Javier Ruán

Javier Ruán Jaimes (1940–2021) was a Mexican actor, screenwriter, educator, and voice actor with a career spanning more than five decades. Trained in philosophy, pedagogy, and dramatic arts at institutions including the INBA and the Escuela Normal Superior, Ruán combined intellectual rigor with a deep social sensibility. He made his film debut in 1967 in Corona de Lágrimas (dir. Alejandro Galindo) and went on to appear in over forty films, earning an Ariel Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Los Marcados (1971). Alongside his extensive film work, he became widely recognized for his roles in Mexican television and radio, as well as for his acclaimed work as a writer. Ruán received numerous honors for his artistic legacy, including the Medalla Virginia Fábregas and the Cabeza Olmeca, and was named Hijo Predilecto of Nahuatzen, Michoacán. His autobiographical book Los de adelante corren mucho… reflects his profound commitment to education, art, and social memory.

Works

Killer Women

Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind.

Release Date2008-06-17

Charactersd Miguel Rascón

Episode Count1

Vote Count304

Distilling Love

Destilando Amor is a 2007 Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and Nicandro Díaz. It stars Angélica Rivera and Eduardo Yáñez as the main protagonists and was set primarily in Tequila, Jalisco. It is a remake of the 1994 Colombian telenovela Café, con aroma de mujer, and was nominated for twelve Premios TVyNovelas of which it won ten including Best Telenovela of the Year.

Release Date2007-01-22

Charactersd Demetrio Urban

Episode Count170

Vote Count318

They Call Him Marcado

The Kid is a vicious psychopath given to laughing a lot, an actor manqué who leads a gang of looters and rapists, and is incestuous with his father to boot. The town’s resident Mater Dolorosa, madam of the brothel, hires her lover Marcado to kill the Kid, who is of course her son.

Release Date1971-12-25

Charactersd El Niño

Vote Count9

Pedro Paramo

When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…

Release Date1967-01-26

Charactersd Miner

Vote Count20

Corona de lágrimas

Corona de Lágrimas is a 2012 Mexican telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa. It is a remake of Corona de Lágrimas, produced in 1965 and starring Prudencia Grifell and Jorge Lavat. Victoria Ruffo, Africa Zavala and Mané de la Parra star as the protagonists, while Adriana Louvier, Ernesto Laguardia, Martha Julia and Alejandro Nones star as the antagonists.

Release Date2012-09-24

Charactersd Isaías Requena

Episode Count112

Vote Count160

Quinto patio

Ramon is a guy who lives in a neighborhood, in the " fifth courtyard " in urban poverty. Nevertheless, aspires to the love of the daughter of his employer, a woman of another social class.

Release Date1970-03-09

Charactersd El rorro

Vote Count3

Simon Blanco

The peasant and revolutionary Zapatista Simon Blanco still in arms but Zapata is dead. Simon with his lieutenant Andres visits his mother and his girlfriend in his hometown. The cacique Onesimo and his brother, the commissioner Martial put ambushes but he eludes them.

Release Date1975-03-16

Charactersd Ahijado

Vote Count3

Crown of Tears

Doña Refugio works in an office until the bounce and has three children: Fernando who is studying to be a lawyer, doctor and Nacho Edmundo to work in a company as a truck driver gas. Things become difficult within the family and each seek solutions to economic oppression living.

Release Date1968-07-25

Charactersd Nacho Chavero

Vote Count3

Volver, volver, volver

Good son vs bad son melodrama complicates life on the hacienda.

Release Date1977-04-19

Charactersd Prisciliano Renteria

Vote Count3

Pueblo chico, infierno grande

Pueblo chico, infierno grande

Release Date1997-01-06

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Episode Count150

Atrévete a Olvidarme

Atrévete a Olvidarme is a short-lived Mexican telenovela. Running for only one month in 2001, the program starred Adriana Fonseca and Jorge Salinas.

Release Date2001-08-06

DepartmentWriting

JobAdaptation

Episode Count26

Vote Count20

The Achievers

A group of friends go to the United States to hit it big as a musical group and follow the American Dream.

Release Date1978-11-01

Vote Count3

El Rey

Mexican Revolution era: a guerilla faction kidnaps two members of a governing family to negotiate a ransom.

Release Date1976-06-10

Vote Count5

Emiliano Zapata

This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution.

Release Date1970-11-20

Vote Count10

The She Wolf’s Orgy

A woman with a troubled past introduces lust, depravity and sex to a religious commune.

Release Date1972-11-01

Vote Count5

El Macho Goes to Women's Reform School

El Macho's girlfriend mysteriously disappears. He is an expert in sleeping with all kinds of women. To find his fiancée, he sneaks into a women's reform school.

Release Date1989-06-29

Vote Count7

Mi aventura en Puerto Rico

Mom and Pop Aguilar and their two boys tour the island.

Release Date1977-12-08

Vote Count4

Pobre niño rico

Release Date1974-01-01

Vote Count2

Rocambole contra la secta del escorpión

Short-lived superhero-adventure series. One sequel.

Release Date1967-08-04

Vote Count6

Unethical Behaviour

A family in extreme poverty is forced to make a series of sacrifices in order to survive.

Release Date1970-01-29

Vote Count10

Santa

A young and innocent girl is betrayed by the man whom she loves and has to become a prostitute because her family rejects her.

Release Date1969-01-01

Vote Count5

Soy el hijo del gallero

Release Date1978-08-23

Vote Count4

Kung fu mortal: Operación zodiaco

Release Date1987-02-12

Vote Count3

La pistolera

Woman goes vigilante to avenge her son's murder, infiltrates smuggling ring.

Release Date1979-06-05

Vote Count3

La muerte de Pancho Villa

After the Revolution, Villa works on defining his legacy... and then he gets assassinated.

Release Date1974-05-01

Vote Count5

Narcos al acecho

Release Date1988-01-01

Vote Count2

Canción de Navidad

Release Date1974-12-23

Vote Count1

Benny More: Hoy Como Ayer

This documentary follows the career of celebrated Cuban musician Benny More, who, before he made it big, started out as a farmer but eventually found his calling as one of the leading members of the band Matamoros. His talent has lived on decades after his death and is in full display in the numbers he performs in collected footage, including such hits as "Como Fue," "Batanga No. 2," "Hoy Como Aye," and more.

Release Date1987-01-01

Vote Count2