Actor
· Directing
Jacobo Morales
Born 1934-11-12
📍 Lajas, Puerto Rico
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.
Filmography 25
No me quiero ir de aquí: Una más
2025
DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (Short Film)
as Señor
2025
Broche de oro: Comienzos
as Rafael
2017
Esta insistente manía de ser feliz
as Himself
2017
Andrea y Lorenzo
as Priest
2016
Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual
as Himself
2014
I Am a Director
as Jacobo
2013
Broche de oro
as Rafael Medina
2012
El viaje de Tortuga
2010
Il Viaggio
2010
Angel
as Mariano Farías
2007
Desandando la vida
as Julio Dones
2003
Angelito mío
as Dios
1998
The Effects of Magic
as Rodolfo
1998
Entangling Shadows
as Self
1998
Jugando en serio
1998
Linda Sara
as Pablo
1995
What Happened to Santiago
as Arístides Esquilín
1989
Nicolás y los demás
as Nicolás
1986
Dios los cría...
as Alberto Palacios (segment "Entre Doce Y Una")
1979
Dios los cría...
as Fernando Sepúlveda (segment "La Otra")
1979
Up the Sandbox
as Fidel Castro
1972
Bananas
as Esposito
1971
Arocho y Clemente: los que murieron en la horca
1970
La criada malcriada
as Moralito
1965