
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

Man on Fire
2004 · movie

Cóyotl, Hero and Beast
2025 · tv

Herod's Law
1999 · movie

¡Que viva México!
2023 · movie

Besieged: Mexico
2019 · tv

Tótem
2023 · movie

I Dream in Another Language
2017 · movie

Cabeza de Vaca
1991 · movie

The Tiger of Santa Julia
2002 · movie

Curandero
2025 · movie

Powder
2019 · movie

Cero y van cuatro
2004 · movie

Streeters
2001 · movie

Hijos del viento
2000 · movie

La noche de las flores
2011 · movie

Aztech
2020 · movie

National Geographic: Pyramids of Death
2005 · movie

Crazy Carnival
2006 · movie

Disappear Completely
2024 · movie

Marionette
2020 · movie

Never on a Sunday
2006 · movie

Diente por diente
2013 · movie

I Don't Want to Be Dust
2022 · movie

Under California: The Limit of Time
1998 · movie

Ricochet
2020 · movie

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