--- name: "Emilio Echevarría" canonical: "https://film.one/person/emilio-echevarria" fi1m_id: "emilio-echevarria" imdb_id: "nm0248408" tmdb_id: 263 wikidata_id: "Q4346850" roles: ["Actor"] born: "3 July 1944" died: "4 January 2025" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 72 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-18T11:40:24.399303+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Emilio Echevarría ## Identity Emilio Echevarría - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emilio-echevarria - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** emilio-echevarria - **IMDb ID:** nm0248408 - **TMDB ID:** 263 - **Wikidata ID:** Q4346850 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Echevarr%C3%ADa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4346850, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248408/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/263 Actor. Born 3 July 1944 in Mexico City, Mexico. Died 4 January 2025. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 3 July 1944, Mexico City, Mexico - **Died:** 4 January 2025 - **Active:** 2000–2006 - **Also known as:** Emilio Antonio Echevarría Noriega - **Frequently works with:** [Gael García Bernal](https://film.one/person/gael-garcia-bernal.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 68 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Thriller 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Romance 1 - **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $622m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Echevarr%C3%ADa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4346850, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248408/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/263 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Amores Perros*](https://film.one/film/amores-perros.md) (85) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Emilio Echevarría > Emilio Echevarría gives difficult men a quiet sadness without pleading for our sympathy. His El Chivo in *Amores Perros* is the reason we rate him: a tender performance that belongs in a harsh film. El Chivo lives among stray dogs in *Amores Perros* (2000), and Emilio Echevarría gives him a sadness that needs little announcing. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s drama is full of desperate behaviour; this performance brings some tenderness into it without making that tenderness seem out of place. It is patient acting in a film that can be exhausting in its desperation. We recommend it warmly, and Echevarría is a substantial part of the reason. The breakthrough came after supporting work in Mexican films from the mid-1980s. Alfonso Cuarón cast him as Miguel Iturbide, a father figure, in *Y Tu Mamá También* (2001). International appearances followed as intelligence officer Raoul in *Die Another Day* (2002) and Antonio López de Santa Anna in *The Alamo* (2004), before a reunion with Iñárritu on *Babel* (2006). Those parts sit within a career of frequent casting as morally complicated older men or authority figures. They also make El Chivo’s prominence worth stressing: here, Echevarría has room to be more than useful supporting company. With Iñárritu, he benefits from a contrast in the acting that is sharper than some of the links between the stories. Gael García Bernal’s Octavio has a restless urgency, while Echevarría gives El Chivo a quieter sorrow; neither performance depends on making its character easy company. We were moved by El Chivo because Echevarría lets us feel that sorrow without asking us to forget the film’s harshness. The actors keep us interested even when the connections between their stories feel forced. His reputation for physical transformation should not distract from how natural the acting feels. The risk with El Chivo is sentimentality, and some emotional scenes come close to making sympathy too easy. Yet Echevarría’s restraint keeps the performance from becoming a request for pity, even when the material leans that way. Start with *Amores Perros*, provided its graphic cruelty to dogs is something you can bear. ## Biography Emilio Echevarría was a Mexican actor. Born Emilio Antonio Echevarría Noriega in Mexico City on 3 July 1944, he studied accounting at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and worked at Televisa before starting his acting career in theatre in 1978 with groups including Circo, Maroma y Teatro. He gained international recognition for his role as El Chivo in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s *Amores Perros* (2000). Other credits include *Y tu mamá también* (2001), *Die Another Day* (2002), *Babel* (2006) and *The Alamo* (2004). He received three Ariel Award nominations and appeared alongside his daughter, actress Lourdes Echevarría, in *Amores Perros*. Echevarría died in Mexico City on 4 January 2025. *Sources: es.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, elpais.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *Babel* (2006), Fi1m 64, as Emilio — [page](https://film.one/film/babel.md) - *Die Another Day* (2002), Fi1m 50, as Raoul — [page](https://film.one/film/die-another-day.md) - *Y Tu Mamá También* (2001), Fi1m 87, as Miguel Iturbide — [page](https://film.one/film/y-tu-mama-tambien.md) - *Amores Perros* (2000), Fi1m 85, as El Chivo — [page](https://film.one/film/amores-perros.md) ## Complete filmography (35) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Jacarandas* (2018), as Ramiro - *The Chosen* (2016), as Salazar - *A Monster with a Thousand Heads* (2016), as Enrique Sandoval Núñez - *Words with Gods* (2014), as Father (ep. "God's Blood - La sangre de Dios") - *Mozart in the Jungle* (2014), series, as Maestro Ignacio Rivera - *El mar muerto* (2013), Actor - *Filosofía natural del amor* (2013), Actor - *The Dream of Lu* (2012), Actor - *Colosio* (2012), as Don Fernando - *El Encanto del Águila* (2011), series, as Venustiano Carranza - *Memories of My Melancholy Whores* (2011), as El Sabio - *Gritos D Muerte y Libertad* (2010), as Virrey José de Iturrigaray - *Gritos de Muerte y Libertad* (2010), series, as Virrey José de Iturrigaray - *Sin Memoria* (2010), as Torres - *Killer Women* (2008), series, Actor - *S.O.S.: Sexo y otros Secretos* (2007), series, as Misty - *Malos hábitos* (2007), as Ramón - padre de Matilde - *The Night Buffalo* (2007), as Ramírez - *Babel* (2006), as Emilio — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/babel.md) - *The Alamo* (2004), as Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana - *La Nao de China* (2004), Actor - *Die Another Day* (2002), as Raoul — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/die-another-day.md) - *From Mesmer, with Love or Tea for Two* (2002), as Dr. Henares - *Life Kills* (2002), as Heliut - *Y Tu Mamá También* (2001), as Miguel Iturbide — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/y-tu-mama-tambien.md) - *Amores Perros* (2000), as El Chivo — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/amores-perros.md) - *Sucesos distantes* (1996), as Victor Fet - *Amber* (1994), as Capitán Borsac - *Un Volcán de Lava de Hielo* (1994), as Bruno - *Like a Bride* (1994), as Maestro - *Cronos* (1993), Thanks - *Los pasos de Ana* (1993), Actor - *Dying in the Gulf* (1990), as Contacto - *Bathroom Intimacy* (1989), as Juan - *Intimidad* (1989), Actor ## Gallery - ![Emilio Echevarría](https://film.one/media/person/96840/gallery-3e8bb03a4298.jpg) Emilio Echevarría — Image via TMDB - ![Emilio Echevarría](https://film.one/media/person/96840/gallery-e345dca0eaea.jpg) Emilio Echevarría — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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