Manuel Ojeda

Manuel Ojeda (right) in Espejo retrovisor (2002)

Manuel Ojeda (born Jesús Manuel Ojeda Ruiz de la Peña on November 4 1940 in La Paz, Baja California Sur) is one of the most active actors of television and the Cinema of Mexico. He also played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film Romancing the Stone

He studied acting at the Instituto de Bellas Artes ("Institute of Fine Arts") and started his career in theater. He obtained roles in his first film in his mid-thirties and later participated in the first of his dozens of telenovelas with Televisa two years later. He also took the role of Jimmy in P.D. Tu gato ha muerto, the Spanish language production of P.S. Your Cat Is Dead in 1983. As of 2005 he is part of the cast of the telenovela Alborada.

Films

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Manuel Ojeda (far left) in La operación pesada (1998)

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Manuel Ojeda (far right) in Fuga de Almoloya 1997

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Manuel Ojeda (bottom) in Tierra de tempestades (1995)

Hollywood

Romancing the Stone (1984) as Zolo
Green Ice (1981) as Lt. Costas
Eagle's Wing (1979) as Miguel

Mexico

De ángeles, flores y fuentes (2005) as Gran Joel
La diosa del mar (2005)
Espejo retrovisor (2002)
Entre la tarde y la noche (1999)
Las ley de Herodes (1999) as Cantinero
El cometa (1998)
La operación pesada (1998)
Los hijos del viento (1998)
Fuera de la ley (1998) as Abogado
Fuga de Almoloya (1997)
Asesino misterioso (1997) as Javier
Me llaman Mandrina (1997)
Operativo Camaleon (1997) as Major Samperio
El Güero Estrada (1997) as Comandante Becerra
Carga blanca (1997) as Nicanor Esparragoza
Loca academia de modelos (1996) as Robot Hombre
Perversión (1996)
Reencuentros (1996) as Sr. Emilio Valtierra
Sangre de indio (1996)
Salón México (1996) as Lupe Lopez
Tierra de tempestades (1995)
Bajo la mirada de Dios (1995)
Ocho maldidos (1995)
Tiempo de muerte 2 (1995) as Comandante
Amorosos fantasmas (1994)
Luces de la noche (1994)
Las pasiones del poder (1994) as Jorge Toledo
En medio de la nada (1993)
La señorita (1993)
Amor que mata (1992)
El hombre de blanco (1992) as José
Mi querido Tom Mix (1991) as Evaristo
Mí querido viejo (1991)
Octagon y Atlantis, la revancha (1991)
El extensionista (1991) as Severo
El hijo de Lamberto Quintero (1990)
Triste recuerdo (1990) as Don Manuel Jimenez
Un lugar en el sol (1989) as Andrès
Furia en la sangre (1988)
Reto a la vida (1988)
Los confines (1987)
Muelle rojo (1987)
Al filo de la ley: Misión rescate (1986)
Luna caliente (1986)
El maleficio II (1986) as Abel Romo
La mujer policía (1986)
El corazón de la noche (1983)
El caballito volador (1982)
Un hombre llamado el diablo (1981)
Noche de carnaval (1981)
El tonto que hacía milagros (1980)
Fuego en el mar (1979)
El Infierno de todos tan temidol (1979)
Ora sí tenemos que ganar (1979)
Amor libre (1978)
Las apariencias engañan (1978)
La leyenda de Rodrígo (1977)
Matinée (1977) as Jorge
El mar (1976)
Las Poquianchis (1976) as Tadeo
La pasión según Berenice (1976) as José
El apando (1976) as Polonio
La casa del Sur (1976) as Livingstone
El elegido (1975)
Canoa (1975) as Hombre del pueblo

Telenovelas

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Manuel Ojeda in La otra (2002)

Alborada (2005) as Francisco Escobar
Mision S.O.S. (2004) as Severiano Martínez
Amarte es mi pecado (2004) as Jacobo
Bajo la misma piel (2003) as Rodrigo
La otra (2002) as Juan Pedro
El manantial (2001) as Padre Salvador
El precio de tu amor (2000) as Octavio
Cuento de Navidad (1999)
Laberintos de pasión (1999) as Genaro Valencia
Amor gitano (1999) as Pedro
Desencuentro (1997) as Alfredo
No tengo madre (1997) as Indalecio Madrazo
La culpa (1996) as Mariano Lagarde
La paloma (1995)
El vuelo del águila (1994) as Dn. Porfirio Díaz
Al filo de la muerte (1991) as Julio
Yo compro esa mujer (1990) as Santiago
Un rostro en mi pasado (1990)as Leonardo
Nuevo amanecer (1988) as Samuel
Tal como somos (1987)
Senda de gloria (1987) as Emiliano Zapata
De pura sangre (1986) as Carlos
On Wings of Eagles (1986) as Commandant
Herencia maldita (1986)as Rogelio Velarde
La traición (1984) as Pino Genovesi
El amor ajeno (1983) as Roberto
El derecho de nacer (1982) as Armando
Por amor (1981) as Ernesto
Cancionera (1980) as Hector Raúl
Parecido al amor (1979) as Diego
Santa (1978) as Federico Gamboa
Naufragio (1977)

Stage

Videoteatros (TV, episode Véngan corriendo que les tengo un muerto, 1993) as Inspector Cueto
P.D. Tu gato ha muerto ("P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, 1983)

Films

Hollywood

Mexico

Telenovelas

Stage

See also