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Juan Minujín
Argentine actor and film director (born 1975) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Juan Gervasio Minujín (born May 20, 1975) is an Argentine actor and film director. He is the nephew of plastic artist Marta Minujín.
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Juan Minujín began his training as an actor with Cristina Banegas, Alberto Ure, Pompeyo Audivert, Julio Chávez and Guillermo Angelelli. In 1996, he began to work in the theatre. Between 1997 and 1998, Minujín moved to London, where he completed his artistic training.[1]
Since the 2000s, he has been part of the acting troupe El Descueve, with which he has acted in theatrical tours Latin America and Europe.[1][2]
His rise to fame came thanks to his supporting role in the tv comedy series Solamente vos (2013-2014) on El Trece, in which he played Félix, Aurora's partner, the lead role being played by Natalia Oreiro.[3] Later, he joined the cast of the telenovela Viudas e hijos del rock and roll (2014-2015) on Telefe, in which he played Segundo Arostegui, a successful policeman and patriarch that hid his homosexuality all his life.[4] Shortly after, Minujín was chosen to act in the prison drama El marginal (2016-2022), in which he played 'Pastor', an ex-police officer who is put in prison in order to complete a mission.[5] Through this role, Minujín acquired international attention and both critical praise and public recognition.[6] In 2017, he appeared in a supporting role in the historical drama Zama, directed by Lucrecia Martel.[7]
Later, Minujín co-starred in the comedy drama telenovela100 días para enamorarse (2018) on Telefe, in which he played the lawyer Gastón Guevara.[8] In 2019, he shared the screen with Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce in the biopic by Netflix, The Two Popes directed by Fernando Meirelles, in which Minujín played Jorge Mario Bergoglio, later Pope Francis during his youth.[9] In 2022, Minujín starred in the independent drama The Substitute by Diego Lerman. That same year, he starred alongside Diego Peretti and Macarena Achaga in the thriller La ira de Dios released on Netflix.[10] In 2023, he appeared in the music video for the song 'Obsesión' by Lali.
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Filmography
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Television
Theater
- Venus en piel - Dir. Javier Daulte
- El principio de Arquímedes
- Living-Todos Felices - Dir. Oscar Martínez
- Jardín-Todos Felices - Dir. Oscar Martínez
- Comedor-Todos Felices - Dir. Oscar Martínez
- El Pasado es un Animal Grotesco - M. Pensotti
- Sucio - Dir. Ana Frenkel / M. Pensotti
- Cuchillos en gallinas Dir. A. Tantanian
- Rebenque Show
- Vapor - Dir. Mariano Pensotti
- Conferencia - Dir. Martin Bauer
- El Malogrado - Dir. Martin Bauer
- Hermosura - Europe Tour
- Patito Feo - With the group El Descueve
- Hermosura - With the group El Descueve
- El pasajero del barco del sol
- Espumantes
- Edipo Rey de Hungría
- Luna - Dir. Marcelo Katz
- Las Troyanas
- Hamlet
- La Funerala
- Nada & Ave
- La Verdad
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