Valentín Trujillo
Date of birth: 1951-03-28
Place of birth: Atotonilco, Jalisco, Mexico
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Valentin Trujillo Gazcón (28 March 1951 – 4 May 2006) was a Mexican actor, writer and director. His career spanned 48 years, where he appeared in over 140 films and directed 20 films. Trujillo was born on March 28, 1951 in a show business family as his grandfather was film producer Valentín Gazcón and his uncle was actor Gilberto Gazcón. He made his film debut as a baby. Trujillo initially studied law at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He never completed his studies, choosing instead to become an actor. Trujillo made his acting debut at the age of seven in the film El Gran Pillo (1958). As a teen he got into the Columbia Pictures release Rage (1966) alongside Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens. Beginning in the early 1970s, Trujillo was cast often as the male lead. The film Las figuras de arena (1970) directed by Roberto Gavaldón established him as a leading man. He worked steadily as the leading man in action films over the next decade, completing over 30 films between 1970 and 1979. In addition to action films, Trujillo expanded his range in a number of films that incorporated commentary about modern social issues and politics in Mexico. The film Perro Callejero (1980) won a Silver Goddess for Best Picture and Trujillo, who portrayed the lead drunken character, was awarded Best Actor by Premios ACE. Beginning in the 1980s, Trujillo stepped behind the camera as well and began writing and directing his films. He released several popular action films and was soon the top box office draw in Mexico. Trujillo was nominated for several Ariel Awards in the 1980s, including Best Supporting Actor for El Ansia de Matar (1987) and Best Story and Screenplay for Violación(1989). The latter also was the first film to co-star his son, Valentin Trujillo, Jr. Together they co-starred in close to 20 films together before Trujillo's untimely death. Trujillo died on May 4, 2006 in his sleep from a heart attack. He was 55 at the time of his death.
Movie Credits
Our Lady of Guadalupe
1976-10-13
Mexicano hasta las cachas
1979-09-20
Mauro is your typical deep-heart Mexican man, a merrymaker always ready to sing a song and turn diff
The Death of a Stallion
1983-11-10
When a dedicated jockey finds that the local politicians are not to be trusted and begins to feel hi
Amor en Tiempos de Coca
1997-01-01
Jose and Diana fall in love while living a world of drug trafficking.
Simon Blanco
1975-03-16
The peasant and revolutionary Zapatista Simon Blanco still in arms but Zapata is dead. Simon with hi
Partners and Lovers
1973-08-30
Three short films about intimacy, infidelity and life as a couple (or almost)
Contrabando y Traicion
1977-10-20
Two criminals, Emilio and Camelia try to smuggle drugs into the USA.
Venganza
1992-01-01
Con fuego en la sangre
1997-12-31
Lluvia de plomo
1998-12-31
La verdadera historia de Barman y Droguin
1991-01-01
A Mexican spoof about the DC heroes Batman & Robin. -Edgar Cochran-
El Chacal Del Puerto
1996-12-31
Tiempo de muerte
1994-12-31
Tiempo de muerte 2
1995-01-01
Carrera contra la muerte
1990-05-31
Carroña
1978-02-02
Horseback drama set in Mexico just before the Revolution.
Imposible de matar
1994-01-01
Juego violento
1994-12-31
Cuatro meses de libertad
1998-01-01
In order to pursue the American dream, he is condemned 3 times and sentenced to death in Texas.
El último escape
1990-06-28
Alas doradas
1976-03-11
Cadets at Air Force academy.
Perro callejero
1980-02-28
An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who h
Perro callejero 2
1981-04-30
Asesino por instinto
1993-12-31
El Bronco
1982-02-10
Boxer fights his way up toward a world championship and faces ups and downs in his love life.
When I Want to Cry, I Don't
1973-07-04
In Venezuela, one day in 1948 there were born three children all named Victorino: Pérez, mulatto and
Tres tristes tigres
1961-07-27
Three childhood friends are reunited after twenty years to receive an inheritance.
El diablo en persona
1982-03-07
Young rural-gentry dude sows wild oats, settles down to raise a family, and fights in the Revolution
Como gallos de pelea
1977-03-16
Young man returns from college to his family estate; when he learns that a rival family is trying to
Death in Cold Blood
1978-07-27
A man is murdered. His father tracks the killer, hoping to get revenge before the police capture him
Entre perico y perico
2000-01-01
The Laughter Of The City
1963-11-09
The underside of Mexico City: street performers, factory workers, a drunk, an old man with civic pri
Rage
1966-11-30
Small-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.
El juicio de los hijos
1971-03-25
Widow with teenaged children faces hostility from her dead husband's mother, who seems to know a fam
Cornered
1976-06-10
Conflicts in town force a guy to escape to a hiding-place in the countryside.
El cafre
1986-03-20
Trucker accepts an assignment to haul an extremely dangerous load of explosives from Tijuana to Mexi
Dos de abajo
1983-11-03
Two bozo construction workers discover a cache of 19th century gold coins while demolishing a buildi
Las modelos de desnudos
1983-09-15
Three interlocking anecdotes about boy/girl stuff. Two gigolos make a bet to see which can boff an h
Tres de presidio
1980-05-10
A dishonest judge knowingly sentences three innocent men to prison. The three eventually escape and
In Danger of Dying
1988-09-11
Nina is a reporter who works in a Latin American country at war when she finds herself trapped in th
¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal?
1977-05-03
Working-class dude grows up surrounded with petty delinquency and ghetto temptations; he marries a r
El desconocido
1974-09-26
Disenfranchised drifter finds a home, working on a young orphan woman's ranch.
