Axel Jodorowsky | |
Birth Date: | 24 July 1965 |
Birth Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
Death Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
Occupation: | Actor |
Years Active: | 1971–2022 |
Father: | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
Relatives: | Brontis Jodorowsky (brother), Adán Jodorowsky (brother), Alma Jodorowsky (niece) |
Axel Cristóbal Jodorowsky (24 July 1965 – 15 September 2022),[1] also known as Cristóbal Jodorowsky, was a Mexican-French actor, writer, painter, playwright, trainer, and tarologist. He was the son of the Chilean-French film and theater director Alejandro Jodorowsky and French actress Valérie Trumblay, brother to Brontis Jodorowsky and Adán Jodorowsky, and the uncle of Alma Jodorowsky.
In adulthood, the artist decided to change his name in the midst of practicing psychomagic and began to be named as Cristóbal.
Axel was best known for his performance as Fenix in his father's 1989 avant-garde horror film Santa Sangre for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor[2] and the documentary about psychoshamanism Quantum Men directed by Carlos Serrano Azcona.