Luis Gnecco
Birthday: Born in 1962-12-12 in Santiago, Chile
Deathday: Alive
Luis Gnecco Dessy was born in Santiago, Chile. He is one of Chile's most popular comedic actors, tackling the Ricky Gervais part in his country's 2008 version of "The Office". Pablo Larraín cast him in a decidedly non-comedic role as an unscrupulous villain in HBO Latin America's hit mini-series "Prófugos". Gnecco appeared in Fabula's provocative "Young and Wild" before assuming the role of the man who recruits Saavedra to join the NO campaign; it was a natural fit for the actor, as he was deeply involved in the 1988 movement to overthrow Pinochet.
TV Credits
Mentiras verdaderas
Character: Self
Daily interviews discussing the guest's personal lives and national contingency....
62: Historia de un mundial
Character: Corrado
A sports story about how the feat of realizing the dream of Chile hosting the 1962 World Cup was created....
Pasapalabra
Character: Self
Game show in which every episode two contestants team with celebrities to play various games. A team's correct responses in these games score seconds, extending their contestant's time limit in the final game, known as 'el rosco'....
Brujas
Character: Leopoldo Quevedo
Beatriz married Vicente, her ideal man. The problem is that it was not only ideal for her, but for everyone else. Vicente dies in "a night of passion" from a heart attack, Beatriz's uncontrollable jealousy leads her to hires Dante, a poker player who will seduce the five suspects and by doing so, shed light on to the mystery....
De pé a pá
Character: Self
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Vértigo
Character: Self
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Got Talent Chile
Character: Self - Judge
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La divina comida
Character: Self - Contestant
Four celebrities invite each other to their homes and compete to be the best host, where night after night they must cook for the other guests, who in turn will be both the judges and their rivals....
La noche es nuestra
Character: Self
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Prófugos
Character: Mario Moreno
Four men become fugitives after a failed drug deal, running from north to south of Chile....
Narcos
Character: La Cucaracha
A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels....
Aquí en la Tierra
Character: Orlando Calles
Follows the life of Carlos, a member of one of the most powerful families in Mexico and whose life takes an "U" turn when his father is found dead....
La vida es una lotería
Character: Lawyer
Different stories about people having more luck than usual......
Heredia & asociados
Character: Jimmy González
The adventures of an irreverent private detective, while he is dealing with economic problems....
Rompecorazón
Character: Mauricio Gándara
A rich man decides to fake his death in order to save himself from a millionaire debt, before fleeing to Europe for a facial surgery. He leaves his fortune to one of his 3 lovers, while the other 2 and their families have to deal with the ecomic aftermath....
20añero a los 40
Character: Cristián Grez
After a 20 year comma, a man awakens in a time when everything is different and in the body of a man of 40 years old but with a mentality of a twenty-something....
La torre de Mabel
Character: Arturo Fernandez
Mabel Andrade, a wealthy woman who after an incident is expelled from her home and threatened with the loss of her children's tuition. In a desperate attempt to earn a living and regain her role as mother, Mabel will start a daring business venture: a clandestine motel....
Papá mono
Character: Carlos "Caco" Martinez
Caco, an irreverent grandfather, decides to stay for a few days in the house of Francisca, his newly divorced daughter who lives with her 11 year old son Nico. Caco with his unconventional and politically incorrect solutions, helps Francisca and her son to solve different problems....
El Presidente
Character: Luis Bedoya
Sergio Jadue, a lowly director of a small-town soccer club in Chile, unexpectedly finds himself at the head of the Chilean soccer association. Drunk with power, he becomes the protégé of soccer godfather Julio Grondona, as well as the FBI’s key to undoing the largest corruption scheme in the world of soccer....
Podemos hablar
Character: Self - Guest
Talk show in which six personalities from different fields (politics, entertainment, sports, among others), exchange opinions on various topics and personal experiences....
