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Ignacio López Tarso

Acting · Born January 15, 1925 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Ignacio López López (b. 15 January 1925 – 11 March 2023), better known as Ignacio López Tarso, was a Mexican actor of stage, film and television. He acted in about 50 films and appeared in documentaries and in one short feature. In 1973 he was given the Ariel Award for Best Actor for Rosa Blanca, and the Ariel de Oro lifetime achievement award in 2007. He was honored multiple times at the TVyNovelas Awards. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living actor and one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

Movies with Ignacio López Tarso

• Under the Volcano (1984) — Dr. Vigil
• Macario (1960) — Macario
• Taken Identity (2020) — Don Jesus
• Curandero (2025) — El Curandero
• The Children of Sanchez (1978) — Ignacio
• Toña Machetes (1985)
• Saint Lucifer (1997) — Father Leopoldo Santos Higareda
• Nazarín (1959) — Thief in church
• One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo (2017) — Self
• Tarahumara (Further and farther) (1965) — Raúl
• The Shadow of the Tyrant (1960) — General Hilario Jiménez
• The Useless Life of Pito Pérez (1970) — Pito Pérez

TV shows with Ignacio López Tarso

• Esmeralda (1996) — Melesio
• Wild at Heart (2013) — Ramiro Olivares
• Curse by the Sea (2009) — El Mojarras
• ¡Vivan los niños! (2002) — Ignacio Robles
• Ángela (1998) — Feliciano Villanueva
• El Derecho de Nacer (1981) — Don Rafael del Junco
• Poucas, Poucas Pulgas (2003) — Don Julián Montes
• Loves with Trap (2015) — Porfirio