Cuna de valientes
1972-06-28
México de noche
1975-06-12
Two street gangs vie for primacy, which will give them control of drug smuggling and stolen jewelry.
Violación
1989-02-16
In Mexico City, a woman is raped every 9 minutes. This film details some of the legal and social pr
Simplemente vivir
1970-10-08
Lawyer and his secretary enter into a midlife marriage, deal with complications coming from their ad
Cabalgando a la luna
1974-11-14
Decadent, failing Mexico City family get life-lessons from rural visitors.
Mi fantasma y yo
1988-10-27
A family of three moves to a haunted house. The couple's 10-year-old son runs into the ghost of the
Demon Hunter
1983-01-01
At the highest place in Tarahumaran mountain, a Shaman was brutally murdered. The investigation lead
Hunting Humans
1987-10-22
A guy whose brother was killed and a waitress whose sister was killed run afoul on a psycho killer w
El gran pillo
1960-03-17
A comic movie that involves a guy who sees a kid in his house who escaped from his wealthy grandfath
By Fire And Sword
1988-06-07
Offbeat Mexican police officer must transport 3 convicts to a trial before a local drug kingpin kill
El Extra
1962-10-04
Cantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at the
The Fearless Man
1980-12-24
Young man avenges the murder of his family by representatives of a US oil company.
El ausente
1972-08-09
Young man returns to his childhood home-town, planning to git the people that killed his father.
Yo el ejecutor
1987-02-19
A retired mercenary known as 'The Executioner', is forced to take one more case especially when his
Hoy he soñado con Dios
1972-06-28
Aging widow interferes in the lives of her adult children.
Del otro lado del puente
1980-04-17
Among Chicanos in Los Angeles, young Alberto lives with the family of Dany, his older brother. Alber
El hijo del palenque
1977-07-20
Man is murdered in a cockfighting dispute at the exact moment that his son is being born. The son gr
Hijos de tigre
1980-07-16
Two half-brothers are spiky and resentful toward each other, but they find common cause together whe
Las figuras de arena
1970-09-16
Separated Mom, Dad and son all come into conflict with each other during a brief reunion visit. Ever
Wild Dogs
1984-01-01
A professional assassin (and widowed deadbeat dad set to soon remarry) decides to call it quits and
Fieras en brama
1983-02-03
Before being confirmed in the priesthood, a seminary student is ordered to go back out into the worl
Destino final (Ixtapa - Zihuatenejo)
1996-04-10
Smugglers hire a pro diver to retrieve diamonds from a sunken boat.
El valiente vive... hasta que el cobarde quiere
1979-05-31
The arrival of a new school-teacher to a small town triggers various large and small upheavals, incl
Más allá de la violencia
1971-01-01
The young pacifist Claudio is saddened to see some children playing war. He goes with a group of reb
El comerciante
1999-01-01
A pair of ghosts haunt a criminal businessman who had them killed as two police officers try to take
Mi último contrabando
1998-05-11
Traigo la sangre caliente
1977-09-22
Footloose roving-gambler type marries a young woman against her father's wishes; she assimilates her
Raza de viboras
1978-04-27
Mentally-ill eldest son creates havoc within an old-money farming family.
La banda del polvo maldito
1979-12-13
A man returns home only to find out his friend is an undercover drug enforcement agent who is trying
La dinastía de los Quintero
1998-01-01
After the Quintero crime family's patriarch and leader is murdered, his children go straight. But ot
Son tus perjúmenes mujer
1978-11-23
Marginal/unemployed dude with heart of gold tries to make life better for crippled niece, unapproach
Suerte te dé Dios
1961-05-11
Two construction workers discover a stash of gold coins hidden in the walls of a building they're de
Ya somos hombres
1971-04-27
Un Hombre Violento
1986-01-01
Bent on avenging the death of his gambling addicted father, Julian Carrera embarks on a violent spre
El mochaorejas
1998-01-01
A bloodthirsty thief who cuts off the ears of his enemies must face against the vengeful wrath of tw
Atrapados
1995-01-01
A wild police officer attempts to rescue a child from the hands of kidnappers.
El juego de la muerte
1987-08-27
Mataron a Camelia la Texana
1978-06-15
City Rats
1986-01-01
A father on the search for his missing child discovers a revealing and shocking drama. The true adve
Mekishiko mushuku
1962-01-03
Occupational Killer
1986-07-31
The kidnapping and murder of an innocent child leads agents Julián Carrera "Valentín Trujillo" and R
The Other Virginity
1975-04-24
Two young waitresses, Laura and Eva, become romantically involved with a movie distributor, Adrian,
El Ansia de matar
1987-01-01
This is a true story. Kicho and Maria come to Mexico looking for a better life but Maria gets killed
Pistoleros Anonimos
1995-12-31
Getulio (Valentin Trujillo) is a merciless drug trafficker and gunman who, in search of riches and p
Sangre salvaje
1996-12-31
Intriga en el paraíso
1996-01-01
Caminero
1997-01-01
Fiera salvaje
1998-12-31
Violencia en la Obscuridad
1995-01-01
Sucedió en el aguaje
1998-12-31
Rostros ocultos
1999-12-31
Un Hombre Despiadado
1991-01-01
Valentin Trujillo film in which he is in some sort of camp with two other people.
Secuestradores
1997-01-01
En Las Garras de La Muerte
1997-01-01
Mexican feature film
Al son de la metralleta
1995-01-01
Trampa para un inocente
1996-12-31