At 90 years of age, the Mexican actor, Ernesto Gómez, who stood out as José Reyes in the film El Infierno, died this Saturday, where he plays the role of a wealthy man, linked to drug trafficking, with an immense fortune and a series of contacts. in high levels of government in Mexico.
The death was announced by the National Association of Actors (ANDA). “Our condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. The artistic community in Mexico today suffers the loss of a great artist and colleague. May he rest in peace,” ANDA published on its X account.
Gómez Cruz was born on November 7, 1933 in Veracruz. Being very young and barely having primary education, he moved to Mexico City, where he studied on a scholarship at the National Institute of Fine Arts.
His first performance was in 1966, in Los caifanes by Juan Ibáñez, a film for which he won a Silver Goddess.
He appeared in more than two hundred films and worked with directors such as Miguel Littin, Felipe Cazals, Arturo Ripstein and Luis Estrada, as well as with actors such as Damián Alcázar, Ignacio López Tarso and Pedro Armendáriz Jr., among others.
During his long artistic career he was awarded various recognitions; one of the most recent was in 2014, at the 56th Ariel award, where he was awarded the Golden Ariel. He is the second Mexican actor with the most awards and nominations for the Arieles, after Damián Alcázar, who occupies first place. .
Some of the best-known films in which he collaborated were The Alley of Miracles, The Crime of Father Amaro, Herod’s Law and Hell.
It was thanks to his great roles that he was able to receive multiple awards from various institutions. Starting, of course, with the Ariel, where she won several silver medals for best male performance, she also won a gold Ariel in recognition of her career, and an award from the Havana Film Festival.
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