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Ernesto Malbrán

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Ernesto Malbrán

Born December 25, 1932 in Santiago, ChileDied October 25, 20149 films

Ernesto Fernando Malbrán Vargas (Santiago, Chile, December 25, 1932 – Norway, October 25, 2014) was a Chilean actor, theater and film director, teacher, playwright, and writer. He earned a degree in Literature from the University of Chile and pursued postgraduate studies in the United States at the Yale School of Drama and the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg.

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He taught seminars, courses, and workshops on various topics related to literature and drama. A distinguished film actor, he worked in Germany, Norway, Spain, Colombia, and Chile. He was also one of the founders of La Mancha, an international school of gesture and image, located in El Arrayán, Santiago, Chile.

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Machuca posterFirst watchMachuca20047.7as Father McEnroeSantiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende.View film

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The Strategy of the Snail poster7.6The Strategy of the Snail1993Post Mortem poster6.0Post Mortem2010

Filmography

9 films as actor
  1. 2010Post MortemArturo Puelma
  2. 2007La Recta ProvinciaSan German
  3. 2004MachucaFather McEnroe
  4. 2003Sub terraMr. Davis
  5. 2002Gracia y el Forastero
  6. 2000Mine Field
  7. 1996Punto rojoOld Policeman
  8. 1993The Strategy of the SnailLázaro
  9. 1990Caluga o MentaTruck driver