Humberto Dorado
Acting
Biography
Humberto Dorado (Bogotá, 1951) is a Colombian actor, writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and producer of theater, film and television.
Place of Birth: Bogotá, DC, Colombia
Known For
Korea: Veterans of War Without Songs
The memories of Colombian veterans who took part in the Korean War in 1951 to defend 'freedom and democracy.' A moving and intense journey into the past to uncover their experiences, adventures, sacrifices, and hopes.
Leche
A Colombian miniseries that takes place in a rural environment, and the plot takes place in a dairy farm, hence its name. In this setting, a love story unfolds that will move the hearts of Colombians.
The Strategy of the Snail
A group of tenants facing eviction due to a city renovation unite to fight back, but as they clash with the landlord and his ruthless attorney, they each transform into the opposite of who they once were.
The Hidden Face
A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.
Ilona Arrives with the Rain
Maqroll, Ilona, and Abdul all share a common dream: to sail the world in a tramp-steamer. But who could afford such a thing? Over the years they have become separated. Alone in Panama City, smuggler Maqroll is finding neither great success nor happiness — until the tropical rains come, bringing Ilona: friend, lover, and partner in crime. Abdul, in Morocco, has found a steamer to suit them. In Panama, Ilona and Maqroll begin a new scheme, in search of impossible wealth. But fate has further twists in store.
Of Love and Other Demons
Based on Gabriel García Márquez's novel, this is the unsettling story of 13-year-old noble Sierva and the dog bite that changes her life forever. Abandoned, displaced, in the midst of a sexual awakening and finally exorcised, Sierva finds an unlikely ally in a young priest and together they discover passion.
The Art of Losing
A body is discovered impaled on a stake near a scenic lake near Bogota. A journalist try to find what happened. With a friend, they set about to find the cause of the crime and uncover an intricate real estate fraud involving corrupt politicians, emerald hunters, nudists...
The Debt
A usurer nicknamed The Turk is killed. Mysteriously, everyone in the village had problems with him and anyone could have been his killer.
La toma de la embajada
Bogotá, 1980. During the government of President Turbay. An urban cell of the M-19 invades the Embassy of the Dominican Republic, taking 14 ambassadors as hostages. They demand that they be exchanged for political prisoners. The film focuses on the events that took place during those two months of captivity.
Time Out
The whimsical and joyous parade of ridiculous events satirize the war that rages in Colombia right now and exposes the real spirit of those who inhabit such a beautiful country.
Filmography
as Narrator
as Juez Genaro Alvarado
as Tito
as Don Leonardo Angarita
as Heliodoro Tiflis
as Ambassador of the U.S.A.
as Padre Bueno
as Alejandro y Acercandro
as Maqroll
as Carnicero Oquendo
as Víctor Honorio Mosquera
as Butcher Oquendo