Andrés Montiel is a Mexican

Mexican people

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 actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 born in Guadalajara, Jalisco

Guadalajara, Jalisco

Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...

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He started acting professionally on stage at age twenty, developing solid theatre work. Since year 2001, he has also begun to star in films. He can be seen opposite Gael García Bernal

Gael García Bernal

Gael García Bernal is a Mexican film actor and director.-Early life:García Bernal was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, the son of Patricia Bernal, an actress and former model, and José Ángel García, an actor and director. His stepfather is Sergio Yazbek, whom his mother married when García Bernal was...

 as journalist Ruben in the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award

Golden Globe Award

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 Nominated El crimen del Padre Amaro

El crimen del Padre Amaro

El crimen del padre Amaro is a 2002 film directed by Carlos Carrera. It is loosely based on the novel O Crime do Padre Amaro by 19th-century Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de Queiroz....

 (The Crime of Father Amaro) and in other films such as the critically acclaimed Más que a nada en el mundo (More than Anything in the World); Llamando a un Ángel and La Zona (2007)

La Zona (2007)

La Zona is a Mexican-Spanish-Argentine co-production film by director Rodrigo Plá. The film describes a failed break-in attempt in a gated community and the consequences for the thieves and the residents....

 (The Zone), awarded the International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI

FIPRESCI

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) at the Toronto Film Festival

Latest film participations include the racecar movie Desafío (Challenge); the long awaited Tlatelolco about the student protests and strikes that climaxed in the Tlatelolco Square massacre in 1968 and Cristiada

Cristiada (film)

Cristiada is a drama film and historic epic, currently in post-production, directed by Dean Wright and written by , based on the true story of the Cristero War . Although filmed in Mexico, it is in English...

 starring Andy García

Andy García

Andrés Arturo García Menéndez , professionally known as Andy García, is a Cuban American actor. He became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in several successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather: Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Affairs and When a Man Loves a Woman...

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External links

• Andres Montiel at the Internet Movie Database
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