Luis Brandoni
Brandoni was born in Dock Sud, a port community east of Avellaneda. He debuted on the stage in 1962, television in 1963, and on film in 1966. He joined the National Comedy Theater in 1964 under the direction of Luisa Vehil. Politically active in the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR), he served as cultural policy adviser for President Raúl Alfonsín (1983-89), and was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in 1993, where he served until 2001.
He was an unsuccessful Argentine Senate candidate for the UCR in 2005, and for Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province, with nominee Ricardo Alfonsín, in 2007. He was married to actress Marta Bianchi, and in 2007 married Monica Lopez. An actor with extensive film, television and theatre credits, he portrayed leading roles in acclaimed pictures such as La tregua (1974), Juan que reía (1976), Darse cuenta (1984), Esperando la carroza (1985), Made in Argentina (1986), Cien veces no debo (1990), Convivencia (1993), Una sombra ya pronto serás (1994), De mi barrio con amor (1995), and Los pasos perdidos (2001). His career remained strong during 2011: among his notable theatre credits was his portrayal of former President Arturo Illia; and his notable television credits included a starring role in the Telefé; sitcom, El Hombre de tu vida.
He earned three Martín Fierro Awards (1970, 1990, and 1993); and an Argentine Film Critics Association Silver Condor awards for Best Actor for his roles in Made in Argentina and Convivencia. Brandoni also served in numerous actors' guilds, including the International Federation of Actors (IFA) as its Vice President between 1974 and 2004.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 4.752 |
| Birthday | 1940-04-18 |
| Place of Birth | Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Also Known As |
2009
Waiting for the Hearse 2: The Party is Over
5.4/10
Nora and Antonio organize a prestigious celebration and invite their humble relatives.
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Waiting for the Hearse 2: The Party is Over
1985
Waiting for the Hearse
8.07/129
Mama Cora, who is almost eighty years old, has three sons and a daughter. She lives with one of them, who has serious financial problems. The family m...
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Waiting for the Hearse
1994
Living Together
6.2/5
Two single men in their late forties spend regular weekends in a semi-derelict house on the Paraná river delta near Buenos Aires. However, when a girl...
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Living Together
1984
Darse cuenta
7.3/23
The relationship between a doctor and a depressed young patient in a public hospital.
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Darse cuenta
1974
The Truce
7.1/15
A man has to come to terms with his wasted youth, estranged family and grim prospects for the future.
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The Truce
1996
El verso
6.4/5
Between farce and grotesque, John, who has lost his job, in a collective versea values of a knife sharpener, can not against debts contracted or can...
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El verso
1976
Juan que reía
4/1
Juan Libonatti, a seller of fine wines, like up in the company where he works. His car, a brand new Citroen, will be an essential tool to sell more wi...
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Juan que reía
2012
La Suerte en tus Manos
5.5/11
A professional poker player seeks out an old flame after his marriage fizzles.
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La Suerte en tus Manos
1990
Cien veces no debo
6.156/16
A comedy about a young girl who gets pregnant on a traditional Argentinean family.
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Cien veces no debo
1994
A Shadow You Soon Will Be
3.9/7
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A Shadow You Soon Will Be
2015
Tokio
5.5/2
The story of two strangers who decide to overcome distance and loneliness, turning a casual meeting into an opportunity for a new beginning.
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Tokio
2009
Felicitas
4.5/4
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Felicitas
1986
Seré cualquier cosa, pero te quiero
7.5/2
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Seré cualquier cosa, pero te quiero
2008
Democracy
6/1
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Democracy
1974
Rebellion in Patagonia
7.3/31
In 1920, workers from Patagonia, in Southern Argentina, gather around an anarcho-syndicalist society and go on strike, demanding better working condit...
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Rebellion in Patagonia
1999
The Damned Rib
5.75/12
Four women decide to go together to have fun at a men's strip show. On the trip, the taxi driver pays attention to their conversation where each one t...
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The Damned Rib
1985
There are some guys down
4.5/4
In times of dictatorship Argentina (1977), a young journalist suffers attacks of paranoia when he discovers suspicious persons , which could be parami...
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There are some guys down
1987
Made in Argentina
6.4/8
Osvaldo and Mabel, an Argentine couple exiled for political reasons in the United States, travel to their country of origin after ten years to reconne...
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Made in Argentina
1977
Acto de posesión
4.3/6
Raquel's not able to have children, so she and her boyfriend manipulate another young woman into bearing his child.
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Acto de posesión
1974
People in Buenos Aires
6/3
The romance of two migrants in Buenos Aires intercut with documentary footage of early '70s Argentina.
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People in Buenos Aires
2003
A Day in Paradise
5/5
A cartoonist and painter who can not stand out and make a living, among other things, as a photographer of news magazines and a beautiful young woman...
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A Day in Paradise
2018
My Masterpiece
7.3/170
Arturo, the successful owner of an art gallery, and Renzo, a talented but decadent painter, are old friends who cannot stop bickering. One day, Arturo...
