Fernando Farías

Fernando Farías
Fernando Farías
	Fernando Farías as "rey guachaca" in 2011.
Born	Héctor Fernando Farías López; 27 July 1932 (age 92); San Antonio, Valparaíso Region, Chile
Occupation	Actor

Héctor Fernando Farías López (born in Llolleo, San Antonio on 27 July 1932) is a Chilean actor. He is recognized mainly for his participation in TV series for many decades, including his most famous comedy characters such Señor Retamales in Los Venegas, as Don Genaro in Los 80 and as "Pelao" Saavedra in BKN among others. In 2011 he was chosen as King Guachaca [es] by the Chilean people.^[1]

He studied at the School of Theater of the University of Concepción, TUC, a period where he also began his membership in the Communist Party. During the 1980s, and after leaving the Tejas Verdes detention and torture center, he dedicated himself to political theater.

He has a long history in cinema, participating in films such as "Cachimba" Silvio Caiozzi), "Bad Times" (Cristián Sánchez), "Round Business" (Ricardo Carrasco), "El Chacotero Sentimental" (Cristián Galaz), among others.

On television he has participated in series such as "Los 80", "Los títeres", "Semidiós", among others.^[2]

Filmography

Film

El desquite (1999)
El chacotero sentimental (1999) como papá de Juan
Sobre mi Sangre (2000) como Vagabundo
Negocio redondo (2001) como Cañaco.
Cachimba (2004) como Don Jorge.
Promedio rojo (2004) como El abuelo.
La gravedad del púgil (2005) como Don Arturo, el entrenador.
Grado 3 (2009) como Armando.
Super, todo chile adentro (2009) como Sr. Farías
Barrio universitario (2013) como Doctor Artazar.

Telenovelas

Year	Telenovela	Role	Channel
1984	La Represa	Director Hospital	TVN
1984	Los títeres	Lauro Carreño	Canal 13
1986	Secreto de Familia	Tomás Cruces
1988	Semidiós	Octavio Olguín
1989	La intrusa	Abraham Castillo
1989	Bravo	Serafín Coke
1991	Villa Nápoli	Evaristo Céspedes
1992	Fácil de amar	Clodomiro Concha
1993	Ámame	Antonio Carvallo	TVN
1994	Top secret	Jaime Samoa	Canal 13
1995	Amor a domicilio	Enrique Garrido	Canal 13
1997	Santiago city	Gonzalo Cantillana	Mega
2000	Sabor a ti	Segundo Urrejola	Canal 13
2001	Piel canela	Juvenal Chandía	Canal 13
2002	Purasangre	Dámaso Aránguiz	TVN
2003	Pecadores	Caronte Tapia	TVN
2004	Hippie	Luis Pacheco	Canal 13
2008	Hijos del Monte	Modesto Mardones	TVN
2011	Aquí mando yo	Gino Buzzoni	TVN
2013	Graduados	Amir Jalifa	Chilevisión
2014	Pituca sin lucas	Benito Saavedra	Mega
2016	Pobre gallo	Minchequeo Huaiquimil
2017	Tranquilo papá	Tito Morales
2018	Isla Paraíso	Leonel Toro

Series and unitaries

Year	Serie	Role	channel
1990	Crónica de un hombre santo	Rafael Luis Gumucio	Canal 13
1990–2000	Los Venegas	Javier Retamales	TVN
1991	Posta Lo Matta	Dr. Norberto Pantoja	La Red
1996	Vecinos puertas adentro	Iván	Canal 13
2003	La vida es una lotería	Don Armando	TVN
2004	Quiero si tú Quieres	Hector "Langosta" Pinto	Canal 13
2004–2012	BKN	Demetrio "Pelao" Saavedra	Mega
2005	Mitú	Abel "Gato" Armazán	TVN
2005	Los simuladores	Various roles	Canal 13
2008–2014	Los 80	Don Genaro	Canal 13

TV programs

Pase lo que pase (1998–2002) – Invitado
Dime por qué? (TVN, 2011) – Invitado
El late (CHV, 2012) – Invitado
Mi barrio, tu mejor compañía (2021)

Publicity

DFSK (2014) – Don Genaro.
Banco BCI (2011) – Don Leo.
San José (2012) – Abuelo.
Crush (2012) – Tata Naranjo.
Adiós Playas Privadas – Gobierno de Chile (2013) – Abuelo.
Navidad Segura – Carabineros de Chile (2013) – Viejo Pascuero.
Vuelve a clases – Carabineros de Chile (2014) – Don Fernando, el conductor.
Woki toki – 42 frases típicas de los papás (2014) – protagonista

References

^ "Cineteca Universidad de Chile : Persona : Fernando Farías". cinetecavirtual.uchile.cl. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
^ "Fernando Farías". Cinechile (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[1] "Cineteca Universidad de Chile : Persona : Fernando Farías". cinetecavirtual.uchile.cl. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[2] "Fernando Farías". Cinechile (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.

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