Miguel Ángel Fuentes
Acting
Biography
Miguel Ángel Fuentes was born on September 29, 1953 in Tlacotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. He was a Native Hispanic/Latin-American actor, known for Fitzcarraldo (1982), The Pumaman (1980) and The Mexican (2001). He was of Mixtec Hispanic/Latin American descent. He stood at 6’7” (2.01 m). He almost weighed 300 lbs (136 kg). He wore size 19 8E shoes. He also had a monstrous wingspan of 7’4” (2.24 m).
Born: September 29, 1953
Place of Birth: Tlacotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Known For
Herod's Law
In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.
Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.
Cómplices Al Rescate
Cómplices al Rescate is a Mexican telenovela starring Belinda as two twins who were separated at birth.
Burden of Dreams
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
The A-Team
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."
Caveman
Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.
Los de abajo
In this highly regarded Mexican war film, peasant Demetrio Macias leads a band of outlaws in a revolt against the Federales during the Mexican Revolution.
Morir de madrugada
A successful lawyer has his life shattered when his beautiful wife is found murdered. An investigation reveals she was lying to him and leading a double life... but who killed her?
Divine Words
Mari Gaila (Silvia Pinal), is an adulteress who lives between ragged, thieves, prostitutes, dwarfs and other misshapen beings, in a rare box at a country and a vague time. Her husband, is a poor sacristan who agrees with other relatives to do business with the display of his orphaned nephew, a mentally retarded dwarf. Caught in committing adultery with her lover, Mari Gaila is caged naked and punished by the people.
The Mexican
Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.
Filmography
as El Sombras
as Big Car Thief #4
as Pancho
as El Indio
as Camilo Fuentes
as 1st Bodyguard
as Big Man
as Roughneck
as Tiny the Henchman
as Pierre
as "King Kong"
as Latino
as The Monster
as Quintana
as Big Bear
as Self - Actor
as Cholo
as Player
as Monk, capataz
as Herado
as Grot
as Pepe el mudo
as Prieto
as Vadinho
as Chiquilín
as Hércules
as Gordon