Fernando Becerril

Fernando Becerril (1944/1945 – 7 February 2023)[1] was a Mexican actor. He was cast in numerous Spanish-language films since 1998 like El crimen del padre Amaro (2002), Tlatelolco, verano del 68 and The Legend of Zorro (2005).

Fernando Becerril
Born1944/1945
Died7 February 2023 (aged 78)
OccupationActor
Years active1990–2023

Life

Becerril was born in San Luis Potosí and grew up in Cuernavaca, Morelos, where he realized his passion for being on stage as part of a choir. At the age of 15, he began acting in Mexico City, Preparatory 5 "José Vasconcelos". He entered the then School of Fine Arts Theatre, where he formally began his studies. At the age of 25 he applied for and obtained a scholarship from the government of France to study acting there.[1]

He lived in Paris for more than 20 years. In 1995, he decided to return to Mexico to act in a film, hired as a French talent. Although his career in Europe was successful, he stayed in Mexico, because of nostalgia of returning to his homeland and because he did different castings and obtained the characters he wanted. After the age of 50, he dedicated himself to theater, his passion, but also cinema and television. Becerril was convinced that Mexico had talent and quality for cinema to succeed internationally, however, there was little "protection" for producers and actors, in addition to the habitual preference of American cinema.[1]

Becerril’s cause of death remained unknown. The artistic guild lamented his death. One of the first to share their condolences was Joaquín Cosío besides Horacio Villalobos, José María Yazpik, Ignacio Riva Palacio , Darío Ripolll and Eduardo España.[1]

Work

His work to promote the theater was reflected in the dozens of works in which he participated and in those in which he collaborated since the production, some of them were Un plato difícil, El mercader de Venecia, La comedia de las equivocaciones, Sueño de una noche de verano, among others.

Becerril played in the following theatrical and television films:[2]

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1961 Un plato difficil
1998 The Mask of Zorro One of the Six Dons
1999 Ravenous Mexican commander
2002 The Crime of Padre Amaro [3] Galarza
2004 Zapata: El sueño de un héroe Presidente Francisco Madero
2004 El día menos pensado Julián
2005 The Legend of Zorro Don Diaz
2007 Never On A Sunday N/A
2007 The Year of the Nail (Año uña) N/A
2007 Espérame en otro mundo Nacho
2007 Kilometer 31 Doctor
2007 La Zona De La Garza
2009 Caja Negra Narrator
2010 El Atentado (The Attempt Dossier) Alcaide Campuzano Editor
180° N/A
2012 Get the Gringo Prison Director
2012 Mariachi Gringo Alberto
2015 The Thin Yellow Line (La delgada línea amarilla) Ingeniero
2015 The Similars[4] Martin
2017 El Habitante Cardenal Pedro Natale
2020 Dance of the 41 (El baile de los 41) Porfirio Díaz
2021 La venganza de las Juanas Rogelio Marroquin

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1999 Háblame de amor Alonso Barragan
2001 Amores querer con alevosía Guillermo Herreros
2002 Fidel Carlos
2002 Por ti Arturo
2002 In the Time of the Butterflies Enrique Mirabal
2004 And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself Priest
2009 Eternamente tuya
2010 La loba Luis Fernandez "Don Luis"
2010 Drenaje Profundo Milosz, evil scientist
2010 Quererte así Ramón Romero
2021La Venganza de las JuanasRogelio Marroquín

References
  1. Evelyn Bravo. "Fernando Becerril, actor de El Crimen del Padre Amaro, murió a los 78 años". Infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. Fernando Becerril filmography New York Times, n.d. retrieved 22 March 2016
  3. "The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002) - IMDb". Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  4. Harvey, Dennis (26 February 2016). "Film Review: The Similars". Variety. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
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