Enrique Liporace (born June 10, 1941) is an Argentine actor.

Life and work

Liporace began his career as an actor in 1963, when he was cast in '' La terraza'', directed by

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. He earned extensive credits as a supporting actor in

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in subsequent years,Nuestro Actores: Enrique Liporace
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Liporace shared an ill-fated relationship with actress Soledad Silveyra during the late 1960s, though the couple never married.''Clarín'': Enrique Liporace
Liporace's role as Basile, the compromised mining engineer in

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'' (1981) would become one of his best-known, and the following year, he starred in Aristarain's thriller, '' Últimos días de la víctima''.Cine Nacional: Enrique Liporace
/ref> He also returned to the theatre, and acted in ''Al vencedor'', a military drama by Osvaldo Dragún, during the

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festival of the early 1980s. The versatile actor played a

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man immersed in intrigue in Hebert Posse Amorim's 1985 critique of corporate control over broadcasting in ''Sin querer, queriendo'' (''Accidentally on Purpose''). A series of less notable roles followed, though Liporace remained busy in film and theatre alike. He appeared as populist President Juan Perón's calculating Information Minister, Raúl Apold, in Juan Carlos Desanzo's ''

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'' (1996), and as the gruff, corner café proprietor given to hiring illegal immigrants in '' Bolivia'' (2001). Liporace's later roles include that of a nostalgic, minor-party politician in Fernando Musa's '' Chiche bombón'' (2004), and of a reprise of his earlier role as a transvestite in Daniel Ritto's ''Plástico cruel'' (2005). These roles never brought the recognition Lioprace sought, however, and the aging actor instead found success in the theatre, when in 2009 he was cast in Hernán Casciari's play, ''Más respeto que soy tu madre'' (''More Respect - I'm Your Mother''). The play, a slice-of-life tale set during the

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of 2002, cast Liporace opposite famed

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Antonio Gasalla as the Bertottis, and drew a combined audience of half a million in its first 540 shows in Buenos Aires.''El Argentino'': Antonio Gasalla, primero en los teatros de la Ciudad

Selected filmography and theatre roles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liporace, Enrique 1941 births Living people Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine male actors Argentine male stage actors