Darío Alejandro Grandinetti (born 5 March 1959) is an Argentine actor. He is known for his numerous roles in television, theater and film, where he participated in films by renowned directors such as Alejandro Doria, Pedro Almodóvar and Damián Szifron.
Biography Darío Grandinetti was born in the city of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. His father worked in the Junta Nacional de Granos in streets of Mendoza and Sarmiento. When Darío Grandinetti was 17 years old he and his family moved to the small town of Las Rosas where they lived only one year and returned to Rosario. In Rosario, he played in the inferior teams of Newell's Old Boys football club. He began to work in the Junta Nacional de Granos as auxiliary and began studying theater. For reasons of work, he moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Career Darío Grandinetti started as a television actor and slowly moved towards cinema. His filmography is mainly of Argentine production or co-productions with his country. His first work in a foreign production was the Bolivian El Día que murió el silencio of 1998, and has recently worked in a number of Spanish films, and also participated as guest in Spanish TV series. He is considered one of the most important Argentine actors. In 2012, he won an International Emmy Award for his role in Televisión por la Inclusión.
Personal life
When he was 24, he had an affair with the 40 year old actor Silvia Montanari. She broke off the relationship saying later that it was because of their age difference.
In 1989, he formalized his relationship with Catalan artist Eulalia Lombarte Llorca with whom he had his first two children, María Eulalia and Juan. The couple ended their relationship in 1992 with much controversy and a legal battle for the possession of their children that ended up favoring Darío. In October 1993, he met ex-model and Argentine actress Marisa Mondino with whom he married in 1995 and had two daughters, Lucía (1996-1997), who died in 1997 of hydrocephalus, and Laura. The couple ended their relationship in 2006. Finally, after several rumors that linked them together, in 2016, Darío Grandinetti made official his relationship with actress Pastora Vega.
Theater Year Title Director1976Equus1981El violinista en el tejado1982Hijos del silencio1982-1983Camino negro1984Papi1985Feliz año viejo1986La jaula de las locas1986-1987Los dueños del silencio1987-1990Yepetto1993Errare humanun est1995Los lobos1996-1998Los mosqueteros del rey1998-1999Ya nadie recuerda a Federico Chopin2000El cartero2000Maratón dantesca2003Juana de Arco en la hoguera2004Teatro por la identidad2006-2007Ella en mi cabeza2008-2010Baraka2011-2012MinerosJavier Daulte2013Una relación pornográficaPhilippe Blasband2014 PersonitasJavier Daulte2014Novecento
Television Year Title Character Channel1980BiancaATC1980Donde pueda quererteCanal 111980Señorita AndreaRoqueATC1981El ciclo de Guillermo Bredeston y Nora CárpenaCanal 91985Coraje mamáMáximoCanal 91986Querido salvajeCanal 111987FiccionesATC1990Primera funciónYepettoTVE1990AtreverseAntonioTelefé1992El oro y el barroProfessorCanal 91993ApasionadaPatricio VelascoEl Trece1993Zona de riesgoManagerEl Trece1994Los machosEl Trece1998Los fiscalesIgnacio CastilloTelefé1999La Argentina de TatoEl Trece1999ChiquititasJuan MazzaTelefé2000-2002Tiempo finalTelefé2006Algo habrán hecho por la historia argentinaDomingo Faustino SarmientoTelefé2011Tiempo de pensarGustavoTV Pública2011Televisión por la inclusiónMarioCanal 92013Santos & PecadoresDetective Fausto CánovasCanal 92014En terapiaCarlosTV Pública2015-2016La casa del marInspector Jorge PelazasOnDirecTV2018–presentEl lobistaEliánEl Trece2018–presentHierroDíazARTE 2022Santa EvitaJuan Domingo PerónStar+ 2023 La novia gitana Miguel Vistas
