Cristian Mercado is a Bolivian theater and film actor. On film, he is known for his lead role as Falso Conejo in '' Sena/Quina, la inmortalidad del cangrejo'' and as Miguel, a fisherman in '' Undertow'' (Spanish title ''Contracorriente'') alongside

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, a film that won Audience Award for World Cinema Drama at Sundance Film Festival in 2010.Latin America News Dispatch: Interview with Javier Fuentes-León, Director of ''Contracorriente''
/ref> and his role as Inti Peredo in '' Che: Part Two''. He also co star in films a
The 33 of San Jose
movie based on the true storie of the 33 miners trapped in the landslide in Chile. He was also second assistant director in ''

Los Andes no creen en Dios ''Los Andes no creen en Dios'' () is a 2007 Bolivian film directed by . It is a drama set in a mining town in the Andes in the 1920s. Synopsis The film is loosely based on the 1974 novel ''Los Andes no creen en Dios'' by Adolfo Costa du Rels and ...

'' (''The Andes Don't Believe in God'' (2007). On theater, he was part of Teatro de los Andes group and found La Oveja Negra theater in 2005. He worked in France with "Theatre Athenor", in Chile with Teatro Camino company, and with Teatro de ciertos habitantes in Mexico.

Awards

*2011: Won Best Actor Award at Rapa Nui Film Festival in

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. *2014: Won Best theater acto
Eduardo Abaroa Plurinational Price
Bolivia

Filmography

Directing

*2007: ''Los Andes no creen en Dios'' (second assistant director)

Acting

*2004: '' El atraco'' as Ivo *2005: '' Sena/Quina, la inmortalidad del cangrejo'' as Falso Conejo *2007: ''

'' as Paco *2008: '' Che: Part Two'' as Inti (Guido Peredo Liegue) *2009: '' Undertow'' (Spanish title ''Contracorriente'') as Miguel *2010: '' The 33 of San Jose'' as Quechua *2011: ''

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'' as Official Boliviano *2019: '' Santa Clara'' as cowboy *2019: '' The Longest Night'' as Ivan ;Shorts *2008: ''Desde el fondo'' as Antonio (short) *2011: ''El último paso'' as Mateo (short) *2017: Premi al millor chipiron *2018: premi al millor nadador de ESPAÑA *2019: premi al dislexic del mon

References

External links

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Cristian Mercado official website
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