
José Manuel Poncelis
Acting
With a career of more than 35 years as a theater, film, and television series actor, he has also worked as a theater director, also venturing into playwriting and production. He has acted in more than 20 films, some of them are: “Marionetas” by Álvaro Curiel, “Polvo” directed by José María Yaspik, “Sueño en otro Idioma” by Director Ernesto Contreras. He has been awarded the Mayahuel 2017 award and as best actor, with the film “Sueño en otro Idioma” at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2017 and with the WINSTON-SALEM OUT AT THE MOVIES LGBT FILM SERIES award. In addition to films like “De la Calle”, “La Ley de Heródes”, “Ricochet”, “Pescador” among others. He has participated in series for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, CANAL 11, FOX AND NETFLIX, among which stand out: Sitiados, Hernán, Biografía de una lengua, La Reina Roja, Palenque.
Known For

2004
Man on Fire
2004 · movie

2025
Cóyotl, Hero and Beast
2025 · tv

2023
Tótem
2023 · movie

2023
¡Que viva México!
2023 · movie

2019
Besieged: Mexico
2019 · tv

1999
Herod's Law
1999 · movie

2025
Curandero
2025 · movie

2019
Powder
2019 · movie

2017
I Dream in Another Language
2017 · movie

2001
Streeters
2001 · movie

2004
Cero y van cuatro
2004 · movie

2005
National Geographic: Pyramids of Death
2005 · movie

2020
Aztech
2020 · movie

2024
Disappear Completely
2024 · movie

2002
The Tiger of Santa Julia
2002 · movie

2022
I Don't Want to Be Dust
2022 · movie

1991
Cabeza de Vaca
1991 · movie

2020
Marionette
2020 · movie

1998
Under California: The Limit of Time
1998 · movie

2000
Hijos del viento
2000 · movie

2006
Crazy Carnival
2006 · movie

2011
La noche de las flores
2011 · movie

2020
Ricochet
2020 · movie

2013
Diente por diente
2013 · movie

2006
Never on a Sunday
2006 · movie

2015
Ik Dietrick Fon, the hidden sound of things
2015 · movie