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El Infierno
Mexico 2010, Hell... nothing to celebrate
After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.
  • Released on 09/03/2010 (Movie)
  • 7.9 out of 10 (674 votes on TMDB)
  • Action / Crime / Western / Comedy / Drama
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Damián Alcázar

Character's name: "Benjamín García "El Benny""
Birthday: 01/08/1953
Birthplace: Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico
Biography:
Jorge Damián Alcázar Castello is a renowned Mexican actor, born in Jiquilpan, Michoacan, on January 8, 1953. One of the most talented and recognized contemporary actors, Damián studied at the National Institute of Fine Arts, and later studied at the Centro of Theater Experimentation and, later, at the Faculty of Theater at the Universidad Veracruzana, where, years later, he would be a teacher. After several years in the theater, Damián made his film debut with The Center of the Labyrinth (1985), and later worked in films such as Romero (1989), The Naked City (1989), Bandidos (1991), Mujer del Puerto (1991). ), Lolo (1993), where he would win his first Ariel award, for best male co-acting, and Two crimes (1994), by Roberto Sneider, for which he was nominated, again, for the Ariel. The success of the film and his performance immediately propelled his career, which would lead him to participate in films such as En el aire (1995), El anzuelo (1996), Hombres armamos (1997), Baja California: El limit del tiempo ( 1998) and Herod's Law (1999), winning two consecutive Ariel Awards for both films, as best actor, in 1998 and 1999. With director Luis Estrada, Alcázar would star in a successful saga of films, with a social and critical spirit, with the films A Wonderful World (2006), Hell (2010) and The Perfect Dictatorship (2014), each one proving successful at the box office and criticismo. In 2018 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited him to be a special part of its new members. Alcazár has a vast filmography, which includes film and television. He is considered one of the most important actors of new Mexican cinema.

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Joaquín Cosío

Character's name: "El Cochiloco"
Birthday: 01/01/1962
Birthplace: Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
Biography:
Joaquin Cosío was born in Nayarit, Mexico. His training as an actor began in 1983 and has continued growing and developing ever since. In 1994, Cosío wrote his first stage play, titled Tomochic: Or the day the world ended, which was awarded the National Literature Prize. Performing in over 50 plays and over 600 live performances, his stage career reached a new milestone in 1999 when he was hand selected to join the National Theater Company. This led Cosío to make the decision to move to Mexico City permanently and focus on becoming a full-time actor. He has been working non-stop ever since as one of Mexico's most respected actors of stage and screen. He made his film debut in 2001 in the film The Blue Room and he has since participated in over 30 feature films and several shorts. Cosío played a multi-episode role in the HBO comedy Eastbound & Down. He played General Medrano, one of the main villains in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace, and acted alongside Benicio del Toro in Oliver Stone's gritty thriller, Savages. Cosío appeared in Robert Duvall's A Night in Old Mexico, and in Disney's 2013 filmThe Lone Ranger, starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer.

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Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Character's name: "Don José Reyes"
Birthday: 11/08/1933
Date of Death: 04/06/2024
Birthplace: Puerto de Veracruz, Mexico
Biography:
Ernesto Gómez Cruz (November 8, 1933 - April 6, 2024) was a prolific Mexican actor with more than 154 films. In his beginnings, he began as a photographer in his native Veracruz, where he met a friend who invited him to study dramatic art. In his notes from yesterday, he mentions that he wanted to be a singer, but his shyness and lack of preparation led him to abandon this path. He has more than two hundred films to his credit. He has worked with great directors such as Miguel Littin, Felipe Cazals, Arturo Ripstein and Luis Estrada; He has also worked with actors of the stature of Damián Alcázar, Ignacio López Tarso and Pedro Armendáriz Jr., among others. His long artistic career has allowed him to be deserving and awarded with different recognitions; one of the most recent was in 2014, at the 56th Ariel award, where he was awarded the Ariel de Oro. He is the second Mexican actor with the most Ariel awards and nominations. In 2018 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially invited him to be a special part of its new members.

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María Rojo

Character's name: "Doña Mari Reyes"
Birthday: 08/15/1943
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Biography:
María Rojo is the artistic name of María de Lourdes Rojo e Incháustegui (Mexico City, August 15, 1943), a Mexican film, theater and television actress. Daughter of Roberto Rojo, an agronomist, and Águeda Incháustegui, a school teacher. From her childhood, she remembers being nervous and suffering from dyslexia, which brought her personality problems and insecurity, but she soon stood out for her artistic skills. She began her artistic career at the age of eight, when she was selected in a casting to participate in the Teatro Fantástico program, where she played the girl Ciquirritica. Then, she has developed a fruitful career that exceeds 60 years, and in 2018, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially invited her to be a special part of its new members. She is the first actress to receive the "Premio Bellas Artes" for her great career, and Winner of the Ariel Award, including the "Ariel de Oro" out of a total of 11 nominations, she is considered one of the best actresses in the history of Mexico.

