Héctor Alterio

Héctor Alterio
Héctor Alterio
	Alterio in 2023
Born	21 September 1929 (age 94); Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Ángela Bacaicoa (after 1969)
Children	Ernesto, Malena

Héctor Benjamín Alterio Onorato (born 21 September 1929) is an Argentine theatre, film and television actor, well known both in Argentina and Spain.

Biography

Héctor Benjamín Alterio Onorato was born in Chacarita, Buenos Aires on 21 September 1929, to parents from Carpinone, Italy.^[1]^[2] Alterio's acting debut came in 1948 in stage play Cómo suicidarse en primavera ('How to commit suicide in spring').^[3] After finishing drama school, he created the Nuevo Teatro ("New Theatre") company in 1950, where he worked until 1968 and helped change the Argentine theatrical scene of the 1960s.

He also worked in the Argentine cinema. His debut on the silver screen took place in Alfredo Mathé's Todo sol es amargo [es] (Every sun is bitter) in 1965. He then participated in many of the most important Argentine movies of the 1970s, including La Patagonia rebelde (The Rebel Patagonia), which was awarded a Silver Bear at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.^[4] His voice was used in Ya es tiempo de violencia (1969), an anonymous film about the Cordobazo riots which took place the same year. The film was produced by Enrique Juárez, close to the Grupo Cine Liberación.

While in Spain in 1975, he received death threats from the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance. He decided not to return to Argentina and remained in exile. He also obtained Spanish citizenship.^[1]

Consequently, Alterio began to work in Spanish films, including A un dios desconocido (1977) and received the Best Actor award at the Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival, and El Nido (1980), and for his effort received the Best Actor award from the Association of Latin Entertainment Critics in 1983.

After the restoration of democracy in Argentina in 1982, Alterio worked in films produced in both countries and some co-productions.

In 2004, he received an Honorary Goya Award for his lifetime body of works.^[5]

Religiously, Alterio is an atheist.^[6]

Roles in Academy Award-nominated films

Héctor Alterio has been in five Oscar-nominated as Best Foreign Language Film pictures:

The Truce – (1974)
The Nest – (1980)
Camila – (1984)
The Official Story – (1985)
Son of the Bride – (2001)

The fourth of them won the award in the 58th Academy Awards, and was also nominated as Best Original Screenplay. All of these films, except for The Nest, which was submitted by Spain, has been submitted to the awards by Argentina.

