Valentín Trujillo (actor)
Rafael Valentín Trujillo Gazcón (28 March 1951 – 4 May 2006) was a Mexican actor, writer and director.  His career spanned 48 years, where he appeared in over 140 films and directed 20 films.

Early life
Trujillo was born on 28 March 1951, in a show business family as his grandfather was film producer Valentín Gazcón and his uncle was actor Gilberto Gazcón. He made his film debut as an infant.

Trujillo studied law at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), but chose to become an actor instead after obtaining his degree.

Career

Early career
Trujillo made his acting debut at the age of seven in the film El Gran Pillo (1958).  As a teen he acted in the Columbia Pictures release Rage (1966) alongside Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens.

Stardom
Beginning in the early 1970s, Trujillo was cast often as the male lead.  The film Las figuras de arena (1970) directed by Roberto Gavaldón established him as a leading man. He worked steadily as the leading man in action films over the next decade, completing over 30 films between 1970 and 1979.

In addition to action films, Trujillo expanded his range in a number of films that incorporated commentary about modern social issues and politics in Mexico. The film Perro Callejero (1980) won a Silver Goddess for Best Picture and Trujillo, who portrayed the lead drunken character, was awarded Best Actor by Premios ACE.

Later career and death
Trujillo met actress Lucía Méndez on the set of a film in 1972 and they dated for three years, though he ended the relationship after she refused to marry him. Trujillo married another actress, Patricia María, and they had three children: Valentín Jr., Patricia and Rodrigo. He later married Scarlett Alvarado, with whom he had a son. Valentín Jr. went on to become a film director and producer.

Beginning in the 1980s, Trujillo began writing and directing his films. He made his directorial debut with the 1986 release of . He released several popular action films and was soon the top box office draw in Mexico.

Trujillo was nominated for several Ariel Awards in the 1980s, including Best Supporting Actor for El Ansia de Matar (1987) and Best Story and Screenplay for Violación (1989). The latter also was the first film to co-star his son, Valentin Trujillo Jr. Together they co-starred in close to 20 films together before Trujillo's untimely death.

Trujillo died in his sleep from a heart attack on 4 May 2006; he was 55 years old.

