Valentín Trujillo

Born: 1951-03-28

Valentin Trujillo Gazcón (28 March 1951 – 4 May 2006) was a Mexican actor, writer and director. His career spanned 48 years, where he appeared in over 140 films and directed 20 films. Trujillo was born on March 28, 1951 in a show business family as his grandfather was film producer Valentín Gazcón and his uncle was actor Gilberto Gazcón. He made his film debut as a baby. Trujillo initially studied law at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He never completed his studies, choosing instead to become an actor. Trujillo made his acting debut at the age of seven in the film El Gran Pillo (1958). As a teen he got into the Columbia Pictures release Rage (1966) alongside Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens. Beginning in the early 1970s, Trujillo was cast often as the male lead. The film Las figuras de arena (1970) directed by Roberto Gavaldón established him as a leading man. He worked steadily as the leading man in action films over the next decade, completing over 30 films between 1970 and 1979. In addition to action films, Trujillo expanded his range in a number of films that incorporated commentary about modern social issues and politics in Mexico. The film Perro Callejero (1980) won a Silver Goddess for Best Picture and Trujillo, who portrayed the lead drunken character, was awarded Best Actor by Premios ACE. Beginning in the 1980s, Trujillo stepped behind the camera as well and began writing and directing his films. He released several popular action films and was soon the top box office draw in Mexico. Trujillo was nominated for several Ariel Awards in the 1980s, including Best Supporting Actor for El Ansia de Matar (1987) and Best Story and Screenplay for Violación(1989). The latter also was the first film to co-star his son, Valentin Trujillo, Jr. Together they co-starred in close to 20 films together before Trujillo's untimely death. Trujillo died on May 4, 2006 in his sleep from a heart attack. He was 55 at the time of his death.


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Perro callejero

as Perro
Released: 1980-02-28

An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest...

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El Extra

as Chevo, hermano de Rosa
Released: 1962-10-04

Cantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at...

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Simon Blanco

as Capuleque
Released: 1975-03-16

The peasant and revolutionary Zapatista Simon Blanco still in arms but Zapata is dead. Simon...

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Perro callejero 2

as Perro
Released: 1981-04-30

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Hunting Humans

as Rodrigo
Released: 1987-10-22

A guy whose brother was killed and a waitress whose sister was killed run afoul on a psycho...

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Rage

as Jose
Released: 1966-11-30

Small-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.

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Las Modelos de Desnudos

as uncredited
Released: 1983-09-15

Three interlocking anecdotes about boy/girl stuff. Two gigolos make a bet to see which can boff...

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Partners and Lovers

as Juan Manuel
Released: 1973-01-01

Three short films about intimacy, infidelity and life as a couple (or almost)

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El ausente

as uncredited
Released: 1972-08-09

Young man returns to his childhood home-town, planning to git the people that killed his father.

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Violación

as Pepe Garrido
Released: 1989-02-16

In Mexico City, a woman is raped every 9 minutes. This film details some of the legal and...

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El juicio de los hijos

as Alberto
Released: 1971-03-25

Widow with teenaged children faces hostility from her dead husband's mother, who seems to know a...

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The Death of a Stallion

as uncredited
Released: 1983-11-10

When a dedicated jockey finds that the local politicians are not to be trusted and begins to...

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Mataron a Camelia la Texana

as uncredited
Released: 1978-06-15

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Wild Dogs

as uncredited
Released: 1984-01-01

A professional assassin (and widowed deadbeat dad set to soon remarry) decides to call it quits...

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El cafre

as Juanito Landa
Released: 1986-03-20

Trucker accepts an assignment to haul an extremely dangerous load of explosives from Tijuana to...

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Yo el ejecutor

as El Ejecutor
Released: 1987-02-19

A retired mercenary known as 'The Executioner', is forced to take one more case especially when...

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Mekishiko mushuku

as uncredited
Released: 1962-01-03

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El Bronco

as uncredited
Released: 1982-02-10

Boxer fights his way up toward a world championship and faces ups and downs in his love life.

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El mochaorejas

as uncredited
Released: 1998-01-01

A bloodthirsty thief who cuts off the ears of his enemies must face against the vengeful wrath...

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In Danger of Dying

as Victor
Released: 1988-09-11

Nina is a reporter who works in a Latin American country at war when she finds herself trapped...

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El gran pillo

as Beto's neighbor boy
Released: 1960-03-17

A comic movie that involves a guy who sees a kid in his house who escaped from his wealthy...

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The Other Virginity

as Adrián Romero
Released: 1975-04-24

Two young waitresses, Laura and Eva, become romantically involved with a movie distributor,...

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Alas doradas

as uncredited
Released: 1976-03-11

Cadets at Air Force academy.

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El último escape

as uncredited
Released: 1990-06-28

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¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal?

as José
Released: 1977-05-03

Working-class dude grows up surrounded with petty delinquency and ghetto temptations; he marries...

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Fieras en brama

as Pedro
Released: 1983-02-03

Before being confirmed in the priesthood, a seminary student is ordered to go back out into the...

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Cuna de valientes

as uncredited
Released: 1972-06-28

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Las figuras de arena

as uncredited
Released: 1970-09-16

Separated Mom, Dad and son all come into conflict with each other during a brief reunion visit....

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Mi fantasma y yo

as uncredited
Released: 1988-10-27

A family of three moves to a haunted house. The couple's 10-year-old son runs into the ghost of...

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Atrapados

as Perro
Released: 1995-01-01

A wild police officer attempts to rescue a child from the hands of kidnappers.

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Cornered

as uncredited
Released: 1976-06-10

Conflicts in town force a guy to escape to a hiding-place in the countryside.