Selected filmography

Todo sol es amargo (1966)
Cómo seducir a una mujer (1967)
Don Segundo Sombra (1969) - Gaucho in Black
El santo de la espada (1970) - Gen. Simón Bolívar
La fidelidad (1970)
El habilitado (1971)
Argentino hasta la muerte (1971)
Y que patatín, y que patatán (1971)
La mafia (1972) - Paolatti
Paño verde (1973)
Los siete locos (1973) - Gregorio Barsut
La Piel del amor (1973) - Luis
Las Venganzas de Beto Sánchez (1973) - Coronel Sagasti
Los golpes bajos (1974)
Quebracho (1974)
La Patagonia rebelde (1974) - Cmdr. Zavala
La tregua (1974) - Martín Santomé
El Amor infiel (1974) - Morales
Cría Cuervos (1976) - Anselmo
Pascual Duarte (1976) - Esteban Duarte Diniz
La menor (1976)
Fango (1977) - Carlos
Asignatura pendiente (1977) - Rafa
Secretos de alcoba (1977) - Carlos
A un dios desconocido (1977) - José
La guerra de papá (1977) - Papá (Pablo)
Marian (1977) - Alfredo
El mirón (1977) - Roman - husband
Las truchas (1978) - Gonzalo
Las palabras de Max (1978) - Julián
Arriba Hazaña (1978) - Hermano Director
Borrasca (1978) - Alberto Pineda
La escopeta nacional (1978)
¿Qué hace una chica como tú en un sitio como éste? (1978)
Serenata a la luz de la Luna (1978)
Tres en raya (1979) - Padre de Carlos
Tiempos de constitución (1979)
F.E.N. (1980) - Alfredo
Memorias de Leticia Valle (1980) - Alberto
El crimen de Cuenca (1980) - Isasa
El Nido (1980) - Don Alejandro
En mil pedazos (1980) - Armando Novaes
Tiro al aire (1980)
Otra vez adiós (1980)
Los viernes de la eternidad (1981) - Don Gervasio Urquiaga
Kargus (1981)
Tac-Tac (1981) - Leonardo Gala
Volver (1982)
Asesinato en el Comité Central (1982) - Sepúlveda
Corazón de papel (1982) - D. Arcadio Nieto
La vida, el amor y la muerte (1982) - Regino
Antonieta (1982) - Leon
Il quartetto Basileus (1983) - Alvaro
La mujer del juez (1984) - Marcial / Paz's lover
El señor Galíndez (1984) - Beto
Camila (1984) - Adolfo O'Gorman
De grens (1984) - Andras Menzo
Los chicos de la guerra (1984) - Padre de Pablo
La rosales (1984)
Zama (1984)
Contar hasta diez (1985)
La historia oficial (1985) - Roberto
Adiós, Roberto (1985)
Flesh + Blood (1985) - Niccolo
A la pálida luz de la Luna (1985) - Miguel Gil de Larios
Manuel y Clemente (1986) - Serafin
Puzzle (1986) - Luis
Contar hasta diez (1986)
El hombre de la deuda externa (1987) - Pedro
Sofía (1987) - Padre de Pedro
Mi General (1987) - General Víctor Mendizábal
La veritat oculta (1987) - Alfons Garriga
Barbablu Barbablu (1987) - Federico
El verano del potro (1989) - Federico
Continental (1990) - Ruda
Yo, la peor de todas (1990) - The Viceroy
Gentile Alouette (1990)
Don Juan in Hell (1991) - Padre de Don Juan
Tango (1993) - Feroz Lobo
as boludas (1993)
El detective y la muerte (1994) - G.M.
King of the River (1995) - Juan
Caballos salvajes (1995) - José
Tatiana, la muñeca rusa (1995) - Diego
Cenizas del paraíso (1997) - Judge Costa Makantasis
Pequeños milagros (1997) - Padre de Rosalía
Memorias del ángel caído (1997) - Julio
Asesinato a distancia (1998) - Bilverio Punes
Diario para un cuento (1998) - Pablo
Las huellas borradas (1999) - Don José
Un dulce olor a muerte (1999) - Justino
Héroes y demonios (1999) - Jorge Romans
La mujer más fea del mundo (1999) - Dr. Werner
Suenas en la mitad del mundo – Cuentos ecuatorianos (1999)
Los libros y la noche (1999, Documentary)
I Know Who You Are (2000) - Salgado
Plata quemada (2000) - Losardo
Esperando al Mesías (2000) - Simón
Cabeza de tigre (2001) - Santiago de Liniers
Sagitario (2001) - Gustavo
El hijo de la novia (2001) - Nino Belvedere
Vidas privadas (2001) - Padre de Carmen / Carmen's Father
Nobel (2001) - Alberto
Noche de reyes (2001) - Sr. Garriga
Fumata blanca (2002) - Cardinal Giovanello
El Último tren (2002) - El Profesor
Apasionados (2002) - Coco
Kamchatka (2002) - Grandfather
Nudos (2003) - Cipriano Mera
Utopía (2003) - Samuel
Cleopatra (2003) - Roberto
Le intermittenze del cuore (2003) - Saul Mortara
Noviembre (2003) - Yuta
En ninguna parte (2004) - Antonio
Semen, una historia de amor (2005) - Emilio
A Tram in SP (2008) - Lucas
Awaking from a Dream (2008) - Pascual
Intruders (2011) - Old Priest
Como estrellas fugaces (2012) - Generale
Kamikaze (2014) - Lionel
Fermín glorias del tango (2014) - Fermin

Awards

Won:^[7]

Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor for Best Supporting Actor for La maffia, 1973.
Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival: Prize San Sebastián, Best Actor, for A un dios desconocido, 1977.
Association of Latin Entertainment Critics: Best Actor, for El Nido, 1980.^[8]
Valladolid International Film Festival: Best Actor, for El Último tren, 2002.
Cinema Writers Circle Awards: CEC Award Best Supporting Actor, for El Hijo de la novia, 2002, Spain.
Goya Awards: Lifetime Achievement Honorary Award, 2004.

Nominated

Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Nominated for four Silver Condors (1998, 2001, 2002, and 2003).

References

^ ^a ^b "Homenaje a Héctor Alterio como Personalidad Emérita de la Cultura". Argentina.gob. 10 April 2023.
^ Jiménez Guerra, Ana (22 July 2021). "Héctor Alterio: "Actúo porque tengo que pagar las facturas"". Noticias de Navarra.
^ "Héctor Alterio, en el escenario a los 91 años y sin miedo al coronavirus". Clarín. 5 November 2020.
^ "Berlinale 1974: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
^ "Medallas del CEC a la producción española de 2001". Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos. Madrid. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Arco, Antonio (February 2007). Temo a depender de alguien para moverme y a perder la memoria. «-¿Nunca la perdió? (la fe en el hombre) -No la puedo perder, porque yo no tengo ningún problema de orden metafísico. No soy religioso: soy ateo. Y en el hombre creo porque es lo que me circunda y lo que hace que haga cosas. Trabajo para otros, me relaciono con otros, tengo gracias a ellos a quien me palmee el hombro o a quien palmeárselo yo. Eso hace que yo tenga mi religión en el hombre.»
^ IMDb film data base, awards section.
^ New York Latin ACE Awards Archived 2007-02-06 at the Wayback Machine web page. Last accessed: 2007-01-28.