
Manuel Ojeda
Known for Acting · 183 credits
- Born
- 1940-11-04
- Died
- 2022-08-11
- Place of birth
- La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Biography
Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta (4 November 1940 – 11 August 2022) was a Mexican actor. Ojeda was one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film Romancing the Stone.
Known For
TV Shows (32)

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as General Vorteez

Killer Women
2008
as Juan Antonio Orduña

The Tempest
2013
as Ernesto Contreras

Ask God For Forgiveness... Not Me
2015
as Melitón Ramos

Por ella soy Eva
2012
as Eduardo Moreno

The Stray Cat
2014
as El Silencioso

Alborada
2005
as Don Francisco Escobar

Storm Over Paradise
2007
as Capitán Pablo Solís

Al Filo de la Muerte
1991
as Julio Araujo

My Love, My Sin
2004
as Jacobo Guzmán

Un rostro en mi pasado
1989
as Dr. Leonardo Sánchez

Amor Gitano
1999
as Pedro Minelli,

Herencia maldita
1986
as Rogelio Velarde

Misión S.O.S
2004
as Severiano Martinez

El Manantial
2001
as Father Salvador Valdéz

The Other Woman
2002
as Juan Pedro Portugal

Yago
2016
as Damián Madrigal Ríos

The Marked Hour
1988

Quererlo Todo
2020
as Don Patricio Montes

Labyrinth of Passion
1999
as Genaro Valencia

Bajo la misma piel
2003
as Rodrigo Leyva

Las Amazonas
2016
as Genaro Valencia

El precio de tu amor
2000
as Octavio Rangel

La Culpa
1996
as Mariano Lagarde

La casa en la playa
2000
as Manuel Rey
La paloma
1995
as Ramiro López-Yergo Aguilar

Tal como somos
1987
as Pablo

La traición
1984
as Pech Gutiérrez

Senda de gloria
1987
as Emiliano Zapata

De pura sangre
1985
as Carlos Meléndez

El vuelo del águila
1994
as Porfirio Díaz

No tengo madre
1997
as Indalecio Madrazo / Inocencio Lemus Smasht
Movies (151)

Green Ice
1981
as Lt. Costas

Romancing the Stone
1984
as Zolo

Inspector Calzonzin
1974

Herod's Law
1999
as Cantinero

Los confines
1987
as Ignacio

Naná
1985
as Conde Muffat

Traición
1991
El asesinato
1997
as Ramón Acevedo

Loving Ghosts
1994

Luna caliente
1985
as Almiron

I Don't Know For Sure, But I Suppose
1982
as Daniel

El elegido
1977
as Andres Martinez

Fantasías
2004
as Carlos

Naufragio
1978
as Médico

The Heart of the Night
1984
as Leyva

Eagle's Wing
1979
as Miguel

The Heist
1976
as Polonio

Fray Justicia
2009

Reclusorio
1997
as Abogado (segment "Eutanasia o asesinato")

The Flying Pony
1982
as Esteban (padre de Diego)

