Illustrated portrait of Jesús ZavalaFLM.RED

JESÚS
ZAVALA

เฆซุส ซาวาลา

From children’s television to Club de Cuervos

A Mexican actor whose screen work ranges from comedy to suspense.

A familiar television face in a darker role

Jesús Zavala is a Mexican actor whose career began in children’s television and later grew to include comedy series and feature films.

He appeared in Alegrijes y rebujos as a young performer. Years later, Club de Cuervos introduced audiences to his character Hugo Sánchez, an assistant whose story continued in the spin-off La balada de Hugo Sánchez.

Zavala has also discussed taking on a different kind of character in the series R, moving away from Hugo’s subordinate position to play a more overbearing figure.

In Emilio Portes’s Don’t Leave the Kids Alone, he plays Marco, a friend of Catalina’s family. In an interview, Zavala described the character as an uncle-like presence with an unsettling side.

The list below shows films currently available on FLM.RED, not his complete filmography.

Selected performances

2015

Club de Cuervos

Hugo Sánchez

2018

La balada de Hugo Sánchez

Hugo Sánchez

2026

Don’t Leave the Kids Alone

Marco

Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.

Films in FLM.RED

Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.

Sources & image notes

Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.