Los Galindo
Character: César Aros
The life of a family from a working-class neighborhood, that after the success of their car wash business, they move to an apartment in the wealthiest neighborhood in the country....
La Ofis
Character: Manuel Cerda
The daily life of a group of office workers....
La Jauría
Character: Claudio
Blanca, student leader of the feminist movement in an occupied school, goes missing: hours later, a video of a group raping the girl goes viral. In their aim to find her, a police squad formed by three women puts their lives and that of their families at risk. As they look for Blanca and investigate, they will find out that behind this gender crime there is much more than just one offender....
Soltera otra vez
Character: Sergio Monroy
A real estate broker discovers that her boyfriend cheats on her with a younger woman, so she will be single again and start a desperate search for love....
Papi Ricky
Character: Leonardo Garay
The relationship between Ricky and his daughter will suffer when the girl's mother returns and wants her back....
Amores de mercado
Character: Bernando
'Pelluco' Solís, a young lower-middle class waiter, crosses paths with Rodolfo Ruttenmeyer -a man who looks just like him- in an unfortunate accident that will change their lives forever....
Los Espookys
Character: Father Francesco
A group of friends turn their love for horror into a peculiar business, providing horror to those who need it, in a dreamy Latin American country where the strange and eerie are just part of daily life....
Non Uccidere
Character: Padre Saverio
Stubborn and determined detective Valeria Ferro endeavors to solve the challenging puzzle behind crimes motivated by jealousy, vendettas and repressed anger to seek the truth and justice. All as she struggles with her own demons and the phantoms of her past that come back to life when her mother is released from jail after serving a seventeen-year prison sentence....
Purasangre
Character: Julio Marambio
As a result of a vile abuse cause in the past, Violeta Salazar has sworn to herself to take revenge on the Callassis family and all their descendants. She sends her daughter Amanda to make the life of the Callasis as miserable as possible, but love can be surprising, and not everything comes out as planned....
Trampas y caretas
Character: Amadeo Morales
A billionaire and obsessive mother entrusts a woman named Mariana with the job of falling in love with one of her two sons in exchange of a generous monthly check. However, Carmen's wishes will not be easy to fulfill, as both men have totally opposite personalities....
Corazón rebelde
Character: Rubén Iturra
During a summer camp, a group of teens spend their vacations with affinities and rivalries on the arise, the time passed there will mark the most important year of their lives. They are united by the same passion: music. But their parents and even the school principal are opposed to fulfilling their dreams....
Adrenalina
Character: Antonio del Canto
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La Máquina
Character: Facundo
After a devastating loss, Esteban “La Máquina” Osuna is at a low point in his boxing career. Lucky for him, his manager and best friend Andy Lujan is determined to get him back on top. But when a nefarious organization rears its head, the stakes of this rematch become life or death. Esteban must juggle his own personal demons and protect his family....
Movie Credits
The Dancer and the Thief
Character: Monasterio
Present day. Chile. Legendary bank robber Vergara Grey is getting out of prison after 5 long years and is looking forward to a quiet, uneventful life together with his wife and son whom oddly he hasn't heard from in years. But soon his resolve is tested when he meets 19 year old Angel a young thief who insists the two join up to score the biggest heist of all time. Though tempted, he resists until he finds out that his beloved wife has gone off with a millionaire and his son wants to change his ...
Confessions
Character: Ramiro Olmos
When a young girl from a wealthy Mexico City family disappears, a man arrives to discuss the girl's return, asking for the confession of a family member that has committed a terrible act. One by one, confession by confession, the intruder exposes each member of the family, revealing their deepest and most shocking secrets....
The Black Pimpernel
Character: Oliva - Chief of Protocoll
The story about Swedish ambassador in Chile - Harald Edelstam - and his heroic actions to protect the innocent people from the execution during and after the military coup on September 11th 1973....
Young and Wild
Character: Interviewee
Daniela, raised in the bosom of a strict Evangelical family and recently unmasked as a fornicator by her shocked parents, struggles to find her own path to spiritual harmony....
