Agustín Bernal is a Mexican

Mexico

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 actor

Actor

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, director

Film director

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, writer

Writer

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, and producer

Film producer

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, mostly known for his frequent appearances in Mexican urban westerns, action films, and crime thrillers. He is sometimes credited as Augustine Bernal.

Career

Most of his portrayals include tough, violent cops

Police officer

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 or vigilante

Vigilante

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s, and cruel, ruthless criminals or drug lord

Drug lord

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s. He is one of the most well-known faces in the genre, along with Mario

Mario Almada (actor)

Mario Almada Otero is a Mexican actor. His career has run for over seventy years. He is mostly known for his roles in Mexican urban westerns and action cinema, often portraying the 'good guy'. The IMDB lists him appearing in about three hundred films...

 and Fernando Almada, even though he doesn't enjoy their relative fame. The IMDb lists him appearing in over a hundred and fifty films. After being absent from the industry since his last film in 2005, he was most recently seen in the 2007 Mexican TV show 'El Pantera

El Pantera

El Pantera is a Mexican television series released by Canal 5. It is based on a comic book of the same name. It narrates the life of Gervasio, a young man who fights crime in Mexico City...

'. He has also appeared in some minor soft porn movies.

Despite his extensive film career, he is one of the most elusive actors in the genre; there's almost no information on him on the Internet

Internet

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 and printed media. During an interview in January, 2007 he expressed his interest in contending for the Mayor

Mayor

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 office of his native town of Parácuaro

Parácuaro

Parácuaro is a municipality of Michoacán, Mexico. It is a Chichimeca word for "Place where has it own sticks for one roof".-History:In the PreHispanic era, Parácuaro is thought to have been inhabited by Nahuas and later conquered by the chief Tarasco Utucuma.During the colonial period, the Spanish...

, Michoacán

Michoacán

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, under the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution

Party of the Democratic Revolution

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, of which he is an active member.

Selected filmography

• El Pantera
  El Pantera
  El Pantera is a Mexican television series released by Canal 5. It is based on a comic book of the same name. It narrates the life of Gervasio, a young man who fights crime in Mexico City...
  
  (TV) (2007)
• El Cártel de Zacatecas (also director) (2005)
• Desde el Infierno (also director) (2004)
• Cruz de Amapola (2003)
• A Calzón Quitado (also director) (2003)
• El Fin de los Arellano (2003)
• Cholos, la Ley del Barrio (2003)
• Tianguis, Ratas de la Ciudad (2003)
• Los Commandos (2002)
• El Marihuano (also director) (2002)
• Sangre de Pandilleros (also director) (2002)
• El Rey del Secuestro (also director) (2002)
• El Bruto (also director) (2002)
• La Banda de los Panchitos 2 (2001)
• Duelo de Cabrones (also director) (2001)
• Malditos Violadores (also director) (2001)
• El Cholo y el Pachuco (2001)
• Los Narcos de la Sierra (also director) (2001)
• La Cheyenne Pesada (also director) (2000)
• Cholos Empericados (2000)
• El Último de los Cholos (2000)
• El Regreso de Camelia la Chicana (2000)
• Monjas Narcotraficantes (1999)
• Acosados por la Mafia (1999)
• La Fuga de Arizmendi 2 (1999)
• Peleas Salvajes (also director) (1998)
• Los 3 de la Sierra (1998)
• La Fuga de Arizmendi (1998)
• Violencia Policiaca (1997)
• La Cheyenne del Año (1997)
• Puños de Acero (1996)
• Escuadrón Aguila (also director) (1995)
• El Castrado (also director) (1995)
• El Asesino del Zodiaco (1993)

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