Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 23, 1941
Died
Jan 23, 2018
Place of Birth
Santiago, Chile
Credits
31 titles
Marcelo Romo
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Purasangre
Eusebio García
Amores de mercado
Horacio Galdames
Borrón y cuenta nueva
Félix Izquierdo
Sucupira, la comedia
Manuel Campos
Las historias de Sussi
Luis
Brigada Escorpión
Laureano
Oro verde
Mariano Sandoval
Juegos de fuego
Germán Ugarte
Rojo y miel
Alfonso Escudero
Rompecorazón
Justo Sierra
Los náufragos
Aron
Ámame
Raúl Castellot
Señora Bolero
Rubí rebelde
Don Félix del Roble
Mi amada Beatriz
Gustavo Adolfo Castañeda
Mariposas S.A.
La hora del tigre
Daniel
Morituri
Dr. Tony Henek
La máxima felicidad
Canaguaro
The Perfect House
Juan Garcia Gomez
Dear Comrades
Metamorphosis of the Chief of the Political Police
Enough Praying
Padre Jaime
The Suns of Easter Island
Marcello
The First Year
Narrator (voice)
Voto + Fusil
The Witnesses
Entre ponerle y no ponerle...
Jackal of Nahueltoro
Reporter
ITV Playhouse
Juan Garcia Gomez