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Elizabeth Cervantes

Character's name: "La Cuñada"
Birthday: 12/22/2024

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Jorge Zárate

Character's name: "El Huasteco"
Birthday: 12/22/2024
Biography:
Mexican actor. He debuted as an actor in 1984 and since then he has participated in more than 30 plays and numerous films, including Panchito Rex, Nicotina, Lasvueltas del citrillo, Herodes' Law, El Infierno and Tlatelolco, Verano del 68. In 2008 He won the Ariel for his participation in the film Two Hugs

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Salvador Sánchez

Character's name: "El Padrino"
Birthday: 10/28/1943
Birthplace: Tehuacan, Puebla, Mexico
Biography:
Alfredo Salvador Sánchez Bolaños (born October 28th, 1943) is a Mexican actor and director. He was one of the most relevant actors among those who renewed the list of interpreters of Mexican cinema at the beginning of the seventies. Since then, he has stood out in films such as The devil fell from glory (Cayó de la gloria el diablo, .1971), The bump (La choca, 1973), The heist (El apando, 1975), Canoa (1975), Las Poquianchis (1976), Los albañiles (1976), Under the shrapnel (Bajo la metralla, 1983), Motel (1983), Journey to Paradise (1985), Going for a nut (1986), Fire Angel (1991), Lady at night (1993), Leap into the void (1994), Natural death (1996) , Only once (2000) and Herod's law (2000). He directed Pedro Páramo in 1981. Deserving of various distinctions for his acting work in film, including two Diosas de Plata, he has also developed an outstanding theatrical career and has participated repeatedly on television.

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Daniel Giménez Cacho

Character's name: "Capitán Ramírez"
Birthday: 05/15/1961
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Biography:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Daniel Giménez Cacho (born May 15, 1961 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish-born Ariel award winner Mexican actor who has starred in several Mexican films such as Solo con tu pareja, Cronos, Midaq Alley and Arráncame la Vida, among others as well as in Spanish Films (La Mala Educación) and TV shows. He is known for having worked with some of the most important hispanic filmmakers like Guillermo Del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, Jorge Fons and Pedro Almodóvar. Giménez Cacho also appeared in La Hora Marcada, a TV show written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo Del Toro and in the Mexican telenovela Teresa. His voice is heard throughout Y tu mamá también as the narrator. In 2009 appear in the Mexican remake of the Argentina TV series Locas de Amor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Giménez Cacho, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Angelina Peláez

Character's name: "Mamá García"
Birthday: 07/23/1944
Birthplace: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Biography:
Teacher Angelina Peláez is a graduate of INBA, with subsequent studies of Spanish Literature at UNAM. It was perfected with the teacher Héctor Mendoza. Since 1976 she has worked as a teacher at the Centro Universitario de Teatro (CUT), she also teaches at the CEA of Televisa and at the National School of Theater Art of INBA. With a career of 42 years, Angelina has participated in films such as Between Pancho Villa and a naked woman, Man on fire, Mezcal, The same moon and Five days without Nora. For the latter, she won the Ariel Award for Best Female Co-Acting.

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Kristyan Ferrer

Character's name: "El Sobrino"
Birthday: 02/14/1995
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico

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Dagoberto Gama

Character's name: "El Sargento"
Birthday: 12/22/1959
Birthplace: Coyuca de Catalan, Guerrero, Mexico
Biography:
Dagoberto Gama was born in Coyuca de Catalán, Guerrero, Mexico. He is an actor, known for Amores perros (2000), Camelia La Texana (2014) and El violín (2005).

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Mauricio Isaac

Character's name: "El J.R."
Birthday: 12/22/2024
Biography:
The national cinema is one of the great promises. He has already let us see samples of his enormous talent in the series "Terminals", "XY", "Screams of Death and Freedom", however it is in "Asi es la Suerte" where we could see his histrionic qualities to the maximum. Of totally theatrical extraction, Mauricio Issac has participated in blockbuster theater success, to name a few "Safari in Tepito" next to Daniel Jimenez Cacho.

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Alejandro Calva

Character's name: "Jefe de Policía"
Birthday: 05/15/1968
Birthplace: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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Emilio Guerrero

Character's name: "El Alcalde"
Birthday: 02/18/1956

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Silverio Palacios

Character's name: "Hermanos Cucaracha"
Birthday: 01/01/1967
Birthplace: Colima, Mexico
Biography:
Silverio Palacios Montes is a Mexican actor, screenwriter and director with a long career in film, theater and television. He is known for his roles in award-winning films such as "Matando cabos", "Y tu mamá Tambien", "La Delgada Linea Amarillo", "El Violín", among others.


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Luis Estrada
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Sandra Solares
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