Noé Hernández

Noé Hernández Álvarez (born November 10, 1969) is a Mexican actor. Following his studies of Dramatic Arts at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, he became a high school teacher and founded an experimental theater group. After relocating to Mexico City he was offered little roles on several films, including Propiedad Ajena and Sin Nombre. His first lead role was Lino Valdez in Miss Bala, gaining popular recognition and earning a nomination for an Ariel Award for Best Actor.

Hernández was praised for his role of Canelita in the film La Tirisia (2014) and won the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was also featured in the TV series Crónica de Castas and La Hermandad. For his performance in the film Mexican Gangster: La Leyenda del Charro Misterioso he received a Diosa de Plata nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He received further recognition for playing gang leader Martín in the Mexican film 600 Millas, for which he won a second Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2016. For his leading role in the film Ocho de Cada Diez, Hernández received the Ariel Award for Best Actor.

Background Noé Hernández Álvarez was born in November 10, 1969 in Atitalaquía, Hidalgo, Mexico, to peasant parents. He studied Dramatic Arts at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico State. He was about to enroll to be a lawyer, but changed his mind at the last minute after browsing the school brochure, since he used to perform in theater production while in high school. The film was selected to represent Mexico in the category for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards and received three nominations for the 54th Ariel Awards, for Best Picture, Best Director (Naranjo), and Best Actor for Hernández.

Second lead role in Chalán and the award-winning role in La Tirisia In 2012, Hernández joined the cast of Colosio: El Asesinato, and the TV film Chalán, produced by Canal 22 and directed by Jorge Michel Grau. In Chalán, he played Alan, a driver and assistant to a federal deputy, and this role was his opportunity to play a different role from the villains of previous films, as he told El Informador: "I try to take care of my career, not being involved in any given project, and when I got this role, I really liked it. It is a completely different character to what I was doing before, as in Miss Bala or El Infierno. Those are the challenges that I like, those who do not pigeonhole you, allowing you to put a spin on your work. Characters that are alive and well built".

Hernández signed to play Canelita, the gay best friend of Cheba (Adriana Paz) in La Tirisia, a film written, produced and directed by Jorge Pérez Solano (2014). The plot, inspired by a popular term named tirisia (which means "a perpetual sadness defined as 'the death of the spirit'"), is set in the Mixteca region of Mexico, and centers on two women (Paz and Gabriela Cartol) who were impregnated by Sylvestre (Gustavo Sánchez Parra). Hernández said to El Universal: "the director told me: you wanted an acting challenge and acting to stop doing the same violent roles, this is it, take it". The film was not exhibited on commercial movie theaters in Mexico since the distribution was expensive; instead, La Tirisia was screened at film festivals such as the Chicago International Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival and Toulouse Latin American Film Festival, and later had a month-and-a-half exhibition at the Mexican art house Cineteca Nacional. At the Ariel Awards of 2015, Hernández received the Best Supporting Actor accolade for the role in the film. At the time, a project with director Nacho Ortíz fell through, and four other films co-starred by Hernández were not distributed in Mexico. "Fortunately I'm not married, I have a son who I help moderately and every month I try to survive. Sometimes I say, 'I have income to pay rent for three months I can hold on a little', but then I start to worry and say 'time is running out and what can I do'. This situation has been quite difficult for me," the actor told El Universal. The same year, Hernández joined filmmaker Gabriel Ripstein on his directorial debut with 600 Millas, produced by Ripstein and Mexican director Michel Franco. The screenplay, by Ripstein and Issa López, was inspired by the ATF gunwalking scandal. In the film, weapons smuggler Arnulfo Rubio (Kristyan Ferrer) works for a Mexican cartel led by his uncle Martín (Hernández). ATF agent Hank Harris (Tim Roth), who tries to arrest him, is kidnapped by Rubio to bring to his bosses; during the drive, they became friends. 600 Millas premiered in the Panorama Section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, opened in 150 screens in Mexico on December 4, 2015, and was selected to represent the country at the 88th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Coincidentally, La Tirisia, Hernández's previous film, was selected to represent the country for the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film in Spain. In 2016, 600 Miles received 13 nominations for the 58th Ariel Awards, and Hernández won his second consecutive award for Best Supporting Actor.

TV roles and Los Inquilinos Following his tenure in the first season of the TV series Crónica de Castas, Hernández agreed to be the villain in La Hermandad, a series developed by Claro Video, directed by Carlos Bolado and co-starred by Colombian actor Manolo Cardona and Spanish actress Paz Vega. About his role (Pedro Castro — a police chief), the actor told to the Associated Press: "He is a very particular villain. He does not like to see people suffer, so instead of torturing them, he kills them fast". The actor also filmed in Guadalajara, Inquilinos, playing a janitor in a multifamily complex where a series of supernatural events occur.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 Propiedad Ajena Capataz 2008 Espiral Macario 2009 Sin Nombre Resistol 2013 Acción en Movimiento — 2024 Dead Man's SwitchCarlos López Párvulos: Children of the ApocalypseEnoc Pedro Páramo Abundio 2026 Facing El Chapo Rosales

Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 Capadocia Roland Season 2 2011 Fronteras — 2014 Crónica de Castas Miguel 2 episodes 2016 La Hermandad Pedro Castro Season 1 2019 ZeroZeroZero Varas Season 1 2020 Narcos: Mexico Rafael Aguilar Guajardo Seasons 2 and 3 2022 La Reina del Sur General Carlos Garrido Season 3