Héctor Alterio
Acting
Biography
Héctor Benjamín Alterio Onorato (1929-2025), known as Héctor Alterio, is an Argentine actor who participated in theater, films and series. He is remembered for being one of the most influential actors of his generation.
Born: September 21, 1929
Place of Birth: Chacarita, Buenos Aires City, Argentina
Known For
Gentille Alouette
Gentille Alouette is a 1990 French-Chilean film written and directed by Sergio Castillo. Geraldine Chaplin stars as an actress in Paris that is stalked by a Latin American colonel played by Hector Alterio. The colonel (Alterio), begins to stalk his former lover, Angela (Chaplin) as he suspects her of political involvement in an anti-government group. Surrealist elements become apparent as the Colonel fuses his memories of Angela with his suspicions to create fantasy scenarios of capturing the elusive actress.
Summer of the Colt
This award-winning film by André Melançon -- set on a ranch on the pampas of Argentina -- tells the story of three children spending a summer with their grandfather. The youngest, Felipe, makes friends with a puppy; his older brother, Daniel, breaks and train his first horse; their 13-year-old sister, Laura, struggles with the transition between childhood and growing up. The kids find it difficult to adapt to their proud and stubborn grandfather, and he learns that he has to change his ways and try to understand them as they all experience the joys and sorrows of growing up and growing old. ~ Alice Duncan, Rovi
The Boat
A global cataclysm, caused by a fatal accident in Geneva (Switzerland) during the implementation of the particle accelerator will lead to the crew and students of the school-ship Polar Star to live the greatest adventure of their lives. Isolated and aware that we only have each other, the ship will become their only home.
Vientos de agua
Vientos de agua is a 2006 cult Argentine- Spanish mini TV series created by Juan José Campanella. The drama traces a Spaniard's emigration to Argentina in the 1930s, and, years later, his son's return to modern-day Spain. It aired in Spain in January 2006, on Telecinco for only one series of 13 episodes. While a hit in Argentina, because of lower ratings in Spain it was taken out of the prime-time slot to 1.00 in morning, and was eventually cancelled due to downloading of series from the internet. Despite a campaign of support to continue into a second series it only produced 13 episodes. Despite this the series was a hit in DVD sellings.
Tiger Head
After the May Revolution, Juan José Castelli has instructions to order the execution of ex-viceroy Santiago de Liniers. That put you at a crossroads with respect to your convictions.
F. E. N.
Two former students of a strict religious school decide to return there during the summer holidays to make those who were their teachers experience all the suffering they experienced as students, beginning a sinister game in which the buried violence, the dark traumas of the past and the desire to heal old wounds will lead them to an unexpected climax.
Cria!
Ana, an eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her grandmother and two sisters, mourns the death of her mother.
Fermín Glorias Of Tango
A patient expresses himself using the lyrics and titles of tango songs as a result of a post traumatic stress disorder discovered by a psychiatrist.
Rebellion in Patagonia
In 1920, workers from Patagonia, in Southern Argentina, gather around an anarcho-syndicalist society and go on strike, demanding better working conditions. When the situation turns unsustainable, President Yrigoyen sends Lieutenant Colonel Zavala to impose order.
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.
Filmography
as Self - Actor
as Self
as Grandpa Nicolas
as Self - Actor (Isasa)
as Material de archivo inédito ("Traición")
as Generale
as Fermín
as Old Priest
as Ventura
as Pascual
as Lucas
as Andres Olaya (Old)
as Emilio
as La voz
as Yuta
as Saul Mortara
as Roberto
as Cipriano Mera
as Grandfather
as Coco
as Il professore
as Cardinal Giovanello
as Sr. Garriga
as Alberto
as Gerardo
as Nino Belvedere
as Gustavo
as Santiago de Liniers
as Padre
as Simón
as Losardo
as Man from the Future
as Justino
as Don José
as Dr. Werner
as Jorge Romans
as Pablo
as Silverio
as Julio
as Padre de Rosalía
as Judge Costa Makantasis
as Pedro Ledesma
as Diego
as José
as Juan
as Víctor Quintanar
as G.M.
as Lobo
as Padre de Don Juan
as Investigador
as Federico
as El Virrey
as Self
as Ruda
as Federico
as Victor Montero
as Alfons Garriga
as General Víctor Mendizábal
as Padre de Pedro
as Luis
as Serafín
as José Ramón
as Miguel Gil de Larios
as Niccolo
as Roberto Ibáñez
as Il Bene
as Leopoldo Funes.
as Primer Ministro
as Adolfo O'Gorman
as Andras Menzo
as Pedro
as Beto
as Marcial Lafuente
as Alvaro
as León
as Regino
as D. Arcadio Nieto
as Sepúlveda
as Alfredo "Tano" Castelli
as Leonardo Gala
as Isasa
as Él mismo ensayando para "Los viernes de la aternidad" (cameo)
as Don Gervasio Urquiaga
as Don Alejandro
as Alberto
as Alfredo
as Armando Novaes
as Padre de Carlos
as Alfredo
as Alberto Pineda
as Gonzalo
as Roman - husband
as Papá
as José
as Carlos
as Rafa
as Anselmo
as Esteban Duarte Diniz
as Carlos
as Morales
as Martín Santomé
as Lieutenant Colonel Zavala
as Mr. Murphy
as Luis
as Gregorio Barsut
as Paulie Paolatti
as Hombre en patio 1
as Gen. Simón Bolívar
as Gaucho in Black