Luis Gerardo Méndez
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Biography: Luis Gerardo Hernández Méndez (born 12 March 1982) is a Mexican actor and producer born in Aguascalientes City. Having previously mostly appeared in smaller films and on television, Méndez shot to fame with his starring role in the 2013 comedy film The Noble Family, which for a few months was Mexico's highest-ever grossing film. The following year, he played a role in the movie Cantinflas, and as of 2015, he co-produced (with friend Gary Alazraki). He co-starred (with Mariana Treviño) in Club de Cuervos, which is Netflix's first-ever original production in Spanish. His production company, Cine Vaquero, recently had a first-look deal with ViacomCBS International Studios. He appeared as Baltasar Frías in the Peacockblack comedy mystery series The Resort (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Luis Gerardo Méndez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
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Birthday: March 12, 1982
Age: 43 years old
Gender: Male
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Club de Cuervos: Chava in New York
Overview: After leaving Nuevo Toledo to pursue a dream, Salvador Iglesias Jr. finds a job at a prestigious fashion firm. How long will it take for Chava to become the successful high-tech fashion designer we now know?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-02-26
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The Other Family
Overview: Jean Paul and Chema have been together ten years. They have successful careers, a comfortable home and many friends. But that's all turned turned upside down when close friend Ivana rescues Hendrix from his broken home and asks them to care for the boy. Hendrix's mother Nina is a drug addict who suffers at the hands of her abusive partner Patrick. The men begin to consider making Hendrix part of their family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-03-25
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Bacalar
Overview: Santiago and Mariana, two twelve year-old friends, one day, while pretending to be detectives, accidentally catch a gang of animal traffickers on video and the game comes true.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-10-14
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Skincare
Overview: Famed aesthetician Hope Goldman is about to take her career to the next level by launching her very own skin care line. However, she soon faces a new challenge when a rival opens a boutique directly across from her store. Suspecting that someone is trying to sabotage her, she embarks on a quest to unravel the mystery of who's trying to destroy her life.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-15
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Sincronía
Overview: When Arturo is offered a job in another country, he is forced reevaluate his feelings towards Sandra. They'll both have to make a decision between love and their careers.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2009-08-28
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Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada
Overview: Hidalgo, en su celda del Hospital Militar de Chihuahua, recuerda algunos pasajes de su vida, principalmente su estancia como párroco en San Felipe Torres Mochas; donde se relacionó con las clases bajas y nació la idea emancipadora, tradujo y montó al Tartufo de Molière, se enamoró de Josefa Quintana y se alejó por algún tiempo de la vida eclesiástica.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-09-16
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We Are the Nobles
Overview: Tells the "riches to rags" story of the Nobles, three upper-class twenty-somethings that appear to have no limits to their checkbooks, and no direction in their lives. Until one day, their father tries to teach them a lesson by staging a financial scandal that forces the whole family to escape to an old house in the poor side of town, and leads the "kids" to do what they haven't done before: get jobs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2013-03-28
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Paraíso
Overview: Carmen and Alfredo live a happy, quiet life in the suburbs surrounded by friends and family. After Alfredo receives a promotion, the two move away to Mexico City where they immediately feel the social pressure of being overweight in a bustling metropolis full of beautiful people. Taking the initiative, Carmen convinces her husband to join her in losing weight, but their relationship is put to the test when Alfredo’s program yields far better results than Carmen’s. From award-winning director Marianna Chenillo comes a touching comedy about how true beauty comes from the inside and paradise is closer to home than you might think.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2013-11-30
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180º
Overview: Salvador Diaz is a skilled conman. For most of his years, he cheated others for a living... until he cheated the wrong man. After messing with Martin Soto, Salvador's life now lies in the hands (or rather, the knee) of Gasparotto, an injured sports star who's flawlessness in the playing field becomes the most important factor not only for 'bringing in the big bucks', but for claiming his life back. Getting the people to believe in Gasparotto is Salvador's greatest act of con artistry yet. It will be in this moment of his life where he finally meets his true destiny. That is, if he can still believe in something higher than just himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-06-22
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I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
Overview: Julia, Lucas, Aaron, Nora and Lola live in a building in chaotic Mexico City. Everything changes when Felix moves to the unoccupied apartment next to them. Félix comes to know their neighbors and this changes the dynamics of the lives of the characters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2013-08-23
