Biography

Agustín Bernal was born in 1959 in Paracuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. He was an actor and director, known for Demoledor (1995), Peleas salvajes (1998) and Los asesinos (1998). He died on January 8, 2018 in Parácuaro, Michoacán, Mexico.

Always protrays tough, violent cops or vigilantes, and cruel, ruthless criminals or drug lords.

During an interview in January, 2007 he expressed his interest in contending for the Mayor office of his native town of Parácuaro, Michoacán, under the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution, of which he is an active member.

I joined the army when I was 15 because I liked guns and I thought that in the army there would be lots of guns. I still like guns but now I collect keys. After six years I left and went to the United States to work - illegally of course. I stayed two years, working in a factory producing Jacuzzis, and a chicken farm.

I liked playing villains more than good guys, who only really have one expression. Bad guys are more complex. They do good things sometimes - investing in towns, helping people. Not that our films are like Narcocorridos, which glorify them. In the vast majority the traffickers end up in prison on in their grave.