No
Character: Urrutia
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the ‘No’ vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and while under scrutiny by the despot’s minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the ...
The Office Trip
Character: Leo
An international company has acquired “Supermarkets Océano”. The long-awaited end-of-the-year tour has been replaced by a day of integration according to "international standards". A group of workers willing to demand their rights will make this Office Trip an unforgettable day....
Our Father
Character: Pedro
Children come to a hospital to visit their dying father they haven't seen for 8 years. They try to recover their relationships before he dies....
The Stranger
Character: Lieutenant De Luca
A supernatural thriller, laced by flashbacks, and set in Canada’s North-West, “The Stranger” turns on the mysterious titular figure of Martin, who comes to a small quiet town seeking to kill his wife Ana who suffers from a very dangerous decease that makes her addicted to human blood - just like himself-. However, when he arrives to the town, he discovers that Ana has been dead for a couple of years and decides to commit suicide to definitely eradicate this dangerous decease, but, before he can ...
Aurora
Character: Pedro
After reading in the newspaper that a newborn baby was found in a dumpster, a teacher becomes obsessed with giving it a proper burial....
El Derechazo
Character: Rubén Morales
When Bruno, a filmmaker overwhelmed by alimony, receives an ultimatum from his editor to find a subject that help them with ratings, a political candidate appears....
Karadima Forest
Character: Fernando Karadima
Based on true events, involving powerful Catholic priest Fernando Karadima, who committed crimes of child abuse and pedophile between 1980's-2000's. The struggle of his victims, to be able to reveal the truth and look for justice....
First Light
Character: Attorney Ramos
Marco, a cynical and ambitious young lawyer, lives in Bari with his partner Martina and their eight-year-old son Mateo. Martina had left Chile and moved to Italy when she met Marco. Their relationship has run its course, however, and Martina longs to go back to her country with Mateo, but Marco, the loving father left out of the equation, is adamantly against the idea. The couple clash for weeks on end, until Martina abruptly leaves the country with their son, goes back to Chile and virtually va...
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Character: Government Secretary
A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit....
Pérez
Character: Pérez
The encounter between an in mature and irresponsible forty-year-old and his 22 year old daughter, Roma, whom he hasn't seen more than a few times in his whole life....
Much Ado About Nothing
Character: Gustavo Barría
After a night of partying, Vicente is involved in a hit-and-run that kills a man. Vicente claims his innocence, but he was drunk and high. A tangled web of lies buries the truth, making a social scandal disappear — exonerating the real culprit, the son of a powerful politician....
Neruda
Character: Pablo Neruda
It’s 1948 and the Cold War has arrived in Chile. In the Congress, prominent Communist Senator and popular poet Pablo Neruda accuses the government of betraying the Party and is stripped of his parliamentary immunity by President González Videla. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to arrest the poet. Neruda tries to escape from the country with his wife, the painter Delia del Carril, but they are forced to go underground....
Savages
Character: Arturo
Sonia and Arturo live in a house that appears safe but is too large and silent. One night, three armed men violently break into the couple's property. Arturo manages to escape and capture the youngest and most inexperienced of the thieves, deciding to kidnap him and discipline him in the basement of the house. Gradually, the anger dissipates, and strange familial ties emerge that Arturo and Sonia believed were long gone. "Salvajes" is a violent portrayal of a divided society, in an unequal soci...
A Fantastic Woman
Character: Gabo
Marina's life is thrown into turmoil following the death of her partner. Mourning the loss of the man she loved, she finds herself under intense scrutiny from those with no regard for her privacy....
Time Off
Character: Gus
When Camilo and his girlfriend, Pola, start to struggle in their relationship, she asks for a week away from him to assess the situation. Although Camilo agrees, he feels confused, as his undemanding life is made uncomfortable for the first time. Soon he meets Mikela, a disaffected teenage girl whom he befriends. However, when Camilo discovers Mikela's past diagnosis as a schizophrenic, he begins to worry about her safety....
