Jesús Ochoa (actor)

Jesús Ochoa (Spanish pronunciation: [xeˈsus oˈtʃoa]; born December 24, 1959) is a Mexican actor.^[1]

Jesús Ochoa
Ochoa in 2008
Born	Jesús Ochoa Domínguez (1959-12-24) December 24, 1959 (age 63) Ures, Sonora, Mexico
Nationality	Mexican
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1974–present
Spouse	María Eugenia Leñero ​ ​ (m. 1998)​

Life and career

Ochoa was born in Ures, Sonora, México, the son of Manuel Ochoa Martínez and María Cruz Domínguez de Ochoa, and a brother of Manuel Ignacio, Tobías, Juan Ángel, Miriam Guadalupe, Mari Cruz, and Ana Isabel Ochoa Domínguez. "Choby", as he is known, is an actor whose origin is considered as being from Ures, Sonora, since he grew up there from the age of three years up until he was fourteen, age at which he returned to Hermosillo to continue his studies at Normal del Estado.

In 1974, his artistic career began when he appeared in several plays in the city of Hermosillo. In 1979, he moved to Mexico City to study at the Instituto de Arte Escénico until 1984, in which he began to perform university theater with José Ramón Enriquez in "Ciudad sin sueños". In 1985, he returned to Hermosillo and acted in the well known play "La Tuba de Goyo Trejo", also participated in several commercials and TV shows. He stayed until 1991, when he returned to Mexico City starting with the play "El Jefe Maximo", for which he is nominated as revelation of the year by the Critics and Chronists Theater Union. During the next few years, he continues to perform in a series of plays, films, soap operas, and TV shows. In April 1998, he married María Eugenia Leñero and lives in Mexico City.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Dos crímenes	Fernando
1994	Ponchada	Man	Short film
1995	El callejón de los milagros	Parroquiano
1995	Desiertos mares	Hombre del Norte
1995	Sin remitente	Forensic surgeon
1996	Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda	Pancho Villa
1996	Sucesos distantes	Hércules
1997	Et hjørne af paradis	Scarface
1998	Bajo California: El límite del tiempo	Arce
1998	Cilantro y perejil	Capitán
1999	La mirada de la ausencia	Unknown role	Short film
1999	La ley de Herodes	Nuevo alcalde
2000	Sin dejar huella	Mendizábel
2000	Crónica de un desayuno	Voceador
2000	Los maravillosos olores de la vida	Unknown role	Short film
2001	Haciendas pulqueras	Narrator	Short film
2001	El segundo aire	Moisés
2002	Ciudades oscuras	Riquelme
2002	Asesino en serio	Comandante Martínez
2002	Ice Age	Manny	Spanish Dubbing
2003	Tiro de gracia	Unknown role	Writer and director
2003	Carambola	El Mexicano
2003	Nicotina	Tomson
2003	Ladies' Night	Sacerdote
2004	Puños rosas	Chicote
2004	Hombre en llamas	Víctor Fuentes
2004	Zapata: El sueño de un héroe	Victoriano Huerta
2004	Zapato	Globero	Short film
2004	Voces inocentes	Chofer
2004	Conejo en la luna	Macedonio Ramírez
2005	La sombra del sahuaro	Don Miguel
2005	Hijas de su madre: Las Buenrostro	Macario
2006	Only God Knows	Comprador del Auto
2006	Un mundo maravilloso	El Tamal
2006	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Manny	Spanish Dubbing
2006	Interrupción en el continuo espacio tiempo	Voz del hombre	Short film
2006	Sexo, amor y otras perversiones 2	Chucho
2007	Padre Nuestro	Diego
2007	J-ok'el	Capitán Flores
2007	Año uña	Additional Voices
2007	Cementerio de papel	Director del AGN
2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Officer Ramirez
2008	Quantum of Solace	Lt. Orso
2009	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Manny	Spanish Dubbing
2011	Salvando al soldado Pérez	Chema Díaz
2012	Ice Age: Continental Drift	Manny	Spanish Dubbing
2012	El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza	Diablo Zepada (voice)
2012	Get the Gringo	Caracas
2013	Instructions Not Included	Himself	Cameo
2016	Ice Age: Collision Course	Manny	Spanish Dubbing
2018	Overboard	Vito
2019	The Secret Life of Pets 2	Rooster	Spanish Dubbing
2020	Un rescate de huevitos^[2]	(voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Ángeles sin paraíso
1995	Si Dios me quita la vida
1995–1996	Retrato de familia
1996	Marisol	Fortunato
1997	Madame le Consul	Héctor	Episode: "Les disparus de la Sierra Madre"
1998	Amor infiel	Leopoldo Mirabal
2001	Amores querer con alevosía	Miguel Ángel
2002	La duda	Santiago
2006	Campeones de la vida	Jesús "Chucho" Duarte
2007	Se busca un hombre	Pepe
2008	Tiempo final	Various	Episode: "Pito final"
2009	Ellas son, la alegría del hogar	Voz de Mundo (voice)
2010–2011	Para volver a amar	Rolando Salgar "El Cachetes"
2011	Los héroes del Norte	El Comandante	Episode: "La despedida"
2012	Lynch	Julio Villalonga "El Tren"	Episode: "Llorando sobre la leche derramada"
2013	La Promesa	Don Vicente Ardellano
2012	Por ella soy eva	Adriano Reyes	Co-protagonist
2013	Libre para amarte	Zacarías del Pino	Supporting Role
2014-2015	Yo no creo en los hombres	Licencidado Marcelo Monterubio	Recurring Role
2016	El hotel de los secretos	Serapio Ayala	Supporting Role
2017	El bienamado	Odorifo Cienfuegos ( El bienamado)	Protagonist
2018	Por amar sin ley	Taxista	Special Appearance Season 1

Other work

• Appears in the music video for 50 Cent's rap song "Just a Lil Bit" in which he interprets a gangster in a yacht with a girl, who drugs and leaves him at his mercy.
• He appears as a butcher in the music video for the Morcheeba single, "Be Yourself".

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Works	Result
1996	Ariel Award	Best Supporting Actor	Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda	Won
1999	Ariel Award	Best Supporting Actor	Bajo California: El límite del tiempo	Won
2003	MTV Movie Award	Favorite Villain	Ciudades oscuras	Nominated
2004	MTV Movie Award	Best Cameo	Ladies' Night	Nominated
2005	Silver Goddess Award	Best Male Co-Performance	Conejo en la luna	Nominated

References

1. Ebert, Roger (2008-11-18). Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009. Andrews McMeel Publishing. pp. 589–. ISBN 978-0-7407-7745-5. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
2. "Ellos presentarán su voz a Huevitos en Fuga". Sector Cine (in Spanish). sectorcine.com, Inc. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

External links

• Jesús Ochoa at IMDb