Enrique Castillo
Date of birth: 1949-12-10
Place of birth: Calexico, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: E.J. Castillo
Biography
Castillo was a founding member of The Latino Theater Company. He co-wrote the company’s plays Stone Wedding and August 29. In addition to the plays, he wrote and directed the film The History of The Latino Theater Company, a documentary chronicling the theater company, and co-produced the company’s annual comedy fundraiser Noche de Risa y Susto. In 1997 Castillo created Four Brown Hats Entertainment (FBHE), a film and theater production company. With FBHE, he adapted and directed The Last Angry Brown Hat. Following this, he wrote and directed Veteranos: A Legacy of Valor, a theater piece honoring the military contributions by Latinos in America’s defense. Among his completed feature film scripts are Yo Solo, The Cobra, Valley of the Dead, Deerdancer, and The Last Angry Brown Hat.
Movie Credits
The Hi-Lo Country
1998-12-30
An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a swee
A Beautiful Life
2009-10-02
A love story about the encounter of two drifting souls. Escaping her abusive past, a woman stays the
Graffiti
1985-01-01
A young man who lives in a South American military dictatorship goes out during curfew to make drawi
Little Treasure
1985-05-01
Margo is an ex-stripper who meets her long, lost father in Mexico. She looks after him in the waning
Déjà Vu
2006-11-22
Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Feder
Borderline
1980-12-19
Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has jus
A Small Killing
1981-11-24
A college professor is recruited by an undercover cop to pose as a bag lady to track down a drug con
Bound by Honor
1993-02-05
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Pa
The Delos Adventure
1986-10-01
A group of scientists inadvertently stumble on a secret Soviet military operation, and are hunted do
El Padrino II: Border Intrusion
2008-01-01
A man who rose to be the most powerful drug trafficker in the world is trapped by the FBI and must c
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
1994-01-23
A criminal gang commits a string of violent robberies and murders, culminating in the assassination
In Good Company
2004-12-29
Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corpora
Nixon
1995-12-22
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while bat
Mars Attacks!
1996-12-13
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if
Seguin
1982-01-26
A dramatization of the life of Juan Seguin, a heroic Mexican-Texan who became entangled in the strug
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
1980-12-07
Based on Bleier's 1975 autobiography of the same name, it tells the story of how, after becoming a r
The Sellouts
1972-01-01
A 1972 television adaptation of Los Vendidos, a one-act play by Chicano playwright Luis Valdez, a fo
Get Out of My Room
1985-10-01
Get Out of My Room, was a mockumentary in the style of This Is Spinal Tap, written and directed by C
Losin' It
1983-04-08
In 1965, four Los Angeles school friends -- Woody, Dave, Spider and Wendell -- go on a series of mis
Maniac Cop 2
1990-07-18
Undead cop Matt Cordell rises from the grave, and is after the criminals who murdered him in prison.
Homebound
2013-08-21
A successful young man must return to his childhood small town in Texas to help his father. His fath
Fuego
2007-10-29
The daughter of the American Ambassador to Spain has been kidnapped. There is only one man who can s
Beatriz at Dinner
2017-06-09
Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career
Black Moon Rising
1986-01-10
An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.
In Other Words
2020-09-14
A tech geek lands an investor for his matchmaking app. But when his app matches him with a beautiful
El Norte
1983-10-11
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through
Picking Up the Pieces
2000-05-26
A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it ac
The End of Violence
1997-09-12
In Hollywood, the lives of a successful film producer, his wife, a police detective and a surveillan