# Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez

Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez Martínez (born 17 October 1946) is a Mexican actor and comedian who has appeared in over 140 films and television shows in Mexico.

## Biography

Manuel Ibáñez Martínez was born on 17 October 1946, the youngest of four children and the only male child in his family. His father was a day laborer who separated from the family shortly after his son was born. Because his mother had no career of her own, Ibáñez had to assist his family economically from a young age. His mother's brother, Domingo, assisted the family and provided Ibáñez with a much needed father figure during childhood.
After the death of his mother in 1968, Ibáñez started working as a photojournalist in a news agency that had been created by some of his friends. He was sent to cover the student movement of that year, but soon realized that he wanted to be a performer instead.
He enrolled under the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and after competing in an oral poetry competition won a scholarship to study acting at the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature in Mexico City.
Ibáñez has become one of the icons of Mexican comedy, thanks to his roles in such films as Llegamos, los fregamos y nos fuimos, Los peseros, Los plomeros y las ficheras, El rey de las ficheras, La chica del alacrán de oro, and Lagunilla mi barrio. He has worked with many well known actors, such as Carmen Salinas, Luis de Alba, Alfonso Zayas, Andrés García, Isela Vega, Rafael Inclán, Mario Almada, Sasha Montenegro and Agustín Bernal.
Women have been a major factor in his life, as evidenced by his five marriages. The first, when he was 24 years of age, gave him his first child, Miranda, but quickly ended in divorce. His current wife is Jacqueline Castro, with whom he has had two daughters, Tanya and Daniel. He is also the father of actress Daniela Ibañez.
Ibáñez teaches acting as part of the Centro de Capacitación Artística (CEA) ("Artistic Training Center") of the media company Televisa. He made his television writing debut on the 2005 sitcom Vecinos ("Neighbours"), produced by Eugenio Derbez, in which he also appeared in a recurring acting role. In 2006, Ibáñez moved to Argentina for a major role in the telenovela-sitcom Amor mío ("My Love"), starring Raúl Araiza and Vanessa Guzmán, eventually appearing in 112 episodes over two seasons.
For his work in movies and television Ibanez was inducted into the Paseo de las Luminarias in 1995.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year(s) | Title | Role |
| 1985 | Vivir un poco | Leonardo Rafael Fernández |
| 1993 | Valentina | Rigoberto "Rigo" Pérez |
| 1995 | Acapulco, cuerpo y alma | Teo |
| 1996 | La culpa | Raúl Nava |
| 1998 | Ángela | Ramiro |
| 1999 | Tres mujeres | Héctor Gómez |
| 1999 | ¿Qué nos pasa? | |
| 2000–2001 | Carita de ángel | Cándido |
| 2001 | Navidad sin fin | Darro |
| 2001 | Primer amor... tres años después | Conrado Baldomero |
| 2001 | Primer amor... a mil por hora | Conrado Baldomero |
| 2001–2002 | El juego de la vida | Augusto Vidal |
| 2002–2003 | Mujer, casos de la vida real | |
| 2003 | Clap!... El lugar de tus sueños | Padre Constantino |
| 2003 | Amor real | Remigio Quintero |
| 2004 | Hospital el paisa | Eulalio Martínez |
| 2004 | Rubí | Onésimo Segundo |
| 2004 | Rubí... La descarada | Onésimo Segundo |
| 2005–present | Vecinos | Jorjais |
| 2006–2007 | Amor mío | Andrés Sinclair |
| 2008 | Las tontas no van al cielo | Don Manuel "Meño" Morales |
| 2009 | Camaleones | Leónidas |
| 2009 | Un gancho al corazón | Meño |
| 2009–2010 | Hasta que el dinero nos separe | Casimiro Gutiérrez "El Gutierritos" |
| 2010 | Zacatillo, un lugar en tu corazón | Profundo Isimo |
| 2010–2011 | Triunfo del amor | Don Napoleón Bravo |
| 2012 | Cloroformo | Don Roque |
| 2012 | La mujer del Vendaval | Timoteo Presidente Montenegro Mondràgon |
| 2013-2014 | Qué pobres tan ricos | Jesús Mechaca "El Hijo de Sumatra" |
| 2014-2015 | La sombra del pasado | Melesio |
| 2015-2016 | Antes muerta que Lichita | Ignacio Gutierrez |
| 2021 | Vencer el pasado | Camilo Sánchez |
| 2024 | Más vale sola | Amador |
| 2024 | Y llegaron de noche | Eduardo Arozamena |

