Andrés Montiel

Who is Andrés Montiel?

Andrés Montiel is a Mexican actor born in Guadalajara, Jalisco.

He started acting professionally on stage at age twenty, where he developed solid theatre experience, appearing in plays such as Hamlet and The Lonesome West. Since the year 2001, he has also begun to star in films. He can be seen opposite Gael García Bernal as journalist Ruben in the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award Nominated El crimen del Padre Amaro and in other films such as the critically acclaimed Más que a nada en el mundo; Llamando a un Ángel and La Zona, awarded the International Critics' Award at the Toronto Film Festival. Other recent films are the racecar movie Desafío; and Cristiada starring Andy García.

Latest film participations include the long awaited Tlatelolco about the student protests and strikes that climaxed in the Tlatelolco Square massacre in Mexico City in 1968; Morelos a film by popular director Antonio Serrano; Ciudadano Buelna by acclaimed filmmaker Felipe Cazals; and Cinco de Mayo an epic film about the notorious battle against the French army in the 19th century in Mexico.