Acclaimed Mexican actor Emilio Echevarría has died at the age of 80, it was announced on Monday by The Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences.
The star, who appeared in the James Bond movie Die Another Day and the Brad Pitt ensemble Babel, passed away on Saturday.
He is also known for the role of El Chivo opposite Gael Garcia Bernal in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s gritty underworld film Amores Perros from 2000.
And he made two more projects with Bernal: Y Tu Mama Tambien and Mozart in the Jungle.
The star was born in Mexico City and started acting in the 1970s. He went on to become a national treasure as he was nominated three times for Mexico’s Ariel Awards.
Acclaimed Mexican actor Emilio Echevarría has died at the age of 80, it was announced on Monday by The Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences; seen in 2004
The star appeared in the James Bond movie Die Another Day with Pierce Brosnan in 2002
Though he entered the acting world in the 1970s, he did not get his big break until the late 1980s.
Echevarría’s first role was in 1989’s Intimidad then made Bathroom Intimacy and Los Pasos de Ana.
His first major part came in the twisted drama Amores Perros.
The bilingual star then had a sizable role in the 2001 flick Y Tu Mamá También with Bernal as well as notable Mexican actor Diego Luna who is best known for Narcos.
Next he stood out as intelligence operative and Bond ally Raoul opposite Brosnan in Die Another Day in 2002.
Halle Berry and Rosamund Pike were also in the 007 adventure that had the settings of North Korea and Cuba.
Emilio was then in John Lee Hancock’s The Alamo (2004).
He is also known for the role of El Chivo opposite Gael Garcia Bernal in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s gritty underworld film Amores Perros from 2000
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Tom Ortenberg, Emilio Echevarria, Marta Sosa, Gael Garcia Bernal, Mark Amin
Emilio was then in John Lee Hancock’s The Alamo (2004)
He played a man named Emilio in the film Babel which also starred Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in 2006
Other credits include 1990’s Dying in the Gulf, 2015’s A Monster With A Thousand Heads and 2018’s The Chosen.
All three of those performances earned Echevarría an Ariel Award nomination.
Emilio also worked with friend Bernal in Mozart in the Jungle (2015) about Maestro Thomas takes his final bow with the New York Symphony.
Applause dies down, and the orchestra’s chairwoman introduces a new conductor – young, flamboyant, talented Rodrigo, who strides onto the stage, bows and turns his baton into a rose.
The show also starred Bernadette Peters and Malcolm McDowell.
Emilio is survived by his daughter, actress Lourdes Echevarría who has been in Dark Cities and A Mother’s Love.
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