ARMENDÁRIZ, PEDRO JR.

(1940 - )

son of Pedro Armendáriz and actress Carmelita Bohr, on-screen from the mid-1960s, after originally studying to be an architect. Played mostly second leads and some villainous roles until the 1970s, when he began to receive more mature, serious parts. Now something of an eminence gris himself, still active on TV and in occasional film roles. Has also appeared in a substantial number of Hollywood films and other international productions (such as Earthquake, 1974), in part because he - like his father - speaks excellent English. Won the Best Actor Ariel for Mina, viento de libertad ('76), and received nominations for Los pequeños privilegios ('77) and Rastro de muerte ('81) - both for Best Actor - and Best Supporting Actor for Dos crímenes ('94).