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Marcelo Romo
Santiago, Chile
Marcelo Romo (Santiago, April 23, 1941 – January 23, 2018) was a renowned Chilean actor of film, theater, and television. Trained at the University of Chile’s School of Theater, h…
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Marcelo Romo (Santiago, April 23, 1941 – January 23, 2018) was a renowned Chilean actor of film, theater, and television. Trained at the University of Chile’s School of Theater, he became one of the leading figures of Chilean acting from the 1960s onward. He made his film debut in El Chacal de Nahueltoro (1969) by Miguel Littín, playing a journalist —a landmark in Chilean cinema that marked the beginning of a prolific film career spanning over thirty titles. During the Pinochet dictatorship, Romo went into exile in Venezuela, where he continued his career in film, participating in movies such as La máxima felicidad (1982) and Señora Bolero (1991), as well as in theater, and television, later working also in Mexico and Colombia. He returned to Chile in the 1990s and became a familiar face in popular TV series such as Rojo y Miel, Sucupira, Estúpido Cupido, and Pecadores (his last television appearance, in 2003). A versatile and socially committed performer, Romo was admired for the emotional depth of his characters and his dedication to the arts. He spent his final years away from the public eye due to Alzheimer’s disease and passed away in Santiago in 2018, aged 76.
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2002
Purasangre
TV show Eusebio García
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2001
Amores de mercado
TV show Horacio Galdames
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1998
Borrón y cuenta nueva
TV show Félix Izquierdo
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1998
Sucupira, la comedia
TV show Manuel Campos
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1998
Las historias de Sussi
TV show Luis
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1997
Brigada Escorpión
TV show Laureano
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1997
Oro verde
TV show Mariano Sandoval
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1995
Juegos de fuego
TV show Germán Ugarte
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1994
Rojo y miel
TV show Alfonso Escudero
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1994
Rompecorazón
TV show Justo Sierra
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1994
Los náufragos
Movie Aron
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1993
Ámame
TV show Raúl Castellot
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1991
Señora Bolero
Movie
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1989
Rubí rebelde
TV show Don Félix del Roble
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1987
Mi amada Beatriz
TV show Gustavo Adolfo Castañeda
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1986
Mariposas S.A.
Movie
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1985
La hora del tigre
Movie Daniel
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1984
Morituri
Movie Dr. Tony Henek
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1982
La máxima felicidad
Movie
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1981
Canaguaro
Movie
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1981
The Perfect House
Movie Juan Garcia Gomez
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1977
Dear Comrades
Movie
- 1973
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1972
Enough Praying
Movie Padre Jaime
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1972
The Suns of Easter Island
Movie Marcello
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1972
The First Year
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1971
Voto + Fusil
Movie
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1971
The Witnesses
Movie
- 1971
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1970
Jackal of Nahueltoro
Movie Reporter
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1967
ITV Playhouse
TV show Juan Garcia Gomez
