
Jacobo Morales
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Acting Credits
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Directed
Biography
Jacobo Morales Ramírez (born November 12, 1934) is a Puerto Rican actor, poet, writer, playwright, filmmaker, and auteur. He is considered by many to be the most influential filmmaker in Puerto Rico. Jacobo Morales' "Lo que le pasó a Santiago" (1989) reached an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990, being the only Academy Award recognition a Puerto Rican film has yet to reach.
Known For
Filmography

No me quiero ir de aquí: Una más
2025

Broche de oro: Comienzos
2017
as Rafael

Esta insistente manía de ser feliz
2017
as Himself

Andrea y Lorenzo
2016
as Priest

Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual
2014
as Himself

I Am a Director
2013
as Jacobo

Broche de oro
2012
as Rafael Medina
Medio minuto
2012

Il Viaggio
2010

El viaje de Tortuga
2010
Todo el año es Navidad
2009
as Nicolás
La recompensa
2008
as Paco

Angel
2007
as Mariano Farías
El cuerpo del delito
2005

Pa' eso estamos
2005
as Cliente

Dios los cría 2
2004

Amores
2004

Desandando la vida
2003
as Julio Dones

Julia, toda en mí
2002
Abelardo Díaz Alfaro: Homenaje Póstumo
1999
as Self

Angelito mío
1998
as Dios
Cuentos para despertar
1998
as Peyo Mercé

Entangling Shadows
1998
as Self

The Effects of Magic
1998
as Rodolfo

Jugando en serio
1998

Linda Sara
1995
as Pablo
Cuentos de Abelardo
1990
as Peyo Mercé
San Juan Story
1990
as Víctor Torres

Lo que le pasó a Santiago
1989
as Arístides Esquilín

Nicolás y los demás
1986
as Nicolás
Manos a la obra: The Story of Operation Bootstrap
1983
as Self

Dios los cría...
1979
as Alberto Palacios (segment "Entre Doce Y Una")

Dios los cría...
1979
as Fernando Sepúlveda (segment "La Otra")

Up the Sandbox
1972
as Fidel Castro

Bananas
1971
as Esposito

Arocho y Clemente: los que murieron en la horca
1970

La criada malcriada
1965
as Moralito