Nelson Villagra (born 9 August 1937) is an award-winning Chilean
actor, writer and director of stage and screen. He is recognised as
one of the most masterful actors in Chilean cinema and is widely known
in Chile for his exceptional portrayal of a mentally retarded murderer
in Miguel LittÃn's El Chacal de Nahueltoro (1969). He also
collaborated with Raúl Ruiz on Tres tristes tigres (1968), La colonia
penal (1970) and Nadie dijo nada (1971).In 1973, Villagra was exiled
from Chile as a result of the military coup which led to the Pinochet
dictatorship. After a time in Europe, he went on to Cuba and worked
with some of the key Latin American directors of the period, such as
Humberto Solás (Cantata de Chile) and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, winning
the Best Actor award for his role as 'El Conde' in Gutiérrez Alea's
The Last Supper at the 1978 Biarritz Film Festival. In 1979, he played
a military torturer in Sergio Castilla's film Prisioneros
desaparecidos, a role for which he won the Best Actor award at the San
Sebastián Film Festival.Nelson Garrido Villagra was born in Chillán
in southern Chile on 9 August 1937. His artistic activities began in
1950, at the age of 13, when he was enrolled at the School of Artistic
Culture of Chillán (Escuela de Cultura ArtÃstica de Chillán) under
the tuition of Professor Carlos Cortés with whom he worked on
Radiodifusión Cultural de Chillán. Later in 1950, Villagra joined
Chillán Cultural Broadcasting, a cultural group, who later founded
the Teatro Experimental de Chillán, Chillán Choir, and the Institute
of Cultural Extension of the city. This group was led by Ciro Vargas
Mellado, with help from the capital - Santiago de Chile - Enrique
Gajardo Velasquez. Both Mellado and Velasquez had a large influence on
Villagra's theatrical and cultural training.
actor, writer and director of stage and screen. He is recognised as
one of the most masterful actors in Chilean cinema and is widely known
in Chile for his exceptional portrayal of a mentally retarded murderer
in Miguel LittÃn's El Chacal de Nahueltoro (1969). He also
collaborated with Raúl Ruiz on Tres tristes tigres (1968), La colonia
penal (1970) and Nadie dijo nada (1971).In 1973, Villagra was exiled
from Chile as a result of the military coup which led to the Pinochet
dictatorship. After a time in Europe, he went on to Cuba and worked
with some of the key Latin American directors of the period, such as
Humberto Solás (Cantata de Chile) and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, winning
the Best Actor award for his role as 'El Conde' in Gutiérrez Alea's
The Last Supper at the 1978 Biarritz Film Festival. In 1979, he played
a military torturer in Sergio Castilla's film Prisioneros
desaparecidos, a role for which he won the Best Actor award at the San
Sebastián Film Festival.Nelson Garrido Villagra was born in Chillán
in southern Chile on 9 August 1937. His artistic activities began in
1950, at the age of 13, when he was enrolled at the School of Artistic
Culture of Chillán (Escuela de Cultura ArtÃstica de Chillán) under
the tuition of Professor Carlos Cortés with whom he worked on
Radiodifusión Cultural de Chillán. Later in 1950, Villagra joined
Chillán Cultural Broadcasting, a cultural group, who later founded
the Teatro Experimental de Chillán, Chillán Choir, and the Institute
of Cultural Extension of the city. This group was led by Ciro Vargas
Mellado, with help from the capital - Santiago de Chile - Enrique
Gajardo Velasquez. Both Mellado and Velasquez had a large influence on
Villagra's theatrical and cultural training.
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