
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Cómodas mensualidades
Overview: Young married guy is overwhelmed by the expenses involved with starting a family.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-24
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Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
Overview: Street-punk drafted to soccer team, rises to stardom. Cuz he plays so good.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-15
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Viva San Isidro!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1995-04-13
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Demon Slayer
Overview: Five delinquent teenagers are assigned the task of converting a long-abandoned mental hospital in South Central Los Angeles into a community center. Little do they know that the hospital is the site of centuries of supernatural mayhem and murder. Plagued by terrors beyond belief, the teenagers must fight to survive a battle where the division between the living and the dead is shattered.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-20
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Huracán Ramírez
Overview: Family comedy and family melodrama involving father and son wrestlers, little brothers, little sisters, girlfriends, waitresses...
Genres: Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-12-12
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The Kids Are All Right
Overview: Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting when the father, two mothers and children start to become attached to each other.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-09
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The Child of the Desert
Overview: An old Mexican man who lives out in the desert, alone, digging graves for the mob, comes face to face with an apparition that will change his apathy and set him on a path of redemption.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-04-26
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Like Water for Chocolate
Overview: Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-04-16
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A Day Without a Mexican
Overview: When a mysterious fog surrounds the boundaries of California, there is a communication breakdown and all the Mexicans disappear, affecting the economy and the state stops working missing the Mexican workers and dwellers.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-14
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Sheep Xing
Overview: Rose's absence suddenly emptied the meaning that Damian had given to his own life. To evade the painful trance that grief imposes on him, Father Damián begins to flee. Thus he meets Bruno, a small-time thug, who demands the money that he left in the Father's custody in the past under threat of death.
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Original Language: es
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Venganza en el circo
Overview: Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-02-17
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The Burning Season
Overview: Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-17
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Fotógrafo de Modelos
Overview: Mexican comedy from 1990 written and directed by Víctor Manuel Castro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Corrupción y placer
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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