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Gustavo Sánchez Parra

Gustavo Sánchez Parra

Actor, also producer · Born November 8, 1966 (59) · Mexico City, Mexico

Gustavo Sánchez Parra studied at the most famous Dramatic Art school in Mexico, the Centro Universitario de Teatro. He landed his first role in Alejandro González Iñárritu's debut, Amores Perros, for which he was nominated for an Ariel for Best Supporting Actor. Then he worked in national and international productions such as Ridley Scott's The Fire of Vengeance; The Three Burials of Melquíades Estrada, by Tommy Lee Jones; Rabia, by Sebastián Cordero, and Crónicas, produced by Guillermo del Toro, among more than 35 films. He was awarded the Honorary Prize at the Morelia Festival for having appeared in more than 40 short films.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 8, 1966 (59)
From
Mexico City, Mexico
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
50 on MovieCove · 109 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 25% in 30 days

What are Gustavo Sánchez Parra's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Genres

Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 82nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
21%
Survival
19%
Morality
19%
Power
14%
Self
12%
Society
10%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 3 · Serious 7 · Dark 10

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 12 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 10 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 7 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 0

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 13

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 13 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 8 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 8
Hero
2 of 8
Shadow
1 of 8
Trickster
1 of 8
Mentor
1 of 8
Show the 8 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
19
Melancholic
11
Dread
8
Hopeful
7
Warm
5
Other
16

How their films linger

Thought-provoking13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet11
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous6
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Gustavo Sánchez Parra's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 50 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Gustavo Sánchez Parra's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

109 credits, 50 with a MovieCove page.

  • Olmo(2025)

    Producer · as Nestor

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Ciudad de muertos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Polen(2026)

    Show 10 episodes · as Paco

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Revenge(2026)

    as Hector Luna

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Ear Chopper(2026)

    Show 12 episodes · as Artemio

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • A Father's Miracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as "Tigre"

  • The Dead Girls(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Jefe de Investigación

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Pet Shop Days(2023)

    as Priest

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • A Father's Miracle(2025)

    as El Tigre

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Wingwalker(2024)

    as Camilo

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Midnight Family(2024)

    Show 2 episodes · as José Luis (Compadre)

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Blue Salt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • Sound of Freedom(2023)

    as El Calacas

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Más Allá de Tí (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · as Efrén Hinojosa «El Pollero»

  • Journey(2023)

    as Pedro

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • El Colapso(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Christopher

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Marea alta(2022)

    Show 10 episodes · as Enrique

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • El Refugio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Pedro (Viejo)

  • There Are No Saints(2022)

    as Bailarín

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Sobreviviendo al cártel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

  • Caballero Águila (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Daniel

  • La Guadalupana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Fresco

  • Killing Cabos 2: The Mask of El Máscara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Nico

  • El mesero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Pasilla

  • La muchacha que limpia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · as Correa

  • The Mosquito Coast(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as A. Flores

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Aztech (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • New Order(2020)

    as General Oribe

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • El Camino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Rojo

  • El Candidato(2020)

    Show 7 episodes · as Agustín Romero

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Not A Minute To Lose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • The Mongolian Conspiracy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Fumanchú

  • Crime Diaries: The Candidate(2019)

    Show 8 episodes · as Comandante David Rubí Sánchez

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Beyond The Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Arturo

  • Scorpio(2020)

    Actor

  • Cygnus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Gerardo

  • Maria Magdalena (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 60 episodes · as Cusas

  • The Inmate(2018)

    Show 13 episodes · as Cuauhtémoc

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • El día de la unión(2018)

    as Benjamín

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • I Am Pepito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as El Tijuana

  • Shake Off Your Sorrows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as González

  • Anya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • Violeta at Last (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Francisco

  • El César (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 27 episodes · as Rodolfo Chávez

  • Como te ves, me vi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • Tamara and the Ladybug (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Policeman Huicho

  • The Chosen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Balderas

  • Hasta Que Te Conocí(2016)

    Show 16 episodes · as Óscar

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Similars(2015)

    as Ulises

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Sleep Over (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Man

  • Sealed Cargo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Mariscal

  • Plastic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • The Thin Yellow Line(2015)

    as Mario

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Perfect Dictatorship(2014)

    as El Charro

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Perpetual Sadness(2014)

    as Silvestre

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Potosí (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Carlos

  • Nahuales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • The Searches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Hombre

  • Ciudadano Buelna(2013)

    as Obregón

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Morelos(2012)

    as Matías Carranco

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Soundreals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • Days of Grace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Cara Sanguinetti

  • Colosio(2012)

    as Ortiga

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Cloroformo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 13 episodes · as Gomorra

  • Get the Gringo(2012)

    as Size 11

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • El encanto del águila(2011)

    Show 13 episodes · as General Felipe Ángeles

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Todos hemos pecado(2009)

    as El Tartamudo

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Cinema Hold Up(2011)

    as Vigilante

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Lichtblau - Neues Leben Mexiko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Depositarios (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Mario

  • Leap Year(2010)

    as Arturo

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • One for the Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as La Torta

  • Gloves of Stone(2009)

    as Rigoberto Torres

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Me importas tú... y tú (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Rage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as José María

  • El cártel(2009)

    as Rojas

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • 7 Suns(2008)

    as El Negro

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Bala mordida(2009)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Disorderly Maids of the Neighborhood(2009)

    Show as Román

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Walking Vengeance(2008)

    as Recepcionista del hotel

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Nadie regresa por tercera vez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Casi divas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Satán

  • Enlightened Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • My Mexican Shivah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Sargento Antúnes

  • Under the Same Moon(2007)

    as Manuel

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Un mundo maravilloso(2006)

    as Camillero 1

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • 10:15 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Fulano

  • Estamos por todos lados (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada(2005)

    as Tomas

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Legend of Zorro(2005)

    as Guillermo Cortez

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Ver, oir y callar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • Innocent Voices(2004)

    as Teniente Ruíz

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Superhéroe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as José López

  • Killing Cabos(2004)

    as Nico

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Desk Clerk

  • Sobreviviente (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • Seis días en la oscuridad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • Zurdo(2003)

    as Chupacabras Jefe

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Asesino en serio(2002)

    as El Foca

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • ¿De qué lado estás? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Actor

  • Life Kills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Encargado de vulcanizadora

  • Streeters(2001)

    as Pink amigo del Cero

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Powder Keg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Soldier with Radio

  • Red Ink (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Executive Producer

  • Amores Perros(2000)

    as Jarocho

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Azar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • Chickens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Die At Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Drama King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 107 titles, 104 of them dated from 2000 to 2026; peak year 2020.

Biggest box office

Streeters (2001)

$3.1M worldwide

Highest rated

The Thin Yellow Line (2015)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Revenge (2026)

Film career

20002026

Peak 2020 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting106 of 107: 106 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thProducing1 of 107: 1 only producing, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s33 · 32 acting · 1 crew2010s42 · acting2020s29 · acting

Billing

usually 11th · top billed in 3% of 35 roles
0005101520

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Gustavo Sánchez Parra's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of the 36 of 37 with a score; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 49 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up18
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th19
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 49 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic6
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed20

Most divisive · actor

Polen (2026)

98th percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Amores Perros (2000)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 27. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Gustavo Sánchez Parra work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gustavo Sánchez Parra's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mario Zaragoza shares the most, 5.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers