Manuel Ojeda
Born	November 4, 1940 La Paz, Baja California Sur

Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta^[1] (born November 4, 1940) is one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film Romancing the Stone.

Ojeda was born in La Paz, Baja California Sur. He studied acting at the Instituto de Bellas Artes ("Institute of Fine Arts") and started his career in theater. He obtained roles in his first film in his mid-thirties and later participated in the first of his dozens of telenovelas with Televisa two years later. He also took the role of Jimmy in P.D. Tu gato ha muerto, the Spanish language production of P.S. Your Cat Is Dead in 1983. As of 2005^[update] he is part of the cast of the telenovela Alborada.

Contents 1 Films 1.1 Hollywood 1.2 Mexico 2 Telenovelas 3 Stage 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Films

[edit] Hollywood

• Romancing the Stone (1984) as Zolo
• Green Ice (1981) as Lt. Costas
• Eagle's Wing (1979) as Miguel

[edit] Mexico

• De ángeles, flores y fuentes (2005) as Gran Joel
• La diosa del mar (2005)
• Espejo retrovisor (2002)
• Entre la tarde y la noche (1999)
• Las ley de Herodes (1999) as Cantinero
• El cometa (1998)
• La operación pesada (1998)
• Los hijos del viento (1998)
• Fuera de la ley (1998) as Abogado
• Fuga de Almoloya (1997)
• Asesino misterioso (1997) as Javier
• Me llaman Mandrina (1997)
• Operativo Camaleon (1997) as Major Samperio
• El Güero Estrada (1997) as Comandante Becerra
• Carga blanca (1997) as Nicanor Esparragoza
• Loca academia de modelos (1996) as Robot Hombre
• Perversión (1996)
• Reencuentros (1996) as Sr. Emilio Valtierra
• Sangre de indio (1996)
• Salón México (1996) as Lupe Lopez
• Tierra de tempestades (1995)
• Bajo la mirada de Dios (1995)
• Ocho maldidos (1995)
• Tiempo de muerte 2 (1995) as Comandante
• Amorosos fantasmas (1994)
• Luces de la noche (1994)
• Las pasiones del poder (1994) as Jorge Toledo
• En medio de la nada (1993)
• La señorita (1993)
• Amor que mata (1992)
• El hombre de blanco (1992) as José
• Mi querido Tom Mix (1991) as Evaristo
• Mí querido viejo (1991)
• Octagon y Atlantis, la revancha (1991)
• El extensionista (1991) as Severo
• El hijo de Lamberto Quintero (1990)
• Triste recuerdo (1990) as Don Manuel Jimenez
• Un lugar en el sol (1989) as Andrès
• Furia en la sangre (1988)
• Reto a la vida (1988)
• Los confines (1987)
• Muelle rojo (1987)
• Al filo de la ley: Misión rescate (1986)
• Luna caliente (1986)
• El maleficio II (1986) as Abel Romo
• La mujer policía (1986)
• El corazón de la noche (1983)
• El caballito volador (1982)
• Un hombre llamado el diablo (1981)
• Noche de carnaval (1981)
• El tonto que hacía milagros (1980)
• Fuego en el mar (1979)
• El Infierno de todos tan temidol (1979)
• Ora sí tenemos que ganar (1979)
• Amor libre (1978)
• Las Apariencias engañan (1978)
• La leyenda de Rodrígo (1977)
• Matinée (1977) as Jorge
• El mar (1976)
• Las Poquianchis (1976) as Tadeo
• La pasión según Berenice (1976) as José
• El apando (1976) as Polonio
• La casa del Sur (1976) as Livingstone
• El elegido (1975)
• Canoa (1975) as Hombre del pueblo

[edit] Telenovelas

• 2009: Corazón Salvaje
• Un Gancho al Corazón (2008)
• Tormenta en el paraíso (2008) as Capitan Solís
• Alborada (2005) as Francisco Escobar
• Mision S.O.S (2004) as Severiano Martínez
• Amarte es mi pecado (2004) as Jacobo
• Bajo la misma piel (2003) as Rodrigo
• La otra (2002) as Juan Pedro
• El manantial (2001) as Padre Salvador
• El precio de tu amor (2000) as Octavio
• Cuento de Navidad (1999)
• Laberintos de pasión (1999) as Genaro Valencia
• Amor gitano (1999) as Pedro
• Desencuentro (1997) as Alfredo
• No tengo madre (1997) as Indalecio Madrazo
• La culpa (1996) as Mariano Lagarde
• La paloma (1995)
• El vuelo del águila (1994) as Dn. Porfirio Díaz
• Al filo de la muerte (1991) as Julio
• Yo compro esa mujer (1990) as Santiago
• Un rostro en mi pasado (1990)as Leonardo
• Nuevo amanecer (1988) as Samuel
• Tal como somos (1987)
• Senda de gloria (1987) as Emiliano Zapata
• De pura sangre (1986) as Carlos
• On Wings of Eagles (1986) as Commandant
• Herencia maldita (1986)as Rogelio Velarde
• La traición (1984) as Pino Genovesi
• El amor ajeno (1983) as Roberto
• El derecho de nacer (1982) as Armando
• Por amor (1981) as Ernesto
• Cancionera (1980) as Hector Raúl
• Parecido al amor (1979) as Diego
• Santa (1978) as Federico Gamboa
• Naufragio (1977)

[edit] Stage

• Videoteatros (TV, episode Véngan corriendo que les tengo un muerto, 1993) as Inspector Cueto
• P.D. Tu gato ha muerto ("P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, 1983)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Manuel Ojeda at the Telenovela database
• Manuel Ojeda at the Internet Movie Database
• Manuel Ojeda at the New York Times
• (Spanish) Profile