Birth Date: | May 15, 1961 |
Birth Place: | Madrid, Spain |
Citizenship: | Mexico, Spain |
Occupation: | Actor, director, writer, producer, TV host |
Years Active: | 1986–present |
Spouse: | Maya Goded |
Children: | 2 |
Daniel Giménez Cacho (born May 15, 1961) is a Spanish-born Mexican actor and Ariel award winner, best known for portraying Tito the Coroner in Cronos (1993) and We Are What We Are (2010).
He starred in several Mexican films and television series, such as Sólo Con Tu Pareja, Cronos, Midaq Alley, Tear This Heart Out and Bad Education. He has worked with several prominent Hispanic filmmakers, including Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, Jorge Fons and Pedro Almodóvar. He appeared in La hora marcada, the series written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro, and in the Mexican telenovela Teresa.[1] His voice is heard throughout Y tu mamá también as the narrator. In 2009, he starred in the Mexican remake for the Argentinian series Locas de Amor. Cacho played the Armenian priest in The Promise, a film set in the Armenian genocide.[2] [3]
In October 2023, he joined the open letter called "Artists Against Apartheid" during the concurrent escalation of violence in Palestine.[4]