Nelson Villagra
Nelson Villagra (born 9 August 1937) is a Chilean actor, writer and director of stage and screen. He is recognised as one of the most masterful actors in Chilean cinema and is widely known in Chile for his exceptional portrayal of a mentally retarded murderer in Miguel Littín's El Chacal de Nahueltoro (1969). He also collaborated with Raúl Ruiz on Tres tristes tigres (1968), La colonia penal (1970) and Nadie dijo nada (1971).
In 1973, Villagra was exiled from Chile as a result of the military coup which led to the Pinochet dictatorship. After a time in Europe, he proceeded to Cuba and worked with some of the key Latin American directors of the period, such as Humberto Solás (Cantata de Chile) and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, winning the Best Actor award for his role as 'El Conde' in Gutiérrez Alea's The Last Supper at the 1978 Biarritz Film Festival. In 1979, he played a military torturer in Sergio Castilla's film Prisioneros desaparecidos, a role for which he won the Best Actor award at the San Sebastián Film Festival.
Acted in
The Gift
2008
as Francisco
Curriculum
2006
as Augusto Lopez E.
Tendida mirando las estrellas
2004
as Ninfonso Iquique Pino
Hippie
2004
as Maximiliano Sierralta
El aspado
2004
as Aspado
El duelo
2004
as Eliazar Pizarro "El Huinco"
Paraíso B
2002
as Jefe (The Boss)
Piel canela
2001
as Gabriel Vallejos
Pickman's Model
2000
as The Evaluator (voice)
Tierra del fuego
2000
as Novak
Cinco marineros y un ataúd verde
1999
as Foster
Los Cárcamo
1998
as Owner of the Red Mercedes
Brigada Escorpión
1997
as El Chino
Brigada Escorpión
1997
as Alfonso Ubilla
Laberinto
1997
Laberinto
1997
as Car Mechanic
Amnesia
1994
as Captain Mandiola
Cargo
1990
as capitaine
Viento de cólera
1988
Baraguá
1986
as General Arsenio Martínez-Campos
The Compass Rose
1983
La viuda de Montiel
1979
as Chepe Montiel
The Recourse to the Method
1978
as Primer Magistrado
Cantata de Chile
1976
The Last Supper
1976
The Promised Land
1973
The Witnesses
1971
as Ramon
Entre ponerle y no ponerle...
1971
Nobody Said Anything
1971
as El Diablo
Jackal of Nahueltoro
1970
as Jose
The Penal Colony
1970
Three Sad Tigers
1968
as Tito
Return to Silence
1967
as Detective Rodríguez
Érase una vez
1965