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Nacho Libre (16-Jun-2006)

Director: Jared Hess

Writers: Jared Hess; Jerusha Hess; Mike White

Keywords: Comedy, Mexico, Wrestling

A put-upon monastery cook becomes a Mexican wrestler to win the heart of a nun.

ABSTRACT
Jack Black is Nacho, a man working as a cook at a Mexican monastery he'd been raised in as a young orphan. Upset with his thankless existence while pining for the affections of newly-minted nun Sister Encarnacion, Nacho trains in secret to compete as a Luchador wrestler, hoping to gain respect and love while using an upcoming Luchador tournament's 200-peso prize for the benefit of the monastery's orphans.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Moises Arias
Actor
12-Apr-1994   Rico on Hannah Montana
Jack Black
Musician
28-Aug-1969   Half of Tenacious D
Héctor Jiménez
Actor
14-Dec-1973   Nacho Libre
Peter Stormare
Actor
27-Aug-1953   Ran the woodchipper in Fargo

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