
Armando Espitia
Acting
Biography
Armando Espitia (b. 1991, Mexico City) is a Mexican film, theater, and television actor. He is known for his debut in the 2013 film Heli, directed by Amat Escalante. He starred in Our Mothers, which won the Caméra d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, and also headlined I Carry You With Me, directed by Heidi Ewing.
Known For

Regional manager Jerónimo Ponce III leads the Aguascalientes branch of the family-run Jabones Olimpo, where the employees have to endure the headaches of working for a family business where the boss is not qualified to lead the company.
La oficina

The story of Daniel Arizmendi's rise, the corruption and fear that allowed his gang to terrorize Mexico in the 1990s, where he became known as "el mochaorejas" for his shady crimes
El Mochaorejas

A former U.S. Marine, Lázaro Mendoza, enters a maximum security prison in Mexico (La Rotunda), under a false identity and accused of an alleged triple murder. Now as Dante Pardo, his mission is to infiltrate a dangerous band of inmates and guards that operate inside and outside of prison who are the prime suspects of the kidnapping of the teenage daughter of U.S. Judge, John Morris. Inside La Rotunda, Lázaro has to find out who carried out the kidnapping and the whereabouts of the girl.
The Inmate

The story of Violetta, a young woman who flees her native Mexico to start anew in New York City. But instead of a living a dream, Violetta is awoken to a harsh reality when she runs out of money, sending her into the arms of the villainous Nefastófeles.
Diablo Guardián

Two Vatican officials with very different conceptions of what faith is are sent to different parts of the world to investigate and verify the veracity of alleged miracles and healings attributed to members of the church.
The Envoys

The newly separated Leonor comes from the monied class, while sixteen year old aspiring ballerina Emilia does not. They begin a tense pas de deux waiting out Emilia’s pregnancy in a remote country home, isolated from the world and each other.
Heartbeat

After a tarot reader tells her that the love of her life is not in the future, but in the past, and that she must find him before her 30th birthday, young and impulsive María undertakes a desperate search to find love, with the help of her best friends: Pedro, Ana and Lolo, and thus create her list of exes.
Mi lista de exes

Two workers from Video Vega, the last video rental store in the city, discover the identity of a local serial killer.
Video Vega

An epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in provincial Mexico. Based on a true story, ambition and societal pressure propel an aspiring chef to leave his soulmate and make the treacherous journey to New York, where life will never be the same.
I Carry You with Me

Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.
Heli

The profound desire to become a mother and pressure from her surroundings drive Alejandra to fake a pregnancy. What begins as a simple lie turns into a complex charade and unleashes a media scandal that makes it impossible for her to continue the pretence.
A Child of My Own

Ana, a young Spanish woman who has just been dumped by her boyfriend, and her brother Tono, receive a call from their father to tell him that he is getting married in Mexico to a woman he met on the Internet. When they get there, they discover that the girl is 30 years younger than her father and they begin to live with her new in-laws, with the inevitable cultural clashes that this will entail.
My Father's Mexican Wedding

When Sonia receives the news that her husband’s cancer has progressed to a critical stage, she races to secure the insurance company’s approval for the care that can help him.
A Monster with a Thousand Heads

A small seductor pays homage to Mauricio Garces movies. Two years have gone by since Raul suffered a terrible love disappointment that transformed him into Sombra, a master of seduction. Raul shares his don juan secrets with Rodolfo, Luis and Waldo, three funny characters who don´t have any luck with women.
The Seduction School

After a nocturnal earthquake in Oaxaca, phone systems across Mexico collapse, forcing people to turn to public phones to communicate. Personal tensions and crises emerge amid the disconnection, revealing deep internal struggles and complex social dynamics in a chaotic context.
Public Phone

Guatemala, 2018. The country is riveted on the trial of the military officers who started the civil war. The victims’ testimonials keep pouring in. Ernesto, a young anthropologist at the Forensic Foundation, identifies people who have gone missing. One day, through an old lady’s story, Ernesto thinks he has found a lead that will allow him to find his father, a guerillero who disappeared during the war.
Our Mothers

Diana and Marco are a couple and also fans of a series of unfinished comics starring a mexican wrestler known as 'Máscara Escarlata'. Since they both have very different ideas about how the story should have ended, they decide to look for the creator of the series to end the discussion.
El Fin

A family on the brink of a break up: dad is about to throw out mom because of her gambling addiction, the oldest boy's girlfriend is about to leave him because of his epilepsy and the youngest child thinks he has the perfect plan to bring the family back together again.
Help Me Make It Through the Night

Bere is an unsuccessful stand-up comedian who gets kidnapped by Mino and Sal outside the bar where she works. They want to use the money to pay for Focha's recovery. But the kidnapping will not go as planned.
Berehezade

The economy has collapsed. In a universe of moral and economic impoverishment, we find Flavia, a spoiled teenager with artistic aspirations that are somewhat frustrated when she is not accepted at the University. Her neighbor Martin, a mature man with rigid routines, is her antipode. When Flavia meets Martin, there are sparks of friction at all times, and the situation is unlikely to get any better.