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Nelson Villagra is a Actor Chilien born on 9 august 1937 at Chillán (Chili)
Nelson Villagra (born 9 August 1937) is a Chilean actor, author and director. He is considered to be the most masterful actors in Chilean cinema. He is widely known for his exceptional portrayal of the assassin in El Chacal de Nahueltoro by the director Miguel Littin. He has also collaborated with fellow Chilean director Raúl Ruiz in Tres Tristes Tigres (1968) and La Colonia Penal (1971).
In 1973 he was exiled from Chile because of the military coup leading to the Pinochet dictatorship. After a period in Europe he went on to Cuba to work with some of the most important South American directors of his time, such as Humberto Solás (La Cantata de Chile) and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, winning the Best Actor award for his role as 'El Conde' in Gutiérrez Alea's The Last Supper at the 1978 Festival Internacional de Cine de Biarritz. In 1979 he played the role of military torturer in the film Prisioneros Desaparecidos by Sergio Castilla, a role for which he was awarded the Best Actor award at the Festival de Cine de San Sebastián.
He is the recipient of numerous awards and commendations, including Best Actor for his role as El Conde in Guitiérrez Alea's The Last Supper at the 1978 Festival Internacional de Cine de Biarritz, and the 1979 San Sebastián best actor award for his portrayal of 'El Jefe' in Sergio Castilla's Prisioneros Desaparecidos.
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Nelson Villagra
In 1973 he was exiled from Chile because of the military coup leading to the Pinochet dictatorship. After a period in Europe he went on to Cuba to work with some of the most important South American directors of his time, such as Humberto Solás (La Cantata de Chile) and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, winning the Best Actor award for his role as 'El Conde' in Gutiérrez Alea's The Last Supper at the 1978 Festival Internacional de Cine de Biarritz. In 1979 he played the role of military torturer in the film Prisioneros Desaparecidos by Sergio Castilla, a role for which he was awarded the Best Actor award at the Festival de Cine de San Sebastián.
He is the recipient of numerous awards and commendations, including Best Actor for his role as El Conde in Guitiérrez Alea's The Last Supper at the 1978 Festival Internacional de Cine de Biarritz, and the 1979 San Sebastián best actor award for his portrayal of 'El Jefe' in Sergio Castilla's Prisioneros Desaparecidos.
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Tierra del fuego (2000)
, 1h48Directed by Miguel Littín
Origin Chili
Genres Drama
Actors Jorge Perugorría, Ornella Muti, Nelson Villagra, Álvaro Rudolphy, Nancho Novo, Claudio Santamaria
Roles Novak
Rating53%
Basé sur une histoire de Francisco Coloane, le film relate la conquête de la Terre de Feu par l'explorateur et aventurier Julius Popper.
Amnesia (1994)
, 1h30Genres Drama
Actors Miriam Palacios, Nelson Villagra, Maricarmen Arrigorriaga
Roles Captain Mandiola
Rating63%
The Compass Rose (1983)
, 1h30Directed by Patricio Guzmán
Genres Drama
Actors Nelson Villagra, Fernando Birri, Héctor Noguera
Rating25%
The Widow of Montiel (1979)
, 1h45Directed by Miguel Littín
Genres Drama
Actors Geraldine Chaplin, Nelson Villagra, Katy Jurado, Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Roles Chepe Montiel
Rating61%
The Recourse to the Method (1978)
, 2h44Directed by Miguel Littín
Origin Mexique
Genres Drama
Actors Nelson Villagra, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Katy Jurado, Alain Cuny, Claudio Obregón, Gabriel Retes
Roles Primer Magistrado
Rating65%
Río Negro (1977)
, 2h15Directed by Manuel Pérez
Origin Cuba
Genres Documentary
Actors Sergio Corrieri, Nelson Villagra
The Last Supper (1976)
, 1h49Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Origin Cuba
Genres Drama
Themes Films about slavery
Actors Nelson Villagra, Tito Junco
Rating74%
The film tells the story of a pious plantation owner during Cuba's Spanish colonial period. The plantation owner decides to recreate the Biblical Last Supper using twelve of the slaves working in his sugarcane fields, hoping to thus teach the slaves about Christianity.
The Promised Land (1973)
, 1h20Directed by Miguel Littín
Genres Drama, Documentary
Actors Nelson Villagra, Sergio Hernández
Rating68%
Nobody Said Anything (1971)
, 2h15Directed by Raoul Ruiz
Genres Comedy
Actors Nelson Villagra
Roles El Diablo
Rating64%
L'univers nocturne de Santiago, symbole de la marginalité des intellectuels au début des années 1970.
Jackal of Nahueltoro (1970)
, 1h29Directed by Miguel Littín
Origin Chili
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Nelson Villagra, Héctor Noguera
Roles Jose
Rating75%
L'histoire vraie de Jorge del Carmen Valenzuela Torres. Ce paysan analphabète et alcoolique entame à Nahueltoro (Coihueco) une liaison avec Rosa Rivas, veuve et mère de cinq enfants. Le 20 août 1960, furieux que sa compagne n’ait pas touché sa pension de veuvage, il la tue à la faux, avant d'assassiner brutalement les cinq enfants.
The Penal Colony (1970)
, 1h15Directed by Raoul Ruiz
Genres Drama
Actors Nelson Villagra
Rating60%
Une journaliste vient faire un reportage sur une île du Pacifique, ancienne colonie pénitentiaire qui s'est proclamée république indépendante.
Three Sad Tigers (1968)
, 1h40Directed by Raoul Ruiz
Origin Chili
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Nelson Villagra, Delfina Guzmán
Roles Tito
Rating70%
Le film suit un groupe de personnes de la classe moyenne de Santiago au Chili. Tito est venu à Santiago pour rechercher du travail et une meilleure vie, mais se retrouve sous la pression de son patron.