Ernesto Alterio
Ernesto Federico Alterio Bacaicoa (born 25 September 1970)[1] is an Argentine-Spanish film, theatre, and television actor.
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Born | 25 September 1970 52) Buenos Aires, Argentina | (age
Occupation | Actor |
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Relatives | Malena 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
Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1992 | Tango Feroz | |||
1995 | Tengo una casa | |||
1995 | Belmonte | |||
1995 | Dos por dos | |||
1995 | Morirás en Chafarinas | |||
1996 | Más que amor, frenesí (Not Love, Just Frenzy) | |||
1996 | Mi nombre es sombra | |||
1998 | Los años bárbaros (The Stolen Years) | Jaime | [10] | |
1998 | Insomnio (Sleepless in Madrid) | Juan | [11] | |
1999 | Los lobos de Washington (Washington Wolves) | Pablo | [12] | |
1999 | Cuarteto de La Habana (Havana Quartet) | Walther | [13] | |
2000 | Kashbah | |||
2000 | Yoyes | Joxean Dorronsoro | [14] | |
2001 | Buñuel y la mesa del rey Salomón | |||
Juego de Luna (Luna's Game) | Nano | [15] | ||
2002 | El otro lado de la cama (The Other Side of the Bed) | Javier | [16] | |
2002 | Deseo (Desire) | Julio | [17] | |
2003 | Días de fútbol | Antonio | ||
2004 | Muertos comunes | |||
2004 | Incautos (Swindled) | Ernesto | [18] | |
2005 | Semen, una historia de amor | |||
2005 | El método | |||
2006 | Los 2 lados de la cama (The 2 Sides of the Bed) | Javier | Sequel to The Other Side of the Bed | [19] |
2009 | The Widows of Thursdays | Martin | ||
2011 | Clandestine Childhood | |||
2013 | Who Killed Bambi? | |||
2014 | Easy Sex, Sad Movies | |||
2017 | Perfectos desconocidos (Perfect Strangers) | Antonio | [20] | |
2018 | La sombra de la ley (Gun City) | El Tísico | [21] | |
2019 | Lo dejo cuando quiera (I Can Quit Whenever I Want) | Tacho | [22] | |
2019 | Ventajas de viajar en tren (Advantages of Travelling by Train) | Ángel Sanagustín | [23] | |
2020 | Te quiero, imbécil (I Love You, Stupid) | Sebastian Vennet | [24] | |
2020 | Orígenes secretos (Unknown Origins) | Bruguera | [25] | |
2020 | Un 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
Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2017 | Cable Girls | |||
2018 | Narcos: Mexico | Salvador Osuna Nava | ||
2020 | Someone Has to Die | Gregorio Falcón | ||
2021 | Todos mienten | Diego | [28] |
References
- "Ernesto Alterio: biografía y filmografía - AlohaCriticón". archive.is. 2020-09-23. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- "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.
- ""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.
- "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.
- Cruz, Juan (2019-05-06). "La feliz familia de los Alterio". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- "La Revista: Gentes". archive.is. 2020-09-23. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- "Alberto San Juan y Guillermo Toledo protagonizan la obra "Pornografía barata", de Andrés Lima". Europa Press. 4 July 2002.
- "Ernesto Alterio". elmundo.es. January 2004.
- "Ernesto Alterio". Fotogramas. 2 June 2008.
- Caparrós Lera 2005, p. 94.
- "Insomnio". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
- Holland, Jonathan (27 September 1999). "Washington Wolves". Variety.
- Holland, Jonathan (21 June 1999). "Havana Quartet". Variety.
- Caparrós Lera 2005, p. 142.
- "Ana Torrent se lanza al póquer en la película de Mónica Laguna". El País. 20 September 2001.
- 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.
- Holland, Jonathan (11 November 2002). "Desire". Variety.
- "Incautos". elmundo.es. January 2005. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- Torreiro, Mirito (29 May 2008). "Los 2 lados de la cama". Fotogramas.
- Iglesias, Eulàlia (1 December 2017). "'Perfectos desconocidos': sexo, mentiras y teléfonos móviles". El Confidencial.
- Medina, Marta (11 October 2018). "'La sombra de la ley': anarquistas, mafiosos y golpistas en la Barcelona de los años veinte". El Confidencial.
- Úbeda-Portugués, Alberto (9 April 2019). "Los estrenos del 12 de abril. 'Lo dejo cuando quiera'". AISGE.
- Cortés, Iker (7 November 2019). "Ernesto Alterio: «Los actores y los locos tenemos algo en común»". El Correo.
- "Netflix: actores argentinos que brillan en producciones internacionales de la plataforma". La Voz del Interior. 15 September 2020.
- García, Marisa (27 August 2020). "'Orígenes secretos': la divertida película de estreno de Javier Rey en Netflix". Diez Minutos.
- Silvestre, Juan (8 September 2020). "'Un mundo normal' según Ernesto Alterio". Fotogramas.
- "Álex de la Iglesia estrena la comedia romántica 'El cuarto pasajero'". Noticias de Álava. 26 October 2022.
- "Movistar concluye el rodaje de 'Todos mienten', su nuevo thriller coral creado por Pau Freixas". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 19 January 2021.