Ricardo Darín

Ricardo Alberto Darín (born 16 January 1957) is an Argentine actor, film director and film producer, he is considered one of the best and most prolific actors of Argentine cinema.

Considered one of the greatest and most acclaimed movie stars of his country, he played a number of parts in TV series for several years where he became popular as a young leading actor. His most prominent roles as a film actor include ''Nine Queens'' (2000), ''El hijo de la novia'' (2001), ''Luna de Avellaneda'' (2004), '' The Aura'' (2005) and '' La señal'' (2007), which was also his directorial debut.

He starred in the Academy Award winning film for Best Foreign Picture ''The Secret in Their Eyes'' (2009). In 2011, the Konex Foundation bestowed upon him their Diamond Award, one of the most prestigious awards in Argentina, for being the most important personality in entertainment in the last decade in his country. In 2015, he received the Goya Award for Best Actor for the film '' Truman''.

Early life

Darín was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 26 January 1957, to actor Ricardo Darín Sr. and actress Renée Roxana. His family is of Italian and Lebanese origin, and has held strong ties to the Argentine showbusiness community. His parents divorced in 1969 when he was 12 years old, and his father died of cancer on 5 January 1989.

Career

Early years

Darín was ten years old when he made his theater debut alongside his parents. By the age of sixteen he had achieved a stable position in television in Argentina, in TV shows such as ''Alta comedia'' and ''Estación Retiro'', under the patronage of Alberto Migré, Argentina's major TV producer at the time.

TV success (1980s)

During the 1980s, while still collaborating with Migré, Darín was acclaimed as one of the ''galancitos'' (Spanish for "charmers"), a group of young actors that adapted popular TV programs into theater productions. The ''galancitos'' were very popular all over Argentina. In 1987, Darín starred in the television show ''Estrellita mía'', with Andrea Del Boca, and two years later in the show ''Rebelde'', with Grecia Colmenares.

He switched to comedy in the early 1990s, which led to his greatest television success co-starring in the remake of the 1970s TV show ''Mi cuñado'' (1993–1996), alongside Luis Brandoni.

Film success (1990s)

Despite his success on television, Darín never left theater and continued to perform in productions such as ''La extraña pareja'' (a Spanish adaptation of Neil Simon's ''The Odd Couple'') (1984), ''Taxi'' (1985), ''Sugar'' (1986–1987), ''Rumores'' (1990), ''Algo en común'' (1995) and ''Art'' (1997–1999). He debuted as theater director in 1990, with the production ''Pájaros in the nait'', starring Adrián Suar, Diego Torres and Leonardo Sbaraglia.

He started his film career by appearing in films mainly aimed for young audiences, such as ''He nacido en la ribera'', ''Así es la vida'', ''La rabona'' and ''Los éxitos del amor'', ''La carpa del amor'', ''La discoteca del amor'' and ''La canción de Buenos Aires''. He then shifted to more mature roles, which permitted him to appear in films such as ''El desquite, Revancha de un amigo'' and ''La Rosales''.

The critics first noted and praised Darín for his role in the film ''Perdido por perdido'', directed by the newcomer Alberto Lecchi. He then appeared in Eduardo Mignogna's ''The Lighthouse'' (''El faro'' in Spanish), and starred in Juan José Campanella's ''Same Love, Same Rain'' (''El mismo amor, la misma lluvia'' in Spanish), which brought him further critical acclaim. But his success on film was established by his role as Marcos, a con artist in the midst of Argentina's financial crisis, in the 2000 film ''Nine Queens'' (''Nueve Reinas'' in Spanish), in which he starred alongside Gastón Pauls.

International acknowledgement (2000s)

After the success of ''Nine Queens'', Darín played a minor role in Mignona's '' La fuga'' (''The Escape''), in 2001. In that same year, he co-starred in ''Son of the Bride'' (''El hijo de la novia''), alongside Norma Aleandro and Héctor Alterio. The film was a commercial and critical success, resulting in its nomination for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and its winning the Silver Condor Award for Best Film.

Darín then starred in the comedy film ''Samy y yo'', with Angie Cepeda, in 2002. He also starred with Cecilia Roth in ''Kamchatka'', a drama that was Argentina's official submission for the 2002 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not nominated by the Academy.

In 2004 he co-starred with actress Mercedes Morán in the film '' Moon of Avellaneda'' (''Luna de Avellaneda''), in which he played a man trying to save his childhood club from bankruptcy. In 2005 he portrayed a taxidermist with photographic memory who unknowingly gets himself involved in a crime scheme in the film '' The Aura''. This last performance earned him an Argentine Film Critics Association Silver Condor Award for Best Actor and a Clarín Award for Best Actor.

In 2006 he and Juan José Campanella were awarded Spanish citizenship by certificate of naturalization, a special concession given by the Kingdom of Spain to people of particular merit. That same year, he starred in the Spanish film ''The Education of Fairies'' (''La educación de las hadas''), alongside Bebe and Irène Jacob.

In 2007 he appeared in the film '' XXY'', where he plays the troubled father of an intersex teenage daughter. That same year, he starred and debuted as a film director in the film '' La señal'' (''The Signal''), a project Eduardo Magnogna left unfinished after his death.

In 2009 he starred with Soledad Villamil and Guillermo Francella in ''The Secret in Their Eyes'' (''El secreto de sus ojos''), a film by Juan José Campanella. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was the second biggest box-office hit in the history of Argentine cinema. His performance as Benjamín Espósito earned Darín a second Silver Condor Award for Best Actor and his first nomination for the Goya Award in that same category.

Also in 2009 he appeared in the Spanish film ''El baile de la Victoria'', which earned him a nomination for the Goya Award, this time as Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

Recent work (2010s)

In 2010 he starred in Pablo Trapero

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