Personal Info
Ignacio Retes
Acting
Biography
José Ignacio Retes Guevara was a Mexican playwright, film, theater and television actor, director, and writer. Two-time winner of the Ariel Award. He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in the 30s, where he was able to meet other prominent playwrights and directors of the time such as Rodolfo Usigli, Seki Sano and José Revueltas.
He founded the University Theater of San Luis Potosí in 1937 and the theater company Lantern Magic with workers from the Mexican Union of Electricians. With Usigli he founded the company Midnight Theater (…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Esmeralda Comes by Night
as Don Gregorio, Esmeralda's father
If I Never See You Again
as Poncho
Bienvenido-Welcome
as Producer
Encuentro Inesperado
as Ignacio Torres
Amor a la medida
Vintage Model
as Basilio
Playa azul
as Matías
Los años duros: El nacimiento de un guerrillero
as El doctor
Lovers, Partners & Spies
as Priest
Mariana Mariana
as Psychiatrist