Ernesto Alterio

Ernesto Federico Alterio Bacaicoa (born 25 September 1970)[1] is an Argentine-Spanish film, theatre, and television actor.

Ernesto Alterio
Alterio at the 32nd Goya Awards in 2018
Born25 September 1970 (1970-09-25) (age 52)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
OccupationActor
Parent
RelativesMalena Alterio (sister)

Early life

Alterio is the son of psychologist Modesta Ángela Bacaicoa Destéfano and actor Héctor Alterio Onorato. His younger sister Malena is also dedicated to acting.[2] He is of Italian descent, his grandparents were originally from Carpinone, a commune in the province of Isernia, in the Molise region.[3] After the coup in Argentina that took place very shortly after the birth of Malena, his father Héctor Alterio was threatened by Triple A, so the family went into exile and settled in Spain between 1974 and 1975 (where he was working at the time), years later he obtained Spanish nationality.[4][5][2]

Installed with his family in Madrid, when he was four years old, Ernesto suffered the uprooting that exile brings. He remained attached to his Argentine roots through family traditions.[5][6] He began Biology studies but left to take up History, and continued with those studies for two years.[2] Encouraged to be like his father, Ernesto said that he went "sideways, skirting the edge of the pond so as not to fall into it: music, photography, history..." until he made the decision to accept being an actor.[6]

Career

In 1996, he founded the theatre group 'Ración de oreja' (seed of 'Animalario') together with Alberto San Juan, Guillermo Toledo, and Nathalie Poza.[7]

He landed some early leading film roles under Fernando Colomo in the late 1990s with performances in The Stolen Years (for which he earned a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor)[8] and Havana Quartet.[9]

He has starred in the cult miniseries Vientos del agua along with his father, and has twice worked with director Marcelo Piñeyro, who frequently hires his father in roles. He works both in Spanish and Argentine television.

Selected filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
1992Tango Feroz
1995Tengo una casa
1995Belmonte
1995Dos por dos
1995Morirás en Chafarinas
1996Más que amor, frenesí (Not Love, Just Frenzy)
1996Mi nombre es sombra
1998Los años bárbaros (The Stolen Years)Jaime[10]
1998Insomnio (Sleepless in Madrid)Juan[11]
1999Los lobos de Washington (Washington Wolves)Pablo[12]
1999Cuarteto de La Habana (Havana Quartet)Walther[13]
2000Kashbah
2000YoyesJoxean Dorronsoro[14]
2001Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón
Juego de Luna (Luna's Game)Nano[15]
2002El otro lado de la cama (The Other Side of the Bed)Javier[16]
2002Deseo (Desire)Julio[17]
2003Días de fútbolAntonio
2004Muertos comunes
2004Incautos (Swindled)Ernesto[18]
2005Semen, una historia de amor
2005El método
2006Los 2 lados de la cama (The 2 Sides of the Bed)JavierSequel to The Other Side of the Bed[19]
2009The Widows of ThursdaysMartin
2011Clandestine Childhood
2013Who Killed Bambi?
2014Easy Sex, Sad Movies
2017Perfectos desconocidos (Perfect Strangers)Antonio[20]
2018La sombra de la ley (Gun City)El Tísico[21]
2019Lo dejo cuando quiera (I Can Quit Whenever I Want)Tacho[22]
2019Ventajas de viajar en tren (Advantages of Travelling by Train)Ángel Sanagustín[23]
2020Te quiero, imbécil (I Love You, Stupid)Sebastian Vennet[24]
2020Orígenes secretos (Unknown Origins)Bruguera[25]
2020Un mundo normal (The Sea Beyond)Ernesto[26]
2021 Donde caben dos (More the Merrier) Alberto
2022 El cuarto pasajero (Four's a Crowd)Juan Carlos[27]

Television

YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
2017Cable Girls
2018Narcos: MexicoSalvador Osuna Nava
2020Someone Has to DieGregorio Falcón
2021Todos mientenDiego[28]

References

  1. "Ernesto Alterio: biografía y filmografía - AlohaCriticón". archive.is. 2020-09-23. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  2. "Malena y Ernesto Alterio: dos hermanos en el diván". archive.is. 2020-09-23. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  3. ""Mi; apellido alter-io el otro yo es muy apropiado para un actor" | Intereconomía | 597719". 2013-09-27. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  4. "Amenazados por la Triple A. El gobierno kirchnerista esconde la verda…". archive.is. 2020-09-23. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  5. Cruz, Juan (2019-05-06). "La feliz familia de los Alterio". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  6. "La Revista: Gentes". archive.is. 2020-09-23. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  7. "Alberto San Juan y Guillermo Toledo protagonizan la obra "Pornografía barata", de Andrés Lima". Europa Press. 4 July 2002.
  8. "Ernesto Alterio". elmundo.es. January 2004.
  9. "Ernesto Alterio". Fotogramas. 2 June 2008.
  10. Caparrós Lera 2005, p. 94.
  11. "Insomnio". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
  12. Holland, Jonathan (27 September 1999). "Washington Wolves". Variety.
  13. Holland, Jonathan (21 June 1999). "Havana Quartet". Variety.
  14. Caparrós Lera 2005, p. 142.
  15. "Ana Torrent se lanza al póquer en la película de Mónica Laguna". El País. 20 September 2001.
  16. Caparrós Lera, José María (2005). La Pantalla Popular. El cine español durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003). Tres Cantos: Ediciones Akal. p. 198. ISBN 978-84-460-2414-9.
  17. Holland, Jonathan (11 November 2002). "Desire". Variety.
  18. "Incautos". elmundo.es. January 2005. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  19. Torreiro, Mirito (29 May 2008). "Los 2 lados de la cama". Fotogramas.
  20. Iglesias, Eulàlia (1 December 2017). "'Perfectos desconocidos': sexo, mentiras y teléfonos móviles". El Confidencial.
  21. Medina, Marta (11 October 2018). "'La sombra de la ley': anarquistas, mafiosos y golpistas en la Barcelona de los años veinte". El Confidencial.
  22. Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (9 April 2019). "Los estrenos del 12 de abril. 'Lo dejo cuando quiera'". AISGE.
  23. Cortés, Iker (7 November 2019). "Ernesto Alterio: «Los actores y los locos tenemos algo en común»". El Correo.
  24. "Netflix: actores argentinos que brillan en producciones internacionales de la plataforma". La Voz del Interior. 15 September 2020.
  25. García, Marisa (27 August 2020). "'Orígenes secretos': la divertida película de estreno de Javier Rey en Netflix". Diez Minutos.
  26. Silvestre, Juan (8 September 2020). "'Un mundo normal' según Ernesto Alterio". Fotogramas.
  27. "Álex de la Iglesia estrena la comedia romántica 'El cuarto pasajero'". Noticias de Álava. 26 October 2022.
  28. "Movistar concluye el rodaje de 'Todos mienten', su nuevo thriller coral creado por Pau Freixas". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 19 January 2021.
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