Alfredo Alcón
Acting
Biography
Alfredo Félix Alcón was an Argentine theatre and film actor born in Buenos Aires. Widely regarded as one of the best and most important Argentine actors of the 20th century. He worked in more than 50 movies since his first one and received many recognitions for his work: among others, the Silver Condor, the Martin Fierro Award and the 1981 Diamond Konex Award.
Born: March 3, 1930
Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Known For
Güemes, la tierra en armas
The story of the wars of independence in Northern Argentina during the 19th Century.
El exilio de San Martín
San Martín's exile is crossed by the melancholic idea of return. A return that will never materialize. Distance, absence, remoteness. Are these founding traits of the Argentine soul? The Father of the Country who finally leaves, for better and for worse, his distant children alone.
The Candidate
An old politician is claimed by his party to be a candidate in the next elections.
Faena
The images connect the workings of a slaughterhouse with a city that is also divided between executioners and dead people.
The Pit
When a politician is murdered, the victim's daughter sets out to track down her father's killer. She soon suspects her father's friend and her own mother may have been involved in the murder plot, in this heavy-handed and tragic crime drama.
Por el nombre de Dios
Son of the Bride
At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past.
The Knight of the Sword
The life story of Argentine independence hero Jose de San Martin.
Prisioneros de una noche
A man and a woman fall in love in the streets of a nocturnal Buenos Aires.
Love Never Dies
Three-episode film linked to each other by means of a medallion, where love is the engine that drives people to act the way they did.
Filmography
as Himself
as Leopoldo Albarracín Larguía
as Julián de la Serna
as Américo / Mirta
as Julio Cortazar (voice)
as Narrator
as Self
as Pozzi
as Bruno Sánchez
as Don Agustín Rojas
as Saverio
as Alejandro
as The Powerful
as Roberto Gordillo, El Pibe Cabeza
as Juan Carlos
as Erdosain
as Luciano Pennoa
as General Martín Miguel de Güemes
as Gen. José de San Martín
as Martín Fierro
as Orestes Morales
as Diego Correa
as Pedro
as Bruno Sartori
as Martín Sánchez
as Martín
as Narrador
as Ecuménico López
as Horacio
as Aníbal Soler
as Freddy / Pedro Cáceres
as "Pablo Van Reisen"