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Me Time
Overview: With his family away, a devoted stay-at-home dad enjoys his first me time in years by joining his hard-partying old friend on a wild birthday adventure.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-26
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Más allá de mí
Overview: When friendship is worth more than any love. It’s the story of the inseparable young friends: Alejandra, Daniel and Omar, who live together, sharing a downtown apartment in a northern Mexican city. Due to family pressure, Alejandra is forced to give temporary shelter to a very attractive young couple they haven’t met before; Rufino and Paz. Du to an alleged family argument, the couple is on the run and need someplace to hide. At the beginning the couple appears to be very conservative regarding the friend’s lifestyle, but after a few days of sharing their living space, little by little an unusual web of desires develops among the five of them.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2008-03-21
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Get Married If You Can
Overview: Ana Paula catches her fiancé cheating. After a night of drinking, she wakes up far from home, not so certain she wants to go back.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-02-14
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Cantinflas
Overview: Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mexico, Mario Moreno, a young entertainer is struggling to get some respect, and he manages to become a star. A twist of faith makes them partners. Together they won the Oscar for Best Picture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-08-29
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The Bad Habit
Overview: At 37, Andrea thinks she is ready to be a mother. Gaby, her 34 year old girlfriend, doesnt. Alvaro, Andreas employee, at 25, also feels ready to be a parent. Two people who think they know what they want are about to make the most important decision of their lives, without looking ahead or seeing the consequences their actions may bring.
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Original Language: en
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Elvira I Will Give You My Life But I'm Using It
Overview: Elvira had a fight with her husband, he went to purchase some cigarettes but he never came back, now Elvira is searching for him.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-10-24
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The Wig
Overview: Silvestre, a down-on-his-luck film director, receives an invitation to have a meeting with a millionaire named Ricky. Silvestre decides to try his luck and present his project, a Mexican epic lasting more than three hours about the life of Benito Juárez. The date is at Ricky's house, a few hours from the city. Silvestre arrives at the meeting with enthusiasm, but things are not as planned and he is the victim of an elaborate prank.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-06-11
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Against the Wind
Overview: Luisa Braniff who after many years of hard work, obtains the success she has always wished for: to be the General Director of one of the most important technological companies in Mexico. But fate has prepared another surprise to this attractive exectutive. With her new position comes a problem as if it was waiting on the corner of her new dream office: a multimillion scam takes place with her name. Also, it is linked in a direct way to the murder of her best friend Sofia, who is found dead in her apartament. To be able to prove her innocence and preserve her freedom, she will have to look for all the evidence possible to find the real scammer How was it possible that her biggest dream turned in to her worst nightmear? Professional success has its cost.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-09-30
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Sucedió en un día
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Leonora In The Morning Light
Overview: Leonora Carrington, an outstanding figure of surrealism, along with Frida Kahlo, was one of Mexico's most famous painters. As the long-time partner of Max Ernst and close friend of André Breton and Jean Miró, she continually struggles with her visionary imagination, which often triggers serious psychological crises.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2025-07-17
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Morelos
Overview: The final years of Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon (1812-1815), leader in the Mexican war for independence who, after outsmarting Calleja´s blocade in Cuautla, reorganized his troops and took the city of Oaxaca. However, with more than half the territory of Mexico in his hands, Morelos was determined to take the port of Acapulco while the royalist troops gained ground. It shows the relationship of Morelos with his lieutenants, his efforts to create institutions of his own and a disciplined army to confront the royalist troops. The film captures the two inseparable facets of the life of this Mexican hero: his contradictions and his passions.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2012-11-15
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Nadie te ve: La niña en la piedra
Overview: Gabino, a very dedicated and hardworking young high school student, he is infatuated with Maty and tries to make her fall in love with him. After an incident in the school, where Gabino and his two friends are suspended for harassing Maty, she rejects him for the last time causing Gabino to plan a revenge against Maty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-07-27
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13:14: The Challenge of Helping
Overview: On September 19, 2017, at 1:14 p.m., an earthquake devastated Mexico City and its environs. Immediately, citizens mobilized to help, including the actor and youtuber Juanpa Zurita who quickly organized a group of friends that included singers, actors, content creators and other celebrities from the world of entertainment who helped him raise funds for the reconstruction of the city.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2022-09-16
