Javier Ruán
Biography
Javier Ruán Jaimes (1940–2021) was a Mexican actor, screenwriter, educator, and voice actor with a career spanning more than five decades. Trained in philosophy, pedagogy, and dramatic arts at institutions including the INBA and the Escuela Normal Superior, Ruán combined intellectual rigor with a deep social sensibility. He made his film debut in 1967 in Corona de Lágrimas (dir. Alejandro Galindo) and went on to appear in over forty films, earning an Ariel Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Los Marcados (1971). Alongside his extensive film work, he became widely recognized for his roles in Mexican television and radio, as well as for his acclaimed work as a writer. Ruán received numerous honors for his artistic legacy, including the Medalla Virginia Fábregas and the Cabeza Olmeca, and was named Hijo Predilecto of Nahuatzen, Michoacán. His autobiographical book Los de adelante corren mucho… reflects his profound commitment to education, art, and social memory.
Known For & Full Filmography26 Titles
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Isaías Requena
When Refugio and her three sons—Patricio, Edmundo, and Ignacio—are forced out of their home, a twist of fate brings them to Mexico City, where they begin a new life. Eighteen years later, they are settled in a small apartment in a working-class neighborhood. Refugio holds a modest job; although she suffers from serious vision problems, she neglects her own health to attend to her sons' needs. Patricio is studying law and dreams of a comfortable, prosperous future; his mother admires him for his charitable nature. Meanwhile, Edmundo begins courting Lucero—unintentionally hurting Ignacio, who secretly loved her—while Refugio tries in vain to make Patricio understand that he will never be happy with Olga.
Drama Series - 2007, 16 episodes • as Demetrio Urban
A romance blossoms between a young country woman and the grandson of the late owner of a tequila company. The young man promises to return and marry his girlfriend once he finishes his studies abroad, unaware that she has become pregnant.
Drama Series - 2008, 16 episodes • as Miguel Rascón
Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind.
Movie - 1975, 2h 15m • as Ahijado
The peasant and revolutionary Zapatista Simon Blanco still in arms but Zapata is dead. Simon with his lieutenant Andres visits his mother and his girlfriend in his hometown. The cacique Onesimo and his brother, the commissioner Martial put ambushes but he eludes them.
Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as El rorro
Ramon is a guy who lives in a neighborhood, in the " fifth courtyard " in urban poverty. Nevertheless, aspires to the love of the daughter of his employer, a woman of another social class.
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • as Miner
When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…
Movie - 1974, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Coco is a boy who feels lonely because his father works all the time and his mother is always playing cards with other women. When he hears that his parents are planning to divorce, Coco makes plans to run away.
Movie - 1974, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1968, 2h 15m • as Nacho Chavero
Doña Refugio works in an office until the bounce and has three children: Fernando who is studying to be a lawyer, doctor and Nacho Edmundo to work in a company as a truck driver gas. Things become difficult within the family and each seek solutions to economic oppression living.
Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • as Prisciliano Renteria
Good son vs bad son melodrama complicates life on the hacienda.
Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1974, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
After the Revolution, Villa works on defining his legacy... and then he gets assassinated.
Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A family in extreme poverty is forced to make a series of sacrifices in order to survive.
Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • as El Niño
The Kid is a vicious psychopath given to laughing a lot, an actor manqué who leads a gang of looters and rapists, and is incestuous with his father to boot. The town’s resident Mater Dolorosa, madam of the brothel, hires her lover Marcado to kill the Kid, who is of course her son.
Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
El Macho's girlfriend mysteriously disappears. He is an expert in sleeping with all kinds of women. To find his fiancée, he sneaks into a women's reform school.
Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution.
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Short-lived superhero-adventure series. One sequel.
Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • as Germán
A woman with a troubled past introduces lust, depravity and sex to a religious commune.
Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A group of friends go to the United States to hit it big as a musical group and follow the American Dream.
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Mexican Revolution era: a guerilla faction kidnaps two members of a governing family to negotiate a ransom.
Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A young and innocent girl is betrayed by the man whom she loves and has to become a prostitute because her family rejects her.
Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Mom and Pop Aguilar and their two boys tour the island.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
This documentary follows the career of celebrated Cuban musician Benny More, who, before he made it big, started out as a farmer but eventually found his calling as one of the leading members of the band Matamoros. His talent has lived on decades after his death and is in full display in the numbers he performs in collected footage, including such hits as "Como Fue," "Batanga No. 2," "Hoy Como Aye," and more.
Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Woman goes vigilante to avenge her son's murder, infiltrates smuggling ring.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.