Carlos Baena
Actor · Born September 8, 1930 (96) · Madrid, Spain
Carlos Baena was an extraordinary artist. Although he had had a part in a Mexican film when he was 22 years old, 1956 was a significant year: he had been studying drama in Madrid for five years, and he appeared in a big film production, Robert Rossen's "Alexander, the Great", first film version of the life of the ancient king of Macedon, filmed in Spain, and starring Richard Burton. By the time the film was released, he had returned to Mexico, where he became a prominent actor, starring in Alberto Gout's "Adán y Eva", also from 1956. Baena was also a theater director and a playwright. He directed big production of classics by Spanish writers, as Calderón de la Barca's tragedy "La vida es sueño" and Federico García Lorca's "La casa de Bernarda de Alba". Theater was his true love. He was a leading man in Mexican cinema, alternating with popular actors, such as Pedro Armendáriz, Ninón Sevilla, Marga López, Wolf Ruvinskis and Martha Mijares, but although he was in constant demand he left movies after completing 20 features, and relocated in the state of Nuevo León. Baena continued performing and directing theater, but he was also interested in art. He was a good friend of Miró, Tamayo and Dalí, and by the 70's he was a full-time artist and became a professor of Art at the Institute of Higher Technology of Monterrey, along with Giancarlo Von Nacher and Diamant Mihaloglou. He was also interested in art in general and communications, he worked with Louis Martin, Gerardo Garza Fausti and Ivan Mihaloglou at the School of Communication from the University of Monterrey, in the late 1980s and became involved in radio, producing radio programs on classical music. In his last years, Carlos Baena had a weekly television program in Channel 28, in the state of Nuevo León, about music, theater, culture and the bohemian life, and published his poems. Biography by: ArtConnoisseurs
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 8, 1930 (96)
- Madrid, Spain
- Actor
- 5 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
What are Carlos Baena's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.
- Heroas Adán in Adam and Eve (1956)
- Allyas doctor in Besos de arena (1959)
- Allyas Dr. Javier Manterola in Mi madre es culpable (1960)
Moods and endings
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 Carlos Baena's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Carlos Baena'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
20 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.
765874: Unification (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
La entrega de Chucho el Roto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
La tórtola del Ajusco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
La captura de Chucho el Roto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Aventuras de Chucho el Roto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Mi madre es culpable(1960)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Chucho el Roto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
La última lucha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Gutierritos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Besos de arena(1959)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)Cuentan de una mujer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Mujeres de fuego (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Beneath the Sky of Mexico (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Tragic Cabaret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Los salvajes(1957)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)¡Viva el amor! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Adam and Eve(1956)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Los amantes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Alexander the Great(1956)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Una canción a la vírgen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Career shape
Star power in the 13th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 20 titles from 1949 to 2022.
Film career
- 1956Screen debut· Alexander the Great
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.
How do Carlos Baena's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 32nd percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 5 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic1
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
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 Carlos Baena work with?
People who share at least 2 of Carlos Baena's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alex Phillips shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Domingo SolerShared titles: Mi madre es culpable (1960), Los salvajes (1957)See all 2 shared titles with Domingo Soler
Composers and cinematographers
- Alex PhillipsShared titles: Mi madre es culpable (1960), Los salvajes (1957), Adam and Eve (1956)See all 3 shared titles with Alex Phillips
- Gustavo César CarriónShared titles: Besos de arena (1959), Los salvajes (1957), Adam and Eve (1956)See all 3 shared titles with Gustavo César Carrión