Films Year Film Character Director Country1984Darse cuentaJuanAlejandro DoriaArgentina1985Esperando la carrozaCachoAlejandro DoriaArgentina1985La BúsquedaThe muteJuan Carlos DesanzoArgentina1986Les Longs manteauxSolder GaitánGilles BéhatArgentina-France1986Seguridad personalAníbal Di SalvoArgentina1988Las Puertitas del señor LópezAlberto FischermanArgentina1990Cien veces no deboJorgeAlejandro DoriaArgentina1990La Pandilla aventureraSailorMiguel TorradoArgentina1992El lado oscuro del corazónOliverioEliseo SubielaArgentina-Canada1994La Balada de Donna HelenaCar ThiefFito PáezArgentina1995Las Cosas del querer: Segunda parteTullioJaime ChávarriArgentina-Spain1995No te mueras sin decirme adónde vasLeopoldoEliseo SubielaArgentina1996El Dedo en la llagaTolosaAlberto LecchiArgentina-Spain1996Despabílate amorErnestoEliseo SubielaArgentina1997Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andandoCarlos Gardel/Renzo FranchiJaime ChávarriArgentina-Spain1997La casa de TourneurJorge CaterbonaArgentina1998El Día que Murió el SilencioAbelardoPaolo AgazziBolivia1999El AmateurMunicipal OfficialJuan Bautista StagnaroArgentina1999Operación FangioJuan Manuel FangioAlberto LecchiArgentina-Spain-Cuba2001El lado oscuro del corazón 2OliverioEliseo SubielaArgentina-Spain2002Hable con ellaMarco ZuluagaPedro AlmodóvarSpain2003 Ilusión de movimientoRafaelHéctor MolinaArgentina2003 Tiempo de tormenta (Stormy Weather)OscarPedro OleaSpain2003 Killing WordsRamón DíazLaura MañáSpain2003 El juego de ArcibelArcibel AlegríaAlberto LecchiArgentina2003 Ciudad del solLuisCarlos GalettiniArgentina2004El año del diluvioAixeláJaime ChávarriFrance-Spain-Italy2004Próxima salidaCarlos VelmarNicolás TuozzoArgentina2005Segundo asalto (Round Two)VidalDaniel CebriánSpain2005El buen destinoLeonor BenedettoArgentina2007La carta esféricaImanol UribeSpain2007¿De quién es el portaligas?NormanFito PáezArgentina2007El frascoPérezAlberto LecchiArgentina2007QuiéremePanchoBeda Docampo FeijóoArgentina-Spain2007La peliDiegoGustavo PostiglioneArgentina-Uruguay2008Horizontal/VerticalPoliceNicolás TuozzoArgentina2009Haroldo Conti, homo viatorHaroldo ContiMiguel MatoArgentina2009Días de mayoLaura's fatherGustavo PostiglioneArgentina2010Carne de neónChinoPaco CabezasArgentina-Spain2013MatrimonioEstebanCarlos María JaureguialzoArgentina2014InevitableFabiánJorge AlgoraArgentina-Spain2014Relatos salvajesSalgadoDamián SzifronArgentina-Spain2015Francis: Pray for meJorge BergoglioBeda Docampo FeijóoArgentina-Spain2016JulietaLorenzo GentilePedro AlmodóvarSpain2016HorasArgentina2018The Queen of FearValeria BertuccelliFabiana TiscorniaArgentina-Denmark2018 El pacto Alex Spain2018RojoClaudio MoranBenjamín NaishtatArgentina 2023 Empieza el baile Carlos Marina Seresesky Argentina-Spain 2024 Nina Pedro Andrea Jaurrieta Spain 2024 Dismantling an Elephant Félix Aitor Echeverría Spain-France 2025 Um Lobo Entre os Cisnes Dino Carrera Marcos Schechtman Brazil
TV Programs Year Title Channel Notes2008Historia del petróleo en la ArgentinaEncuentroTV Host
Awards Year Award Category Program Result1992Havana Film FestivalEl Lado oscuro del corazónBest Actor1993Gramado Film FestivalEl Lado oscuro del corazónBest Actor1999Cartagena Film FestivalEl Día que Murió el Silencio Best Actor1999Silver Condor AwardsSus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andandoBest Actor2001Konex AwardBest Actor2004FantasportoKilling WordsBest Actor2012International Emmy AwardTelevisión por la inclusiónBest Actor
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