Roberto Farías
Birthday: Born in 1969-05-31 in Conchalí, Chile
Deathday: Alive
Roberto Farías (born May 31,1969) is a Chilean actor, screenwriter and film director.He has appeared in more than thirty films since 2003. Not to be confused with Brazilian filmmaker Roberto Farias who has been working since the 60's.
TV Credits
Buenas noches
Character: Self
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No nos quieren ver
Character: Rebolledo
After the death of a teenager in a children's shelter house, a lawyer discovers endless irregularities, errors and horrors within the institution that will shake political power....
Sudamerican Rockers
Character: Jeremías González
Three teens start a band in the late 1970s, this is the beginning of the famous musical group; Los Prisioneros....
Bala Loca
Character: Alexis Vilches
A veteran journalist starting a news site about corruption in Chile stumbles on a big story when a fellow investigative reporter dies suspiciously....
Los archivos del cardenal
Character: Marcelo Alarcón
Two young people from opposite social and political worlds will fight for a common cause: to clarify intricate and dangerous crimes of human rights violations during Pinochet's millitary dictatorship in Chile....
12 días que estremecieron Chile
Character: Chino
Fictional stories about Chilean historical events that shook the country through joy, horror, excitement or sadness, and where the great virtues and defects of its national idiosyncrasy were expressed, that marked the lives of many people....
12 días que estremecieron Chile
Character: Heraldo
Fictional stories about Chilean historical events that shook the country through joy, horror, excitement or sadness, and where the great virtues and defects of its national idiosyncrasy were expressed, that marked the lives of many people....
Perdona nuestros pecados
Character: Ismael Quiroga
The story of a powerful family of the Chilean high aristocracy in the decade of the 50's. A clan led by the fearsome Armando Quiroga, where intrigue, suspense and romance build a story of passion in times of hypocrisy....
Secretos en el jardín
Character: Luis 'Lucho' Gutiérrez
A series of crimes occur in Viña del Mar during the 80s. The detective Ramiro Opazo and the journalist Javier Montes will investigate those responsible for the murders and robberies....
Juegos de poder
Character: Raúl Salgado
The plans of a presidential candidate are put in danger when a family tragedy threatens to lose his credibility. As he tries to hide the truth at all costs, a cunning prosecutor is put in charge of the investigation, unleashing a cat and mouse game....
62: Historia de un mundial
Character: Ernesto Alvear
A sports story about how the feat of realizing the dream of Chile hosting the 1962 World Cup was created....
Los exitosos Pells
Character: Sergio Peña
A failed theater teacher has a chance for success by impersonating Martin Pells, Chile's most famous and influential TV announcer....
Los Galindo
Character: Sandro Pinto
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....
Mea culpa
Character: Domingo
Anthology series based on real criminal cases, featuring an interview with the actual perpetrator at the end of each episode....
Mea culpa
Character: Tenant 1
Anthology series based on real criminal cases, featuring an interview with the actual perpetrator at the end of each episode....
El reemplazante
Character: Pancho
A former high-ranking financial executive finds redemption and romance when he's paroled after a prison sentence and becomes a math teacher....
Huaiquimán y Tolosa
Character: El Killer
A pair of private detectives solve crimes and protect the Patronato district in Santiago, the most important commercial district of immigrants in Chile, facing dangerous mobsters and criminals....
El señor de La Querencia
Character: Buenaventura Moreno
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Inés del alma mía
Character: Sebastián Romero
Inés Suárez, a young, humble woman from Extremadura who sets out for the New World to look for her husband, lost on the other side of the Atlantic along with his dreams of glory. Once there, Inés does not find her husband, but she does find the passionate love of Pedro de Valdivia, Francisco Pizarro's Field Master....
Un diablo con ángel
Character: Patricio Aguilera
Gaspar dies and in order of not going to hell he is given a second opportunity to return to earth with the condition of learning what love really means....
El día menos pensado
Character: Rafa
Stories of paranormal activities and extraordinary nature -allegedly- based on real events....
Manuel Rodríguez
Character: Sgt. José Villalobos
During the years of the Spanish Reconquest, Manuel Rodríguez is a wanted man in Chile. His head already has a price and he's considered a legend among many. But it's his love for Francisca, a noble woman, what will make him take all kinds of risks, regardless of the differences that separate them. From then on, Rodríguez will fight both for the freedom of his homeland and for the love of his life, Francisca....
Infieles
Character: Manuel Palma
Erotic comedy series about infidelity in couples and the different situations that lead people to commit it. The episodes use as reasons, among others, serious sexual disagreement, simple use of a favorable moment without thinking about the consequences, habits or deteriorating or unpleasant attitudes, etc. Without ever losing humor and mischief....