### Film and video

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1970 | Quizá siempre si me muera | |
| 1973 | La derrota | |
| 1975 | La presidenta municipal | Licenciado Cástulo Barrenillo |
| 1976 | Actas de Marusia | Rufino |
| 1976 | México, México, ra ra ra | |
| 1978 | Pasajeros en transito | |
| 1979 | El alburero | |
| 1980 | La grilla | |
| 1980 | Buscando un campeon | |
| 1981 | D.F./Distrito Federal | |
| 1981 | The Pulque Tavern | |
| 1981 | Lagunilla, mi barrio | Piston |
| 1981 | El mil usos | |
| 1982 | Cosa fácil | Gallo |
| 1982 | Días de combate | Gallo Villarreal |
| 1982 | Una gallina muy ponedora | |
| 1982 | La pulquería 2 | |
| 1983 | Lagunilla 2 | |
| 1984 | Siempre en domingo | |
| 1984 | Emanuelo | |
| 1984 | Nosotros los pelados | |
| 1984 | Las glorias del gran Púas | |
| 1984 | Se sufre pero se goza | |
| 1984 | Adiós Lagunilla, adiós | |
| 1985 | De todas... todas! | |
| 1985 | Llegamos los fregamos y nos fuimos | |
| 1985 | La pulquería ataca de nuevo | |
| 1985 | El rey de la vecindad | Caguama |
| 1985 | La tumba del mojado | Candido Laponte |
| 1985 | Ah que viejas canciones tan calientes | |
| 1986 | Toda la vida | Lalo |
| 1986 | Perseguido por la ley | |
| 1986 | Un macho en la cárcel de mujeres | |
| 1987 | Las movidas del mofles | |
| 1987 | La mujer policía | |
| 1987 | La ruletera | |
| 1987 | Es Talon y cobra | |
| 1987 | Destrampados in Los Angeles | |
| 1987 | Un macho en el salón de belleza | |
| 1988 | Día de muertos | |
| 1988 | El gran relajo mexicano | |
| 1988 | Los maistros | |
| 1988 | Los hermanos machorro | |
| 1988 | La quinta del amor | |
| 1988 | La ley del coyote | |
| 1988 | El violador infernal | |
| 1988 | Agapito se mete en todo | |
| 1988 | La nalgada de oro | |
| 1988 | Para que dure no se apure | |
| 1989 | Las guerreras del amor | |
| 1989 | Las novias del lechero | |
| 1989 | El garañón | |
| 1989 | Solo para adúlteros | |
| 1989 | Los rateros | |
| 1989 | El nacimiento de un guerrillero | |
| 1989 | Un macho en el reformatorio de señoritas | |
| 1989 | El rey de las ficheras | |
| 1989 | La portera ardiente | |
| 1989 | Las borrachas | |
| 1989 | La Bamba sangrienta | |
| 1989 | Pilas calientes | |
| 1989 | Picardia nacional | |
| 1989 | La chamarra de la muerte | |
| 1989 | En un motel nadie duerme | |
| 1989 | Dos camioneros con suerte (recongidos en cancus) | |
| 1989 | El chorizo del carnicero | |
| 1990 | Dando y dando | |
| 1990 | Dos judiciales en aprietos | |
| 1990 | Los aboneros del amor | |
| 1990 | Tacos, tortas y enchiladas - La Rifa | |
| 1990 | Noche de recamareras (video) | |
| 1990 | Muertes violentas | |
| 1990 | Brutalidad judicial | |
| 1990 | Duelo de rufianes | |
| 1990 | Tarot sangriento | |
| 1990 | El lechero del barrio | |
| 1990 | Muerte bajo la piel | |
| 1990 | El reportero | |
| 1990 | El pozo del diablo | |
| 1990 | Inesperada venganza | |
| 1990 | Me lleva el tren | El chofer |
| 1990 | El dandy y sus mujeres | |
| 1990 | Compadres a la Mexicana | Ismael Llanes |
| 1991 | Los hojalateros | |
| 1991 | No me des las... gracias llorando | |
| 1991 | El gran reto - Lola la Trailera 3 | |
| 1991 | Serpiente | |
| 1991 | La pistola del pájaro | |
| 1991 | El pájaro tata | |
| 1991 | Tequileros del Rio Grande | Silvano García |
| 1991 | Narcovictimas | |
| 1991 | Las travesuras del diablo | |
| 1991 | Operación Tijuana | |
| 1991 | El callejón de los cocolasos | |
| 1991 | La leyenda del escorpión | |
| 1991 | El bizcocho del Panadero | |
| 1992 | La fichera mas rapida del oeste | |
| 1992 | Movidas chuecas | |
| 1993 | Inseminación artificial | |
| 1993 | Me muero de la risa | |
| 1994 | La cantina | |
| 1994 | La Olimpiada del barrio (video) | |
| 1995 | El sexo no causa impuestos (video) | |
| 1995 | Violencia en la oscuridad | |
| 1995 | El burocrata | |
| 1995 | Rojo total | |
| 1995 | Asesinos por naturaleza | |
| 1995 | Tremendo Escopetón | |
| 1996 | El talachas y su meneito (video) | |
| 1996 | La chiva loca (video) | |
| 1996 | Balazos en la capirucha (video) | |
| 1997 | Las mulas del pueblo | |
| 1998 | Mi Yegua bronca | |
| 2006 | Amor xtremo | |
| 2006 | Ambiciona | J |
| 2006 | Sexo, amor y otras perversiones 2 | Joaquín |

## Awards and nominations
### Premios TVyNovelas

| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2009 | Best First Actor | Las tontas no van al cielo | Won |
| 2014 | Best Supporting Actor | La mujer del Vendaval | Won |
| 2015 | Best First Actor | Qué pobres tan ricos | Won |
| 2016 | Best Supporting Actor | La sombra del pasado | Nominated |

### Kids Choice Awards México

| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2010 | Favorite Villain | Camaleones | Nominated |