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La verdadera historia de Barman y Droguin

as El Ejecutor
Released: 1991-01-01

A Mexican spoof about the DC heroes Batman & Robin. -Edgar Cochran-

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Mexicano hasta las cachas

as Mauro
Released: 1979-09-20

Mauro is your typical deep-heart Mexican man, a merrymaker always ready to sing a song and turn...

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Our Lady of Guadalupe

as Temoch
Released: 1976-10-13

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El desconocido

as uncredited
Released: 1974-09-26

Disenfranchised drifter finds a home, working on a young orphan woman's ranch.

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Dos de abajo

as El cucharas
Released: 1983-11-03

Two bozo construction workers discover a cache of 19th century gold coins while demolishing a...

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City Rats

as Pedro
Released: 1986-01-01

A father on the search for his missing child discovers a revealing and shocking drama. The true...

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Carroña

as uncredited
Released: 1978-02-02

Horseback drama set in Mexico just before the Revolution.

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Cabalgando a la luna

as Carlos
Released: 1974-11-14

Decadent, failing Mexico City family get life-lessons from rural visitors.

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Demon Hunter

as Herrero
Released: 1983-01-01

At the highest place in Tarahumaran mountain, a Shaman was brutally murdered. The investigation...

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Traigo la sangre caliente

as uncredited
Released: 1977-09-22

Footloose roving-gambler type marries a young woman against her father's wishes; she assimilates...

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El Ansia de matar

as El mayor
Released: 1987-01-01

This is a true story. Kicho and Maria come to Mexico looking for a better life but Maria gets...

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Carrera contra la muerte

as uncredited
Released: 1990-05-31

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Del otro lado del puente

as Jimmy Joe
Released: 1980-04-17

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México de noche

as Julio
Released: 1975-06-12

Two street gangs vie for primacy, which will give them control of drug smuggling and stolen jewelry.

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Contrabando y Traicion

as Emilio Varela
Released: 1977-10-20

Two criminals, Emilio and Camelia try to smuggle drugs into the USA.

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Destino final (Ixtapa - Zihuatenejo)

as uncredited
Released: 1996-04-10

Smugglers hire a pro diver to retrieve diamonds from a sunken boat.

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Entre perico y perico

as Juvencio
Released: 2000-01-01

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Hijos de tigre

as uncredited
Released: 1980-07-16

Two half-brothers are spiky and resentful toward each other, but they find common cause together...

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Occupational Killer

as Julian Carrera
Released: 1986-07-31

The kidnapping and murder of an innocent child leads agents Julián Carrera "Valentín Trujillo"...

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Hoy he soñado con Dios

as uncredited
Released: 1972-06-28

Aging widow interferes in the lives of her adult children.

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Raza de viboras

as uncredited
Released: 1978-04-27

Mentally-ill eldest son creates havoc within an old-money farming family.

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Con fuego en la sangre

as uncredited
Released: 1997-12-31

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El valiente vive... hasta que el cobarde quiere

as uncredited
Released: 1979-05-31

The arrival of a new school-teacher to a small town triggers various large and small upheavals,...

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When I Want to Cry, I Don't

as Victorino Peralta
Released: 1973-07-04

In Venezuela, one day in 1948 there were born three children all named Victorino: Pérez, mulatto...

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Suerte te dé Dios

as uncredited
Released: 1961-05-11

Two construction workers discover a stash of gold coins hidden in the walls of a building...

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The Making of a Killer

as Julian Carrera
Released: 1986-01-01

Bent on avenging the death of his gambling addicted father, Julian Carrera embarks on a violent...

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Ya somos hombres

as uncredited
Released: 1971-04-27

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Tres de presidio

as uncredited
Released: 1980-05-10

A dishonest judge knowingly sentences three innocent men to prison. The three eventually escape...

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Como gallos de pelea

as uncredited
Released: 1977-03-16

Young man returns from college to his family estate; when he learns that a rival family is...

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Lluvia de plomo

as Procurador
Released: 1998-12-31

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By Fire And Sword

as Rengo
Released: 1988-06-07

Offbeat Mexican police officer must transport 3 convicts to a trial before a local drug kingpin...

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El hombre sin miedo

as uncredited
Released: 1980-12-24

Young man avenges the murder of his family by representatives of a US oil company.

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El diablo en persona

as Guadalupe Padilla
Released: 1982-03-07

Young rural-gentry dude sows wild oats, settles down to raise a family, and fights in the...

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El juego de la muerte

as uncredited
Released: 1987-08-27

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El hijo del palenque

as uncredited
Released: 1977-07-20

Man is murdered in a cockfighting dispute at the exact moment that his son is being born. The...

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La dinastía de los Quintero

as Juan Quintero
Released: 1998-01-01

After the Quintero crime family's patriarch and leader is murdered, his children go straight....

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Son tus perjúmenes mujer

as uncredited
Released: 1978-11-23

Marginal/unemployed dude with heart of gold tries to make life better for crippled niece,...

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Death in Cold Blood

as uncredited
Released: 1978-07-27

A man is murdered. His father tracks the killer, hoping to get revenge before the police capture...

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Cuatro meses de libertad

as Film director
Released: 1998-01-01

In order to pursue the American dream, he is condemned 3 times and sentenced to death in Texas.

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Más allá de la violencia

as uncredited
Released: 1971-01-01

The young pacifist Claudio is saddened to see some children playing war. He goes with a group of...

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Amor en Tiempos de Coca

as uncredited
Released: 1997-01-01

Jose and Diana fall in love while living a world of drug trafficking.

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Juana Iris

as Bernardo de la Riva
First aired: 1985-04-22

Juana Iris is a Mexican telenovela from 1985, starring Victoria Ruffo and Valentín Trujillo.

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