Diego Vélez

Acting

Diego Vélez

Born August 2, 1950 · Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (age 76)

Diego Vélez García (Cali, August 2, 1950) is a Colombian film and television actor.

Known For

The PartyThe Party · 2019
The Party
5.42019
MovieComedyFamily
In a family party that is respected, good music, fun, love, drinks and why not, even a dead person should never be lacking. The Matayana family will experience a rumba on the birthday of the head of the household, Doña Matilde, until they realize that an inheritance is at stake.
Juanito Under the Orange TreeJuanito Under the Orange Tree · 2007
Juanito Under the Orange Tree
2007
MovieFantasy
In Colombia, among grandmothers, parents and grandchildren, we play to believe that if we eat the orange seeds, a small orange tree will be born in our body. During childhood we thought it could be possible.
Bolivar Is MeBolivar Is Me · 2002
Bolivar Is Me
6.42002
MovieComedyDrama
A soap opera actor wants to finish Bolivar's dream of a "Great Colombia": a super-state of 5 Latin-American countries to stop institutional chaos, lack of opportunity and ignite the rebuilding of the region after 160 years of internal war.
The Trip 5The Trip 5 · 2018
The Trip 5
7.22018
MovieComedy
A group of employees from the Central Worker's Bank become heroes when they prevent a robbery. Their reward: a trip to Melgar, all expenses paid. This trip will reveal joys, griefs and other feelings that perhaps only appear after a few shots.
The Strategy of the SnailThe Strategy of the Snail · 1993
The Strategy of the Snail
7.61993
MovieComedyDrama
A group of tenants facing eviction due to a city renovation unite to fight back, but as they clash with the landlord and his ruthless attorney, they each transform into the opposite of who they once were.
The History of the Pink TrunkThe History of the Pink Trunk · 2005
The History of the Pink Trunk
6.02005
MovieCrimeDrama
In 1945, in the train station of Bogota, Colombia, a dead girl is found in a trunk. The case is assigned to Detective Mariano Corzo, he has to deal with an inquisitive journalist Hipólito Mosquera while trying to solve the mysterious case. Nobody knows who the girl is, or who put her in the trunk. The things turn bad when Mosquera publish the news in the local newspaper. With the help of a bartender Martina Quijano, Corzo will find an answer for the question: Who killed the girl and why?
The Maximum PenaltyThe Maximum Penalty · 2001
The Maximum Penalty
8.12001
MovieComedyDrama
After seeing how the Colombian National Football Team achieves a draw against Argentina, Mariano Concha —a public employee for whom football is a great passion— starts a whole process to attend the next crucial match, in Bogotá and against the same team, going over all his duties and risking the future of his reduced economy. An unexpected event transforms his plans to go to the stadium.
El ReyEl Rey · 2004
El Rey
7.02004
MovieDrama
Cali, Colombia, 1970s. The fictional story of Pedro Rey, the first drug trafficker and drug lord.

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The DealThe Deal · 2005
The Deal
9.02005
MovieDrama
Based on a true story of a British television crew that travelled to Colombia to film a fake documentary about drug trafficking. In one scene, shot in the director’s hotel room, an actor played the part of a character whom the filmmakers passed off as Cali Cartel’s Number Three. They claimed they had risked their lives to get the interview. One sequence also shows a man pretending to swallow capsules of heroine and transporting them to London in his stomach. This phoney TV documentary is an international smash hit. When a London daily discovers that the whole thing is a hoax, a team of British journalists are sent out to Colombia to cover the story. Their report unleashes a scandal that shakes the very foundations of television in the UK.