El Angel
Character: Héctor
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1971. Carlos Robledo Puch is a 19-year-old boy with an angelic face, but a vocational thief as well, who acts ruthlessly, without remorse. When he meets Ramón, they follow together a dark path of crime and death....
Something Is Out There
Character:
While wandering solitary in the city, Bruno discovers that his personality alternates with another. Such scrutiny will disturb him and make him to face himself in a quest that will even bring him face to face with death....
Sex with Love
Character: Tomás
In Santiago, Chile, the schoolteacher Luisa proposes a debate about sex with the parents of her students with the intention of giving classes about sex education to the youngsters....
The Night Visitor
Character: Inspector Gormáz
Elisa, a lonely and shy librarian, moves to live in a downtown building, without knowing the killing of a young student took place there some time ago. A strange feeling taking over her will cause a drastic personality change while also leading her to unveil the secret behind the murder....
Artax
Character: Vasco Zartundúa
Mariana is a woman who has dedicated her entire life to equine therapy that goes over the history of how she came to that. In her youth she lived a happy and prosperous life until a particular episode leads her to have to face millionaires debts. This situation can lead to being left homeless and especially without their horses, among which stands out Artax, the only being with which his son Bruno with Asperger's syndrome manages to have a special bond that helps him to cope with his life with h...
Blood Will Tell
Character: Lautaro
Thriller about a family whose ties are put to the test when the patriarch’s wife dies....
My Tender Matador
Character: Myrna
Among gunshots and boleros, a passionate relationship flourishes between a lonely transvestite and a young guerrilla during the Pinochet dictatorship....
Into the Labyrinth
Character: Mordecai Lumann
When a kidnapping victim turns up alive after fifteen years, a profiler and a private investigator try to piece together the mystery....
La regola d'oro
Character: DeLollis
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The Two Popes
Character: Cardinal Hummes
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church....
Alberto: ¿Quién sabe cuánto cuesta hacer un ojal?
Character: Uncle
Alberto, a young law student struggles to realize his ultimate dream: to follow the call of his priestly vocation....
Nobody Knows I'm Here
Character: Braulio
Memo lives on a remote Chilean sheep farm, hiding a beautiful singing voice from the outside world. A recluse with a glittery flair, he can't stop dwelling on the past, but what will happen once someone finally listens?...
Casa de remolienda
Character: Mauricio Valdebenito Valdebenito
Concerned about the future of her three children, a widow takes them to the city with the purpose of getting them married....
Kill Pinochet
Character: Carlos
Chile, September 1986. Tamara, commander of the communist guerrilla group Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front, and her comrades-in-arms set out to overthrow the military regime installed in 1973 by assassinating the dictator Augusto Pinochet....
Johnny One Hundred Pesos
Character: Alfonso
Based on real events, 17-year-old Johnny García becomes involved with four older thugs who are planning to rob a money-laundering business masquerading as a video store. As they try to escape, a swarm of exploitative media attention awaits....
Chile Can Do It
Character: Minister
The businessman who sends the first Chilean astronaut into outer space can't quite come up with the money to bring the adventurer back....
Post Mortem
Character: Tato
In Chile, 1973, during the last days of Salvador Allende's presidency, an employee at a Morgue's recording office falls for a burlesque dancer who mysteriously disappears....
Un loco matrimonio en cuarentena
Character: Horacio
A couple must overcome different pandemic-related altercations during their virtual wedding in order to maintain an ordinary and stable marriage ceremony....
Borges and Me
Character: Jorge Luis Borges
Jay Parini finds himself stuck in a Morris Minor, chauffeuring the brilliant, blind Jorge Luis Borges through Scotland. Quiet and conservative, 23-year-old student Parini dreams of becoming a writer but is at a loss to make sense of the wild, irrepressible 70-year-old Borges. As the journey takes a surreal turn, their differences magnify until, in the tradition of a classic road trip, the two ultimately find common ground....