Diego Trujillo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Trujillo and the second or maternal family name is Dangond.

Diego Ignacio Trujillo Dangond (born June 30, 1960) is a Colombian film and television actor. He is best known for playing Walter Blanco in Metástasis, a Colombian remake of Breaking Bad.

Diego Trujillo
Trujillo in 2017
Born	Diego Ignacio Trujillo Dangond (1960-06-30) June 30, 1960 (age 65) Bogotá, Colombia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Children	3

Life and career

Trujillo studied at the Gimnasio Moderno school in Bogotá, where he occasionally did theatre as a hobby. After graduating, he decided to study architecture at the Pilot University of Colombia, and worked in that profession for twelve years.

In television he has had a long history and since 1993 has acted in many telenovelas.

His film career began in 2000 with his work in Taylor Hackford's film Proof of Life, starring Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe, in which he was cast because of his excellent command of English.

In 2013, Trujillo was cast as Walter Blanco in the Spanish-language remake of Breaking Bad entitled Metástasis.^[1]

Filmography

Television

• De pies a cabeza (1993)
• La maldición del paraíso (1993)
• Tiempos difíciles (1995)
• Mascarada (1995)
• Perro amor (1998)
• El fiscal (1999)
• Por qué diablos (1999)
• Brujeres (2000)
• Pobre Pablo (2001)
• La costeña y el cachaco (2003) - Simon (El Italiano)
• Todos quieren con Marilyn (2004)
• Protagonistas de Novela 3 "El juicio final" (2004)
• Los Reyes (2005) - Emilio Iriarte De las Casas
• Amas de casa desesperadas (2006–2008)
• Tiempo final (Fox) (2007)
• Infieles anónimos (2007)
• El poder del diez (2008) - Presentador
• El Capo (Colombia) (2009)
• A corazón abierto (2010)
• La Pola (telenovela) (2010) - Domingo García
• ¿Dónde Carajos esta Umaña? (2012) - Patricio Umaña
• Metástasis (2014) - Walter Blanco
• Griselda (miniseries) (2024) - German Panesso

Film

• Prueba de vida (2000)
• Tres hombres tres mujeres (2003)
• Cuando rompen las olas (2005)
• El trato (2005)
• Martillo (2005)
• Dios los junta y ellos se separan (2006)
• Pócima (2008) - Tomas Herrera
• Riverside (2009)

Theater

• En carne propia (1996)
• Muelle oeste (2001)
• La noche árabe (2006)
• Cita a ciegas (2007)
• ¡Qué desgracia tan infinita! (2009) Stand up comedy
• El crédito (2016)