Mateo Honles

Acting

Biography

Mateo Honles is a Salvadoran child actor best known for his role as the young José Guevara in the Salvadoran-American film Fireflies at El Mozote (Luciérnagas en El Mozote), where he portrays the protagonist during his childhood in a story rooted in historical memory and survival. Before that role, he appeared in Salvadoran films such as Days of Light (2019) and La balada de Hortensia (2024), taking part in national cinema from an early age. His performances have positioned him as one of the emerging young faces of contemporary Salvadoran film.

Place of Birth: El Salvador

Known For

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Days of Light

This beautifully integrated, multi-threaded narrative seamlessly interweaves six stories set in radically different locations across Central America, ranging from the tropical forests of Guatemala to the skyscrapers of Panama City. When a solar storm leaves the region without power, myriad dramas unfold over the course of five days during which all conveniences of modernity are stripped away. In Costa Rica, a pastor and his daughter worry for the future of their church, while in El Salvador, a grandmother and grandson make an arduous journey into the city. A husband and wife reconnect in Honduras, as a young couple nurses a mysterious stranger back to health in Guatemala. Meanwhile, in Nicaragua, a young woman prepares for her quinceañera and in Panama, a housekeeper grows exasperated with her demanding employer.

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The Ballad of Hortensia

A narcissistic comedian wakes up in the opposite sex body following an automobile accident.

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Fireflies at El Mozote

During the 1980s civil war in El Salvador, a rebel group of leftist guerrillas fight to expose its government's death squads via an underground radio network and hope to end their government's reign of terror with the help of an American journalist.

Filmography

2025

Fireflies at El Mozote

as José Guevara

2024

The Ballad of Hortensia

as Aldo

2019

Days of Light

as Toñito