Manuel Aranguiz (born October 15, 1945) is a Chilean Canadian actor and writer.Jeff Heinrich, "'Ordinary roles' elude ethnic actors in Quebec". Montreal Gazette, September 15, 2003. He is most noted for his performance in the 1989 film The Paper Wedding (Les Noces de papier), for which he won the Gémeaux Award for Best Actor in a Television Film or Miniseries in 1990.Stephen Godfrey, "Paper Wedding takes the cake: TV film wins six Gemeaux awards for Radio-Quebec". The Globe and Mail, December 18, 1990.
His other most prominent role as an actor was in the 1994 film Eclipse;John Griffin, "Toronto film's celebration of sex eclipsed by boredom". Montreal Gazette, June 22, 1995. however, his acting career was somewhat limited by a perception that he was too "ethnic" for the Quebec film and television industries, and he generally only had small supporting or guest roles rather than major starring performances.
Some of his poetry was set to music by the Latin jazz ensemble Intakto on their albums Intakto (2002)Gilles Tremblay, "Intakto: Intakto". Voir, December 12, 2002. and Todavia (2007);Gilles Tremblay, "Intakto: Todavia". Voir, April 19, 2007. Intakto won the Félix Award for World Music Album of the Year at the 25th Felix Awards in 2003,"Cowboys win early ADISQ". Montreal Gazette, October 21, 2003. and was a Juno Award nominee for World Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2004.Roger Levesque, "Jazz, world music commanding more Juno attention". Edmonton Journal, April 3, 2004.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1973 Little White Dove (Palomita blanca) Lodger 1975 There Is No Forgetting (Il n'y a pas d'oubli) Pablo Anthology film; segments "J'explique certaines choses" and "Steelblues (Jours de fer)" 1975 Rappelle-toi 1976 The Flower Between the Teeth (La Fleur aux dents) 1990The Paper Wedding (Les Noces de papier) Pablo Torres 1990 Cargo Officer 1991 Love Crazy (Amoureux fou) Himself 1992 Scoop Enrique Lopez TV series; 10 episodes 1993 Matusalem Le Bricoleur 1994A Hero's Life (La Vie d'un héros) Vincent 1994 Eclipse Gabriel 1995 La présence des ombres Dr. Senez 1995 La Folie des crinolines 1996 Lulu 1997The Assignment Venezeualan Oil Minister 1997 Matusalem II (Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne) Diego Vielo 1997 Lobby Dr. Velez TV series; one episode. 1998 Mr. Aiello (La Déroute) Father Ramirez 1998 Coup at Daybreak (Amaneció de golpe) McCarty 2001 Tribu.com Doctor 2001 Protection Mr. Ramos 2001 Fortier Man In Gay Bar TV series; one episode 2003 Levity Señor Aguilar 2005 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Additional Character Voices 2005 Human Trafficking Mexican Police Captain 2006 10.5: Apocalypse Nando Garcia 2007 Imitation 2009A Cargo to Africa (Un cargo pour l'Afrique) King Patron 2017 Nous Sommes le Freak Show Pascual
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