He is one of the most prolific and well-known actors in our country, with dozens of film and television roles to his credit.
He made his film debut with “Amores Perros” (Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu), a film nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar, and throughout his career he would work under the direction of major figures in the film industry, such as Felipe Cazals, Carlos Bolado, Luis Estrada, Luis Mandoki, Issa López, Mariana Chenillo, and Michel Franco, among others.
Sánchez Parra has appeared in notable films, such as “De la calle” (Dir. Gerardo Tort); “Matando Cabos” (Dir. Alejandro Lozano); ‘The Three Burials of Melquíades Estrada’ (Dir. Tommy Lee Jones); ‘Almost Divas’ (Dir. Issa López); ‘Leap Year’ (Dir. Michael Rowe), winner of Best First Feature at the Cannes Film Festival (2010); ‘The Mongolian Conspiracy’ (Dir. Sebastián del Amo); ‘Tamara and the Catarina’ (Dir. Lucía Carreras); ‘New Order’ (Dir. Michel Franco); “Sound of Freedom” (Dir. Alejandro Monteverde); “Pet Shop Days” (Dir. Olmo Schnabel), co-starring Willem Dafoe; ‘The Wingwalker’ (Dir. Alonso Álvarez), alongside Omar Chaparro; ‘Caballero Águila’ (Dir. Alejandro Blázquez) ‘Olmo’ (Dir. Fernando Eimbcke), presented in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) and also part of “A Billion to One” (Dir. Rodrigo Valdés).
His work has been recognized with awards such as the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor for “Amores Perros” (2001); the film “Rabia” (Dir. Sebastián Cordero) earned him the Best Actor award at the Málaga Film Festival in Spain and the Guadalajara Film Festival in Mexico (2010); and, for his role in “La Tirisia” (Dir. Jorge Pérez Solano), he also received a Best Actor award at the Guadalajara International Film Festival (2014).
On television, we've seen him star in projects for various networks, such as “Hermanos y detectives” (Televisa), “Capadocia” (HBO), “Cloroformo” (Adicta Films), “Until I Met You” (BTF Media), “El César” (BTF Media), “Run Coyote Run” (FOX), and “El Recluso” (Telemundo); as well as other streaming productions such as “A Crime Story: Colosio” (Netflix), “The Candidate” (Amazon Prime Video), “The Cleaning Lady” (HBO Max), “The Refuge” (Lionsgate), “High Tide” (ViX) and “The Collapse” (ViX).