Perras de barrio
2015
as Reséndiz

Deceitful Appearances
1983
as Sergio Gaitán

Aunt Alejandra
1980
as Rodolfo

Mi Querido Viejo
1991
as Apolonio Méndez

Las Poquianchis
1976
as Tadeo

La señorita
1994

Carmela the Michoacan
1998
as Comandante Juan

Luces de la noche
1998
as Gustavo

Vigilante nocturno
1993

Salón México
1996
as Lupe López

The 4th Company
2017
as Champarro

Blue Memories
1991
as Don Manuel Jiménez

No One Will Ever Know
2018
as Aurelio

Kino: The Legend of the Black Priest
1993
as Coro Chief

Balas salvajes
1999

Amor que mata
1994

El Cometa
1999

Todos hemos pecado
2011
as El Presidente Municipal

Canoa: A Shameful Memory
1976
as Hombre del pueblo

Under the Shrapnel
1983
as Pablo

Fuego en el mar
1981
as Mariano Ortega

The Passion of Berenice
1976
as José

El hijo de Lamberto Quintero
1990

Juana la Cubana
1994

The children of Don Gregorio
2013
as Don Gregorio

Hijos del viento
2000
as Moctezuma

Un hombre llamado el diablo
1983

In The MIddle of Nowhere
1993

Pedro Páramo, el hombre de la Media Luna
1978
as Pedro Páramo

El triunfo del mojado
2009

Carnival Night
1984
as Diablo

Victorio
2008
as Raúl

The Goddess of the Sea
2005
as Eduardo Montero

Free Love
1978
as Ernesto

Perversa tentación
2019
as Don Antonio

Las nueve caras del miedo
1995
as Fray Camilo Lacroix Imerino

Deadly Embroidered Memories
2020
as Idris

Las perversiones del padre José
2003
as Padre José

Celestina
1976
as Pleberio

The Perfect Woman
1979

El último narco
1992

Everyone's Hell So Feared
1981
as Jacinto Chontal

Bienvenida al clan
2000
as Humberto Nava

Family Secrets
2009

¡Sálvame! Una luz en la oscuridad
1996
as Alcántara

Fraude en el sexenio
1998

El tonto que hacía milagros
1984

En las manos de Dios
1996

Al filo de la ley: Misión rescate
1986
as Víctor Araiza

El extensionista
1991
as Severo
Fuera de la ley
1998

The Devils Dagger
2005
as Narrator

The Magic Hour
2000
as Francesco

The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell
1986
as Abel Romo

The House in the South
1976
as Livingston

The Wrath of a God
1988

Pánico en el paraíso
1994

God's Crooked Lines
1983
as Doctor Alvar

La leyenda de Rodrígo
1981
as Asmodeo

La Dinastía de Los Pérez
1994
as Erik Orozco

Suerte en la vida (La Lotería III)
1994

One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
2017
as Self

Matinée
1977
as Francisco

La otra cara de Pedro Navaja
2000
as Don Mario

La ley del cholo
1995

Wall of Darkness
1994

Another Mexican
2010
as Sacerdote

The Man in White
1994
as José

Long live Tepito!
1981
as Antonio Vélez

El güero estrada
1997

Niños y Criminales
2001

Occupation of Darkness
1981
as Fernando

El comandante sin ley
2013

La Rubia y La Morena 2
1999

Maldita vecindad
2004

Calles sin nombre
2007
as Comandante Martín Aguirre

Amor y venganza
1991
Asesina
1999

Los más buscados 2
2004

Cabaret de frontera
1992

My dear Tom Mix
1992
as Evaristo

Estate of Terror
2005
as Manuel

Espejo Retrovisor
2002
as Sr. Rivas

La fuerza bruta
1991

Reto a la vida
1988
as El Tijuana

Reencuentros
1997
as Sr. Emilio Valtierra
Tiempo de muerte 2
1995

La banda del mocha orejas
1998

Las amantes del narco III
2019
as Joel Olmedo

Abuso de autoridad
1998

Selva de cocaina
1989
El hombre de la toallita
1998
as Santos

Seducción judicial
1994

Carreras de muerte
2001

Las dos caras del guero Estrada
1998

Peligrosa tentación 5
2016
as Don Refugio

El mar
1977

Guerrero
2001
as El Tigre

Llamadas obscenas
1996
as El Fish

Carga blanca
1997
as Nicanor Esparragoza
About Manuel Ojeda
Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta (4 November 1940 – 11 August 2022) was a Mexican actor. Ojeda was one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film Romancing the Stone. With 183 credits spanning from 1974 to 2020, Manuel Ojeda has appeared in 151 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Manuel Ojeda Movies
- Green Ice (1981) — as Lt. Costas
- Romancing the Stone (1984) — as Zolo
- Inspector Calzonzin (1974)
- Herod's Law (1999) — as Cantinero
- Los confines (1987) — as Ignacio
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