Néstor Cantillana

Néstor Cantillana

actor

Néstor Cantillana was born on Jul 19, 1975 in Chile. Néstor Cantillana's big-screen debut came with Historias de Fútbol directed by Andrés Wood in 1997, strarring Francisco (segment "Pasión de multitudes"). Néstor Cantillana is known for Isabel: The Intimate Story of Isabel Allende directed by Rodrigo Bazaes, Daniela Ramírez stars as Isabel Allende and Néstor Cantillana as Miguel. Néstor Cantillana has got 4 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Néstor Cantillana achieved is Arts and Entertainment Critics Awards, Chile. The upcoming new tvshow Néstor Cantillana plays is 42 Days of Darkness - Season 1 which will be released on May 11, 2022.

Néstor Igor Cantillana (born July 19, 1975 in Santiago) is a Chilean actor in theater, movies and TV. Cantillana's grandmother was a communist and later she practiced the evangelic religion and he grew up under that doctrine until 12 years old in Curicó. He used to play the piano in the local church. He studied in the theater academy of Fernando González.Since 1994 he has participated in theater work such as Historia de la Sangre (1995), Calígula (1998), Hamlet (2000) and La Herencia (2000).In 1995, Cantillana traveled to the Canadian city of Montreal with the play "Historia de la Sangre". The following year, 1996, he participated in the same play in Berlin, a city where he would return that same year with the play La misión. In 1998, the actor would return to Germany to present the same play in Munich, Bonn and Stuttgart.In 1996, Cantillana received the award for best actor for his role in the play Despertar de Primavera, presented in the third Nuevas Tendencias Teatrales festival.He made his debut in the teleserie world in the role of Patricio Tepano in Iorana (1998) from TVN, he then performed some other characters, among them, an AIDS victim, a common employee, a frustrated detective and a young homosexual doctor.Cantillana was nominated for an Altazor Award for his role in the soap opera Romané and he won the APES award as the best actor in the year 2000.He had the protagonist role in the TVN soap opera, Corazón de María (2007), where he plays Miguel.He has one of the mains roles in the HBO series Prófugos. He also has supporting role in the TVN series Los Archivos del Cardenal. This series tells the ordeals of a group of lawyers than works for Vicaria de la Solidaridad an office within the Catholic Church that investigates crimes by Augusto Pinochet's secret police against left-wing people.He acted in the movie Radio Corazón (the sequel to El Chacotero Sentimental), with Claudia Di Girólamo, Tamara Acosta and Manuela Martelli, under director Roberto Artiagoitía (El Rumpy) and with screenwriter Pablo Illanes. The argument represents the personal relations among family members and combines various elements, principally comedy, with some romance and drama aspects. He also played supporting roles in the Oscar-nominated No (2012) and the Oscar-winning drama A Fantastic Woman (2017).

  • Birthday

    Jul 19, 1975
  • Place of Birth

    Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile

Known For

Awards

4 wins & 3 nominations

Arts and Entertainment Critics Awards, Chile
2004
Best Actor (Mejor actor)
Winner - APES Award
2002
Best Supporting Actor - Television (Mejor actor de reparto - Televisión)
Winner - APES Award
El circo de las Montini (2002)
2000
Best Supporting Actor - Television (Mejor actor de reparto - Televisión)
Winner - APES Award
Chileans Altazor Awards
2001
Best Actor in a Television Series
Winner - Altazor Award

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