He is one of the most prolific and recognized actors in our country, with dozens of works in film and television.
Debuts in film with Amores Perros (Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu), a film nominated for a Golden Globe and Oscar Award, and throughout his career he would work under the direction of great figures in the film industry, such as Felipe Cazals, Carlos Bolado, Luis Estrada, Luis Mandoki, Issa López, Mariana Chenillo and Michel Franco, among others.
Sánchez Parra is part of relevant titles, such as De la calle' (From the street) (Dir. Gerardo Tort); 'Matando Cabos' (Dir. Alejandro Lozano); 'Matando Cabos' (Dir. Alejandro Lozano) (Dir. Alejandro Lozano); 'Los tres entierros de Melquíades Estrada' (The Three Burials of Melquíades Estrada). (Dir. Tommy Lee Jones); 'Casi Divas' (Almost Divas) (dir. Issa López); 'Leap Year' (Dir. Michael Rowe); 'The Three Burials of Melquíades Estrada' (Dir. (dir. Michael Rowe), awarded Best First Film at the Cannes Film Festival (2010); 'The Mongolian Plot' (El complot mongol) (Dir. Sebastián del Amo); 'Tamara y la catarina' (Tamara and the Catharine) (Dir. Lucía Carreras); 'Nuevo Orden' (New Order) (Dir. Michel Franco); 'Sound of Freedom' (Dir. Alejandro Monteverde); 'Sound of Freedom (Dir. Alejandro Monteverde); 'Pet Shop Days' (Dir. Olmo Schnabel) (Dir. Olmo Schnabel), sharing credits with Willem Dafoe; 'The Wingwalker' (Dir. Alonso Álvarez) (Dir. Alonso Álvarez), alongside Omar Chaparro; 'Caballero Águila' (Dir. Alejandro Blázquez) (Dir. Alejandro Blázquez) 'Olmo' (Dir. Fernando Eimbcke); 'Olmo' (Dir. Fernando Eimbcke) (Dir. Fernando Eimbcke) presented in the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival(Berlinale) and is also part of A Billion to One' (Dir. Rodrigo Valdés) (Dir. Rodrigo Valdés).
His work has been recognized with awards such as the Ariel Award in the category of Best Actor in a Motion Picture for Amores Perros (2001); the film Rabia' (Dir. Sebastián Cordero) (Dir. Sebastián Cordero) would earn him recognition as Best Actor at the Malaga Film Festival in Spain and at the Guadalajara Film Festival in Mexico (2010); and, with 'La Tirisia' (2010), he won the award for Best Actor in the category of Best Actor. La Tirisia (Dir. Jorge Pérez Solano) he would win the mention as Best Actor also at the Guadalajara International Film Festival (2014).
In television we have seen him starring in projects for different television networks such as 'Hermanos y detectives' (Brothers and Detectives) (Televisa), Capadocia' (HBO), 'Capadocia' (HBO)(HBO), 'Chloroform' (Adicta Films), 'Chloroform' (Adicta Films)(Adicta Films), 'Hasta que te conocí' (Until I Met You)(BTF Media), 'El César' (BTF Media), 'El César' (BTF Media), 'El César(BTF Media), 'Run Coyote Run' (FOX)(FOX), and 'El Recluso' (Telemundo)(Telemundo); as well as other productions for streaming, such as 'Historia de un Crimen: Colosio' (Netflix).(Netflix), 'El Candidato' (The Candidate)(Amazon Prime Video), 'The Girl Who Cleans' (HBO Max)(HBO Max), 'The Refuge'(Lionsgate), 'High Tide'(ViX) and 'The Collapse'(ViX).
