Directed by Jared Hess   Written by Jared Hess   Jerusha Hess   Mike White   Cast Jack Black ... Nacho Ana de la Reguera ... Sister Encarnación Héctor Jiménez ... Esqueleto Darius Rose ... Chancho (as Darius A. Rose) Moises Arias ... Juan Pablo Diego Eduardo Gomez ... Chuy Carlos Maycotte ... Segundo Nuñez Richard Montoya ... Guillermo Cesar Gonzalez ... Ramses (as Cesar Gonzalez 'Silver King') Rafael Montalvo ... Elderly Monk Julio Sandoval ... Snaggle Tooth Monk Ventura 'Tigre Hispano' Lahoz ... Arena Referee #1 Felipe Jesus 'Terror Chino' Hernandez ... Arena Referee #2 Enrique Muñoz ... Señor Ramon Carla Jimenez ... Candidia Agustin 'Rigo' Rey ... Galindo #1 Ricardo 'Caballero de la Muerte' Castillo ... Galindo #2 Troy Gentile ... Young Nacho Donald Chambers ... Silencio Julio Escalero ... Ramses Trainer Peter Stormare ... Emperor Armando 'Mucha Crema' Gaytan ... Pro (Coliseo) Announcer Rafael Gonzalez Lopez ... Pro (Coliseo) Referee Antonio Salazar Gomez ... Ring (Arena) Announcer Albert M. Madrid ... Paradise Lauro David Chartrand-Del Valle ... Sage (as Lauro Chartrand) Filiberto Estrella ... Duende #1 (as Filiberto Estrella Calderon) Mascarita Dorada ... Duende #2 (as Gerson Virgen Lopez) Leobardo Magadan ... Commentator #1 Jorge Valdés García ... Commentator #2 (as Jorge Valdez Garcia) Craig Williams ... El Snowflake Brett Chan ... Dynasty Mike Ching ... El Chino Abelardo 'El Pandita' Hernandez ... Muñeco Emiliano 'Dalia Negra' Quiroga ... Carlos Rosales Luis Garcia Rendon ... Mariachi Man Armando Tapia ... Monk #1 Carlos Cesar Caballero ... Monk #2 Feliciano Ramos Mendoza ... Amateur Announcer Carlos 'El Mimo' Acosta Barroso ... El Pony Iñaki Goci ... El Semental (as Ignacio 'Iñaqui Goci' Gonzalez Camarena) Alfonso Ramírez ... Amateur Referee (as Alfonso Ramirez 'Pompin') Miguel Angel Bonequi Trujillo ... Hacienda Tough Doorman Aaron Yamir Ramirez Esobar ... Young Street Kid Rodolfo Garcia Merino ... Motivational Coach María González ... Peasant Woman (as Maria Gonzalez) René Campero ... Wrestling Official (as Rene Campero) Lisa Owen ... Nacho's Mother Cristóbal Puente ... Nacho's Father (as Cristobal Puente) Zenaido Avendaño ... Usher Rosenda Hernandez ... Woman Joaquin Luis Jimenez ... Ashen Faced Man Ismael Garcia y Su Trio ... Mariachi Band Dominick Kurek ... Mad Fan Uncredited Cast Chad Socolovitch ... Wrestler Rachel Thorp ... Hero Girl Produced by Jack Black   Benjamin Cooley   Ricardo Del Río   David Klawans   Ben LeClair   Steve Nicolaides   Julia Pistor   Damon Ross   Sharon Seto   Mike White   Alexander Westerman   Original Music by Danny Elfman

Additional Info Premiere: June 16, 2006 DVD Release: October 24, 2006 Blu-ray Release: October 24, 2006 Countries: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Black & White Productions MP Inka Distributors Paramount Pictures   (2006) (USA) (theatrical) Paramount Home Entertainment   (2007) (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (USA) (video) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.9 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,742 / 20,906 Site Ranking #1,738 Monster's Ball (2001) #1,739 West Side Story (2021) #1,740 Talk To Me (2022) #1,741 The Twilight Zone: Classic Christmas Episodes (2014) #1,742 Nacho Libre (2006) #1,743 Five Nights At Freddy's (2023) #1,744 Skyline (2010) #1,745 Righteous Kill (2008) #1,746 The Wicker Man (1973)