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Santos Peregrinos
Overview: When greed comes calling, say goodbye to saintliness. An irresistible comedy about what happens when the residents of a Mexico City apartment building discover that three religious figurines passed down through the decades from Emiliano Zapata are full of solid gold. Tempers fly, libidos flare and no one emerges unscathed, including viewers overcome by a heavenly dose of hilarity in Santos Peregrinos.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-11-26
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Technoboys
Overview: They're fierce, they're iconic, they're back — and they're totally lost. A boyband seeking a renaissance must navigate a world they barely understand.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-09-05
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3 Shots
Overview: An evening get-together of a group of vampire friends takes an interesting turn when an unsuspecting human visitor arrives.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-02-10
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Rebirth
Overview: A man's life is turned inside out after a visit from his college friend leads him into the unexpected.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-17
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Nadie te habla: Manos libres
Overview: Two students at a Mexico City university are desperate to attend an Acapulco rave — so desperate that they’ll kidnap a girl to raise the funds to get there.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-02-22
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Road to Mars
Overview: Emilia, who suffers from a terminal illness, embarks on a journey with her best friend Violeta. On their way they meet Mark, who claims to be an alien on a mission to destroy the planet for considering humanity (and love) a virus. However, Mark begins to doubt his mission falling in love with Emilia.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-12-01
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Bayonet
Overview: Miguel “Bayoneta” Galíndez is a retired boxer from Tijuana who finds himself living in a cramped flat in Finland. As his future begins to look up, a desire for redemption draws him back into the ring.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-11-09
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Time Share
Overview: While staying at a tropical resort, a man becomes convinced the American timeshare company running it has an evil plan to take away his loved ones.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-08-02
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Murder Mystery
Overview: On a long-awaited trip to Europe, a New York City cop and his hairdresser wife scramble to solve a baffling murder aboard a billionaire's yacht.
Genres: Action Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-25
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Charlie's Angels
Overview: Elena Houghlin is a scientist, engineer and inventor of Calisto -- a sustainable energy source that will revolutionize the way people use power. It will be ready as soon as she works out the last issue, if not it could be turned into a dangerous weapon. But when the cutting edge technology is pushed to an investor before she can do that, Elena turns to the Townsend Agency for help. Now, it's up to the Angels -- Jane, Sabina, and the newly recruited Elena -- to retrieve Calisto before it can be transformed into a weapon of mass destruction.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-14
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The Land of Sokmunster
Overview: Sam, a twelve year-old kid, travels to the land of the Sokmunsters. A place where big, small, good, and evil creatures reside. A place where friends can be found and lessons can be learned. A land that is closer than what it seems.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2021-12-31
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A Celebration of the Music from Coco
Overview: Remember and relive the songs that moved you from the movie Coco.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-29
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Half Brothers
Overview: Mexican aviation exec Renato is shocked to learn that he has an American half-brother he never knew about: free-spirited Asher. They are forced on a road trip together, tracing the path their father took from Mexico to the U.S.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-04
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Personal Effects
Overview: At 18, fresh from high school, Marina, Ignacio, Adam and Mimi, school mates bonded by fate, shared a dream about adult life, a dream of fame, success, perfect skin and that one endless, true love that, surely, was waiting just around the corner for each one of them. But 30's arrived, and none of the sweet promises of youth was fulfilled. Alone, failed and frustrated, all four are forced to stop and look around to try to understand where it all went wrong, and find an emergency fix for their lives, before it's too late, and happiness escapes through their fingers forever. Secondary Effects is the bitter coming of age comedy that follows their steps in the search for lost dreams, lost hair and good sex, at least, if true love turns out to be a mirage.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2006-09-01
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Animals
Overview: When the son of an L.A. mayoral candidate is kidnapped, he and his wife have a few hours to come up with the ransom payment. With most of their money spent on his political campaign, they have to get their hands dirty and expose a side of their lives they never intended to see the light of day.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
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