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My Masterpiece
1968
Tute Cabrero
5.5/2
Three colleagues must decide which one of them will be fired when the company they work for starts a downsizing process.
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Tute Cabrero
1970
The Money
0/0
Stories whose common denominator is the lack of money: a young man who wants to capture a ticket, a boy-scout who dreams of singing the lottery jackpo...
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The Money
1973
Paño verde
6/1
Set in Buenos Aires in the 1940s, it showed the formation, rise and fall of a criminal gang.
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Paño verde
2019
The Weasel's Tale
7.636/147
A group of old actors and filmmakers tries to resist the efforts of a young couple to kick them out of their mansion.
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The Weasel's Tale
2019
4x4
6.45/110
Buenos Aires, Argentina. A luxurious van is parked on the sidewalk. A man enters with the purpose of stealing whatever he can find, but when he wants...
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4x4
2019
Heroic Losers
7.592/536
In a town in the Northwest of the province of Buenos Aires, a group of neighbors is organized to recover the economy of the area, but when the corrali...
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Heroic Losers
1967
La cigarra está que arde
0/0
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La cigarra está que arde
1968
Maternidad sin hombres
0/0
The story of several women who reach motherhood in difficult conditions.
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Maternidad sin hombres
1968
Turismo de carretera
5.6/5
A young mechanic ventures into motorcycle racing, but then decides to compete in motorsport disciplines.
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Turismo de carretera
1970
La fidelidad
6/1
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La fidelidad
1972
Autocine mon amour
0/0
A series of crazy sequences take place at a late-night drive-in movie theater.
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Autocine mon amour
2017
You Only Live Once
5.7/17
Leo is the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. After taping a murder and keeping the evidence he runs away to stay alive and, in order to...
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You Only Live Once
1997
El sueño de los héroes
6/2
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El sueño de los héroes
2019
The Retirement
6.3/20
Rodolfo (Luis Brandoni) is a retired doctor. Since he was widowed a few years ago, he lives alone in his house. For an unexpected event, his daughter...
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The Retirement
1997
La furia
4.333/3
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La furia
2004
It's Not You, It's Me
6.2/43
Thirty-year-old Javier is a surgeon and in his free time works as a disc jockey. He decides to marry and move to the United States with his girlfriend...
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It's Not You, It's Me
2020
Karakol
0/0
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Karakol
2001
Los pasos perdidos
6/1
An Argentinean family living in Spain has their lives rocked when a famous author from their home country claims that their daughter is actually his g...
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Los pasos perdidos
1973
José María y María José (Una pareja de hoy)
0/0
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José María y María José (Una pareja de hoy)
1996
El mundo contra mí
0/0
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El mundo contra mí
1996
De mi barrio con amor
0/0
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De mi barrio con amor
2021
Carroceros
8.7/12
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Carroceros
1972
Basuras humanas
4.5/7
An adventuress causes two friends to confront each other, fakes the death of one and kills the wife of the other.
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Basuras humanas
1968
We Are the Best
0/0
A group of porteños attend the grand final between Manchester and Estudiantes.
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We Are the Best
1966
Escala musical
5/1
An entrepreneur encourages New Wave youth to get their own radio show on the air. Tour of great musical successes of the 60s, with the participation o...
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Escala musical
1972
Me enamoré sin darme cuenta
0/0
Two men love the same woman and plan ways to have her
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Me enamoré sin darme cuenta
1976
Alone
0/0
A separated woman faces her future and revises her goals.
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Alone
2022
Franklin, historia de un billete
4.2/4
Correa is a retired boxer who spent much of his life running "errands" for Bernal, a violent mobster, who was also his former manager. A mistaken murd...
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Franklin, historia de un billete
1970
El señor presidente
0/0
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El señor presidente
2000
What Your Eyes Don't See
6/2
A murder in a house in Tigre triggers an investigation in the sphere of a political weekly. Crimes follow one another and the police can't solve the p...
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What Your Eyes Don't See
1971
La gran ruta
5/1
A group of boys decides to rob a hotel accommodation for seeking advice which an old offender. In parallel, we see different couples as they arrive at...
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La gran ruta
2023
Humo bajo el agua
1.5/2
A look at love and friendship in a historic moment for Argentina after the recovery of democracy. It tells the story of Julián, a young ranch hand who...
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Humo bajo el agua
2024
San Pugliese
0/0
Osvaldo Pugliese transcended the world, created his own style in tango and became a saint against bad luck for musicians. In the film, his daughter, g...
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San Pugliese
2024
Un tal Mario
0/0
In the 70s, Mario Mactas, a prominent journalist for the magazine Satiricón, went into exile in Barcelona due to political repression in Argentina. Hi...
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Un tal Mario
Hermanos, una historia de sangre
0/0
Documentary that follows filmmaker Mariano Cohn's struggle to find the truth behind the mysterious death of his brother in 2015.
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