Actor 

2007: Así me lo conto el abuelo (video)
2000: 2000 Entre perico y perico       (video)
1999: El comerciante       (video)
1999: Horas amargas      
1999: La danza del venado      
1999: Las dos hectareas       (video)
1999: Mi oficio es ser asaltante       (video)
1999: Mis animales y yo      
1999: Polícia de narcóticos 2      
1998: Cuatro meses de libertad      Director de Cine
1998: Derrumbe mortal      
1998: El mochaorejas      
1998: Fiera salvaje       (video)
1998: Juramento cumplido       (video)
1998: La 4X4      
1998: La Dinastia de los Quintero       (video)
1998: Lluvia de plomo       (video)
1998: Masacre en Ensenada       (video)
1998: Mi último contrabando       (video)
1998: Sucedió en el aguaje      
1998: Un pasado violento       (video)
1997: Amor en tiempos de coca      
1997: Caceria de judiciales      
1997: Caminero      Don Atenor
1997: Con fuego en la sangre       (video)
1997: Destino traidor       (video)
1997: El gallo galindo      
1997: El manco      
1997: Entre cartas y gallos       (video)
1997: Pesadilla infernal      
1997: Ratas de barrio      
1997: Secuestradores      
1997: Traición en la hacienda       (video)
1997: Un alacran y un gallo       (video)
1997: Violencia policiaca      
1996: Balneario Nacional       (video)
1996: Destino final      
1996: El chacal del puerto       (video)
1996: El maldito       (video)
1996: El rigór de la ley      
1996: Intriga en el paraíso      Fernando
1996: Juventud en drogas      
1996: Operación masacre       (video)
1996: Sangre salvaje       (video)
1996: Trampa para un inocente       (video)
1996: Víctimas de la ambición      Ing. Fernando Cortés
1996: Violencia perversa       (video)
1995: Al son de la metralleta      German Funes
1995: Atrapados      Perro
1995: Pistoleros anonimos       (video)
1995: Rafaga de cuerno de chivo       (video)
1995: Tiempo de muerte 2      Robles
1995: Violencia en la obscuridad      
1995: Violencia en la oscuridad      
1995: Violencia en la sierra      Valente Rojas
1994: Desesperación criminal (video)
1994: Imposible de matar      
1994: Juego violento (video)
1994: Tiempo de muerte (video)
1993: Burlando la ley Jorge
1993: Hombres de acero
1992: Secuestro de un periodista
1992: Venganza
1991: La verdadera historia de Barman y Droguin El Ejecutor
1991: Un hombre despiadado
1990: El último escape Revendedor
1990: Carrera contra la muerte
1990: Cargando con el tiezo
1990: Jefe policiaco
1989: Violación
1989: Atrapado
1988: Mi fantasma y yo
1988: En peligro de muerte
1988: A sangre y fuego
1987: Cacería humana
1987: Ansia de matar
1987: La pandilla infernal Lorenzo Rojas
1987: Yo el ejecutor
1987: Dias de matanza      
1986: Policía de narcóticos Julian Carrera 
1986: El cafre
1986: Ratas de la ciudad Pedro
1986: Un hombre violento Julian Carrera
1985: Juana Iris (TV series) Bernardo (1985)
1984: Perros salvajes
1983: Dos de abajo
1983: Las modelos de desnudos
1983: Fieras en brama
1983: Demon Huntere Herrero
1982: El Bronco
1981: Perro callejero II El Perro
1981: La muerte del Palomo
1980: El hombre sin miedo Domingo Aparicio
1980: Hijos de tigre
1980: Los dos amigos
1980: Del otro lado del puente
1980: Perro callejero     
1980: Tres de presidio
1979: La banda del Polvo Maldito
1979: El hijo del palenque
1979: Mexicano hasta las cachas Mauro
1979: El valiente vive... hasta que el cobarde quiere Fernando
1978: Pasiones encendidas (TV series) Marcial (1978)
1978: Son tus perjúmenes mujer
1978: Death in Cold Blood
1978: Mataron a Camelia la Texana
1978: Raza de viboras
1978: Carroña
1977: ¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal? José (as Valentin Trujillo)
1977: Contrabando y traición Emilio Varela
1977: Traigo la sangre caliente
1977: Como gallos de pelea
1976: La virgen de Guadalupe Temoch
1976: Acorralados
1976: Alas doradas
1976: Mañana será otro día (TV series) Roberto
1975: La otra virginidad
1975: Simon Blanco Capuleque
1974: Cabalgando a la luna
1974: El desconocido
1973: Novios y amantes 
1973: Cuando quiero llorar no lloro Victorino Peralta
1973: El diablo en persona Guadalupe Padilla
1972: Cuna de valientes Roberto Otero
1972: El ausente Valente Rojas Jr.
1972: Hoy he soñado con Dios Antonio
1971: Más allá de la violencia
1971: Ya somos hombres
1971: El juicio de los hijos Alberto
1971: Pequeñeces (TV series)
1970: Simplemente vivir Gerardo
1970: Las figuras de arena     
1968: México de noche Julio
1966: Rage José
1963: Smiles of the City
1962: Behind the Clouds Niño herido (uncredited)
1962: El Extra (as Valentin Trujillo Gazcón)
1961: Juan sin miedo (uncredited) 
1961: Three Sad Tigers
1961: Suerte te dé Dios Hijo de Chon
1960: El gran pillo (as Valentín Trujillo Gazcón)

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1951 births
2006 deaths
Golden Ariel Award winners
Ariel Award winners
Mexican male film actors
Male actors from Jalisco
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
20th-century Mexican male actors