David Villalpando

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David Villalpando

Born January 2, 1959 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico (age 67)

David Villalpando (born January 2, 1959 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. His break out role was in the film El Norte (1983). Since then he's had small roles in American films such as The Arrival, The Mask of Zorro, and the John Sayles film Men with Guns (1997). He was also in an episode in the television series Acapulco H.E.A.T., and has done a lot of work in Mexican cinema. Description…

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The Mask of ZorroThe Mask of Zorro · 1998
The Mask of Zorro
★ 6.61998
MovieActionAdventure
It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero who robbed him of his freedom, his wife and his precious daughter.
The ArrivalThe Arrival · 1996
The Arrival
★ 6.01996
MovieScience FictionThriller
Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.
Dance with the DevilDance with the Devil · 1997
Dance with the Devil
★ 6.51997
MovieActionThriller
She's sexy, shameless and loves taking people to their limit. She's a dangerous young woman who dreams about a jaguar that licks her naked body and sleeps by her side. Her past is bathed in blood and weird passions. Now she's met the man of her wildest dreams. He's dark, tough and mysterious. He likes robbing banks, trafficking in corpses and spicing it all with voodoo rituals. Together, the duo sets off toward Mexico destined to become the most feared outlaws in the continent.
Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7 · 1993
Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7
★ 6.11993
MovieDramaAdventure
Student nurses join some doctors to work in a medical station a few hours flying-time from the Mexican town of Catamaco. One of their planes goes down due to an engine malfunction and crashes in the rain forest. This is the story of the attempts to save the lives of the passengers (both nurses and doctors).
El NorteEl Norte · 1983
El Norte
★ 7.11983
MovieAdventureDrama
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life.
Men with GunsMen with Guns · 1998
Men with Guns
★ 6.31998
MovieDramaAdventure
Dr. Fuentes is a medical professor approaching his retirement and journeys to find old students, with sometimes disturbing results.
The HarvestThe Harvest · 1993
The Harvest
★ 4.71993
MovieThrillerMystery
A screenwriter is sent to Mexico to develop a story that can be used to wrap up a movie presently in production. Given a very short time allotment, the writer immerses himself in the seamier side of a Mexican beach resort, but soon finds himself involved in a 'body organ for profit' operation. Drugged, he has one of his own kidneys removed, and then, with a woman he isn't sure he can trust, he sets out to expose the ring...
If I Never See You AgainIf I Never See You Again · 1997
If I Never See You Again
★ 6.61997
MovieComedy
Five elderly men form a music group and run away from the nursing home where they are interns with the hope of playing for an audience. They confront th city, the nursing home authorities, the police and all those who wish to destroy their dream which finally comes true when they are contracted to serve as musical background for strippers of a second class cabaret. In case i never see you again, is a movie about life, death, melancholy and the quest for happiness.

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