Néstor Cantillana
| Néstor Cantillana | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Nestór Igor Cantillana 1973 Santiago de Chile,  Chile |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Partner(s) | Macarena Teke |
| Children | 2 |
Néstor Igor Cantillana (Born in Santiago de Chile, 1973) is a Chilean actor[1] in theater, movies and TV.
Life and career
Cantillana's grandmother was a communist and later she practiced the evangelic religion and he grew up under that doctrine until 12 years old in [Curicó]. He used to play the piano in the local church. He studied in the theater academy of Fernando González.
Since 1994 he has participated in theater work such as Historia de la Sangre (1995), Calígula (1998), Hamlet (2000) and La Herencia (2000).
In 1995, Cantillana traveled to the Canadian city of Montreal with the play “Historia de la Sangre". The following year, 1996, he participated in the same play in Berlin, a city where he would return that same year with the play La misión. In 1998, the actor would return to Germany to present the same play in Munich, Bonn and Stuttgart.
In 1996, Néstor Cantillana received the award to the best actor for his role in the play Despertar de Primavera, presented in the third festival of "Nuevas Tendencias Teatrales".
He made his debut in the Soap Opera world in the role of Patricio Tepano in Iorana (1998) from TVN, he then performed some other characters, among them, an AIDS victim, a common employee, a frustrated detective and a young homosexual doctor.
Néstor Cantillana was nominated to the award premio Altazor for his role in the soap opera Romané and he won the award premio APES as the best actor in the year 2000.
He had the protagonist role in the TVN soap opera, Corazón de María (2007), where he plays Miguel.
He has one of the mains roles in the HBO series "Profugos". He also has supporting role in the TVN series "Los Archivos del Cardenal". This series tells the ordeals of a group of lawyers than works for Vicaria de la Solidaridad an office within the Catholic Church that investigates crimes done by Pinochet's secret police against left-winged people.
It has been announced that Cantillana will participate in the series "Los 80s"
He acted in the movie Radio Corazón (the sequel to El Chacotero Sentimental), with Claudia Di Girólamo, Tamara Acosta, Felipe Braun, y Manuela Martelli among others, under director Roberto Artiagoitía(El Rumpy) and with screenwriter Pablo Illanes. The argument represents the personal relations among family members and combines various elements, principally comedy, with some romance and drama aspects. He also played the part of a member of the team of publicist that worked in the propaganda campaign against Pinochet in the Larrain's film "NO". This movie was a nominee to the Oscars awards.
Filmography
- No - Fernando
- Radio Corazón (2007) - Federico
- Pedro Ñancúpel, el pirata del fin del mundo (2007) - Pedro Ñancúpel
- Las Golondrinas de Altazor (2006) - Altazor
- Paréntesis (2005)
- La Sagrada familia (2004) - Marco (hijo)
- Los Debutantes (2003) - Silvio
- Ciudad de maravillas (2002) - Raul
- Fragmentos urbanos (2002)
- Un Ladrón y su mujer (2001)
- Historias de fútbol (1997) - Francisco
- E s 3 (1995)
Television
Soap Operas
- Peleles (2011) - Fabian
- Sin Anestesia (2009) - Dr. Quiñores
- Viuda Alegre (2008) - Andrés Tapia
- Corazón de María (TVN, 2007) - Miguel Villa
- Cómplices (TVN, 2006) - Sebastián Opazo
- Los Pincheira (TVN, 2004) - Santos Molina
- Puertas Adentro (TVN, 2003) - Raúl Brito
- El Circo de las Montini (TVN, 2002) - Rodrigo Marín
- Pampa Ilusión (TVN, 2001) - Tobías Pincheira
- Romané (TVN, 2000) - Escudero
- La Fiera (TVN, 1999) - Carlos Lizana
- Iorana (TVN, 1998) - Patricio Tepano
Series and other TV shows
- Profugos (2011) - Vicente Ferragut
- Mira Tú (2002) - Maxi
- Cuentos Chilenos (2001)
- Cuentos Chilenos (Gracia y el forastero) (2000) - Gabriel
Stage
- Pelo Negro, Boca Arriba(2007)
- Sueño con revólver (2007)
- Roberto Zucco (2006)
- De noche, justo antes de los bosques (2004)
- Hamlet (2000)
- La Herencia (2000)
- Calígula (1998)
- La Misión(1998)
- Despertar de Primavera(1996)
- Historia de la Sangre(1995)
- Le senttiment de la langue
- Cada vez que ladra los perros
References
- ↑ Kern, Laura (November 9, 2007). "Repressed Desires and Sexual Frankness". New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
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