Berko: El arte de callar
Character: Rodriguez Bueno
Sparks fly between an investigative journalist and a young escort with secrets as they investigate the hidden world of arms trafficking....
Ramona
Character: Efraín
In the late 1960s, two young sisters, Ramona and Helga, emigrate from the countryside to the city. Upon arriving in Santiago, Chile, they start a clandestine business selling wine in a camp that is being built in the outskirts of the city....
Mentiras verdaderas
Character: Self
Daily interviews discussing the guest's personal lives and national contingency....
Movie Credits
Violeta Went to Heaven
Character: Luis Arce
A portrait of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra filled with her musical work, her memories, her loves and her hopes....
My Last Round
Character: Octavio
Hugo becomes captivated with Octavio, a middle-aged local boxing champion, but their relationship is tested when Hugo finds a new job in the city....
The Devil's Liquor
Character: Maldonado
Old man Eladio is dying. Throughout the last decades, he has lived alone, working in his old liquor factory. Modernity threatens his spirits business, but he refuses to abandon it. A visit by his oldest grandson will be the ideal moment to save the factory, while at the same time, reconnect with his family....
Dog Flesh
Character: Mechanic
Alejandro, a solitary, fragile and unpredictable man is crushed by the hostility of his mysterious past....
The Passion of Michelangelo
Character: Modesto
An intense religious drama set during the Pinochet regime and based on a true story....
Aseo General
Character: Juan
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The Club
Character: Sandokan
In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge the sins of their pasts, the separation from their communities the worst form of punishment by the Church. They keep to a strict daily schedule devoid of all temptation and spontaneity, each moment a deliberate effort to atone for their wrongdoings....
No
Character: Marcelo
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 Walk
Character:
A single mother decides to go on a trip from Santiago to the north of Chile with her only son. They are going to meet up with the child's father, a Chilean coalminer, after ten years of separation. The trip is plagued by silence, as the uneasy relationship between mother and son evolves and secrets of the past are brought to the surface, in this poignant tale of broken family ties, where what is left unsaid may carry more meaning than anything spoken....
The Good Life
Character: Edmundo
In the city of Santiago, four characters struggle to reach their goals: a psychologist who wants to help other women and save their lives, a hairdresser who wants to buy a car, a musician who wants to play in a philharmonic orchestra, and a young woman who simply survives in the city, but each of them obtains something unexpected and different from what they wanted....
El tesoro de los caracoles
Character: Quique
After finding a valuable treasure, Quique commits a crime. His mother arranges a plot to hide the act and keep the gems, but to make it, she'll have to surpass both the stupidity of Quique and the smartness of the policemen who investigate the case....
El Cordero
Character: Padre
Domingo is happy in his insignificant life until, in an unfortunate accident, he commits an involuntary manslaughter. Tormented by not feeling any guilt, he dives into a spiral of violence hoping to recover it so he can get back to being just a normal guy....
03:34: Earthquake in Chile
Character: Maureira
Survivors witness the terror and devastation brought by a massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Chile in 2010....
Cirqo
Character: Mario
Two prisoners escape execution by the police and become successful circus clowns in Pinochet's Chile....
Life Kills Me
Character: Entrenador
Gaspar is a young, lonely cinematographer. Unable to deal with his sister and sick grandfather he spends his time with Susana, an actress working on a opera. When he meets Alvaro, an idealistic traveler, Gaspar's life changes. They embark on a adventure that help them unearth the fragility and value of human existence...
Raptor
Character:
Ariel gets involved in a teenager's civil arrest, who is accused of stealing a phone. A mob surrounds the young man and some curse and beat him, some defend him. The police isn't showing up. Ariel has to decide what side he is on....
A Fantastic Woman
Character: SML Medic
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....
Neruda
Character:
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....
This Is Cristina
Character: Rómulo
Cristina and Susana have been best friends since high school. Now, both over 30 years old, they are still living like they did in their teenage years. Or maybe they never grew up....
Pacto de Fuga
Character: Rafael Jimenez
During the last years of Pinochet's military regime, a group of militants from the "Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front" plan a prison break of political prisoners, through a tunnel that will take them 18 months to dig....
The Man of the Future
Character: Cuatro Dedos
Michelsen, an older trucker who is lonely and sick, while traveling through Patagonia meets someone on the highway who reminds him of his daughter, whom he has not seen in years....
Psycho Game
Character: Goon 1
Javier is Spanish and is married to Laura, who is Chilean. They have a six year old son, living in Chile and enjoy a prosperous economic position. The three are, at last, on vacation in Spain, because Laura seems to have overcome a problem of claustrophobia that prevented her from traveling. The family moved to a camp, near the home of Javier's parents. There they meet Ignacio, a handsome young man, a friendly neighbor. But not everything is as nice as it seems at first sight....