Fernando Balzaretti (June 10, 1946 – September 5, 1998) was a Mexican
actor
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.
Career
Balzaretti began his acting career in the 1960s and by the time of his death in 1998 had acted in at least 40 films, 21
telenovelas
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include ''teleserye'' (P ...
and 136 plays.
He was also a professor of
performing arts
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at the
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...
.
Awards
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Ariel Award
The Ariel Award ( es, Premio Ariel) is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excel ...
for
Best Supporting Actor (1988) in ''Muelle Rojo''.
*''
Virginia Fábregas Medal'', 1994.
Selected filmography
* ''
Length of War
''Length of War'' ( es, Longitud de guerra) is a 1976 Mexican drama film directed by Gonzalo Martínez Ortega. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a ...
'' (1976)
* ''
Mina, Wind of Freedom'' (1977)
* ''
Broken Flag'' (1978)
* ''Días dificiles'' (1988) (Ariel nominee for Best Actor)
* ''Muelle rojo'' (1988) (Ariel winner for Best Supporting Actor)
* ''Kino'' (1994) (Ariel nominee for Best Supporting Actor)
See also
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Mexican people of Italian descent
Mexican may refer to:
Mexico and its culture
*Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America
** People
*** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants
*** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...
References
External links
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1946 births
1998 deaths
Male actors from Mexico City
Mexican male telenovela actors
Mexican male film actors
Mexican people of Italian descent
20th-century Mexican male actors
Best supporting male actors Ariel Award winners
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