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Cantinflas

Acting

1.8 Popularity Aug 12, 1911 (81 years old) Santa María La Redonda, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes (August 12, 1911 – April 20, 1993) was a Mexican comedian and stage and film actor, known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin. The character came to be assoc...

Biography

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Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes (August 12, 1911 – April 20, 1993) was a Mexican comedian and stage and film actor, known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin. The character came to be associated with the national identity of Mexico, and allowed Cantinflas to establish a long, successful film career that included a foray into Hollywood. Charlie Chaplin once commented that he was the best comedian alive. and Moreno has been referred to as the "Charlie Chaplin of Mexico". To audiences in the United States, he is best remembered as costarring with David Niven in Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

As a pioneer of the cinema of Mexico, Moreno helped usher in its golden era. In addition to being a business leader, he also became involved in Mexico's tangled and often dangerous labor politics. Although he was himself politically conservative, his reputation as a spokesperson for the downtrodden gave his actions authenticity and became important in the early struggle against charrismo, the one-party government's practice of co-opting and controlling unions.

Moreover, his character Cantinflas, whose identity became enmeshed with his own, was examined by media critics, philosophers, and linguists, who saw him variably as a danger to Mexican society, a bourgeois puppet, a kind philanthropist, a venture capitalist, a transgressor of gender roles, a pious Catholic, a verbal innovator, and a picaresque underdog.

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Filmography 68

1982
Cantinflas y sus amigos TV

as cantinflas

1982
El Barrendero Movie

as Napoleon

1982
El Barrendero Movie

Story

1978
Mickey's 50 Movie

as Self

1978
El patrullero 777 Movie

as Diógenes Bravo

1978
1976
The Minister and Me Movie

as Mateo Melgarejo 'Mateíto'

1976
1974
Conserje en Condominio Movie

as Ursulo

1973
Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo Movie

as Sancho Panza

1972
Cantinflas Show TV

as Cantinflas

1972
1971
1971
El profe Movie

as Sócrates García

1971
El profe Movie

Story

1969
Un Quijote sin mancha Movie

as Justo Leal

1969
Un Quijote sin mancha Movie

Screenplay

1968
Por mis pistolas Movie

as Fidencio Barrenillo

1968
Por mis pistolas Movie

Writer

Photos 1

Cantinflas Photo

Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Not specified
Birthday August 12, 1911 (81 years old)
Died April 20, 1993
Place of Birth Santa María La Redonda, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Also Known As Mario Moreno, Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes, Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" and 2 more
Years Active 1937 - 1982
Popularity 1.8
Career Stats
68 Total Credits
52 Movie Roles
5 TV Roles
1 Photos